SAT hit parade vocab #2
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Created by:
erica-ernenwein on November 18, 2010
Subjects:
ap english language & composition
Description:
virulent-heresy
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 virulent | extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |
| discord | disagreement |
| repudiate | to reject; to deny |
| diligent | hardworking |
| superficial | on the surface only; shallow; not thorough |
| contempt | reproachful disdain |
| lucid | clear; easy to understand |
| aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty; artistic |
| prodigal | extravagant; wasteful |
| augment | to add; to increase; to make bigger |
| complacent | self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault |
| guile | cunning; duplicity |
| squander | to waste |
| incessant | unceasing; never ending |
| laudable | worthy of praise |
| deter | to prevent; to stop; to keep form doing something |
| redundant | repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy |
| infamous | shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful |
| provocative | exciting; attracting attention |
| depravity | moral corruption |
| gravity | seriousness |
| banal | unoriginal; ordinary |
| extol | to praise |
| euphony | pleasant sound |
| deride | to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously |
| insipid | dull; banal |
| austere | unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money |
| expedite | to make faster or easier |
| heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |
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