Flashcards: SAT Vocab p. 402
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cowardice | a shameful lack of courage, especially when in danger |
| prudence | wisdom, caution, or restraint |
| hospitality | kindness in welcoming guests or strangers |
| aloofness | standing apart; emotional distance |
| loyalty | Faithfulness |
| applauded | showed approval; clapped |
| derailed | thrown off course, ruined, spoiled |
| acknowledged | recognized or made known or admitted |
| permitted | allowed |
| anticipated | expected hopefully |
| condition | (n), the state or shape that something or someone is in |
| highlight | (n) emphasis |
| stimulus | something that causes a response |
| dictum | a formal or authoritative statement |
| respite | a pause for relaxation |
| negotiate | discuss the terms of an arrangement |
| concession | an admission; a compromise; a yielding |
| antagonize | to annoy or provoke to anger |
| dominate | to rule over by strength or power, control; to tower over, command due to height |
| inquiry | the act of seeking information by questioning |
| equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
| denunciation | strong disapproval or condemnation |
| rousing | lively; creating excitement; stirring |
| pedestrian | (adj), Ordinary or dull |
| evolving | To develop gradually. |
| chaotic | completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing |
| unprecedented | never having happened before |
| derivative | something that comes from another source |
| inept | Unskilled; clumsy |
| spontaneous | unplanned |
| graceless | lacking charm, elegance, or good taste |
| viable | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are |
| prohibitive | tending to prevent the purchase or use of something |
| provoked | started or induced, enraged; angered |
| improbable | not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred |
| stimulated | Motivated; energized |
| inaccessible | not easily reached or approached; out of the way |
| cryptic | mysterious; hidden; secret |
| judicious | using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible |
| jubilant | joyful |
| supercilious | Arrogant |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome, fond of fighting |
| belligerence | hostile or warlike attitude or nature |
| indigence | extreme poverty |
| perfidy | betrayal of a trust |
| aspersion | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
| tenacity | Hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly. |