SAT vocab 8th 41-60
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Affable | friendly; easygoing |
Dogmatic | sticking to widely-accepted beliefs, even when faced with contrary evidence; closed-minded |
Innocuous | harmless; inoffensive |
Quarantine | forced isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
Affirmation | positive statement; assertion; agreement |
Eccentric | different from most, especially in personality or behavior |
Innovation | a new idea or product; a new way of doing something that is so much better, it causes others to copy it |
Rebuff | to ignore or reject strongly; snub |
Ambidextrous | able to use both hands with equal skill |
Eclectic | choosing from many different sources; carefully selective |
Inscrutable | mysterious |
Sanguine | optimistic; cheerful |
Ambivalence | indecision; feeling of being pulled in two directions |
Emulate | imitate |
Insolvent | unable to pay bills; bankrupt |
Scrupulous | very thorough; or, doing what is right and ethical |
Amorphous | without form or shape |
Endorse | promote; recommend |
Intrinsic | located within the very nature of an object or person; inherent |
Slough | discard; cast off; shed |
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