SAT41&42
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AnJoonHong on August 22, 2008
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60 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 angular | sharp-cornered; stiff in manner |
| animosity | active enmity |
| animus | hostile feelig or intet |
| bleak | cold; cheerless |
| cog | tooth projecting from a wheel |
| cogent | convincing |
| cognate | allied by blood; of the same or kindred nature |
| detrimental | harmful; damaging |
| deviate | turn away from |
| devious | going astray; erratic; cunning |
| enmity | ill will; hatred |
| ennui | boredom |
| fickle | changeable; faithless |
| hiatus | gap; pause |
| indiscriminate | choosing at random; confused |
| indisputable | too certain to be disputed |
| indolent | lazy |
| indomitable | unconquerable |
| kinetic | producing motion |
| mellifluous | flowing smoothly; smooth |
| plenipotentiary | fully empowered |
| plenitude | abundance; completeness |
| plethora | excess; overabundance |
| remiss | negligent |
| spectral | ghostly |
| spectrum | colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism |
| spendthrift | someone who wastes money |
| splenetic | spiteful; irritable; peevish |
| ventriloquist | someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing |
| whorl | ring of leaves around stem; ring |
| annals | records; history |
| annihilate | destroy |
| annotate | comment; make explanatory notes |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| blithe | gay; joyous |
| cogitate | think over |
| cognitive | having to do with knowing or perceiving; related to the mental processes |
| cognizance | knowledge |
| detraction | slandering; aspersion |
| devoid | lacking |
| ensconce | settle comfortably |
| fictitious | imaginary |
| gibber | speak foolishly |
| gibe | mock |
| indubitably | beyond a doubt |
| lilliputian | extremely small |
| memento | token; reminder |
| ominous | threatening |
| plumb | checking perpendicularity; vertical |
| podiatrist | doctor who treats ailments of the feet. |
| podium | pedestal; raised platform |
| remnant | remainder |
| remonstrate | protest |
| spontaneity | lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint |
| sporadic | occurring irregularly |
| sportive | playful |
| transmute | change; convert to something different |
| transparent | permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected |
| venturesome | bold |
| windfall | unexpected lucky event |
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