Lesson 2
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talkin2thepilow on September 23, 2011
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Sat Prep Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bellicose | adj. of a quarrelsome or hostile nature; eager to fight; warlike |
| benevolent | adj. doing or inclined to do good; kindly; charitable |
| cacophony | n. harsh, jarring sound or combination of sounds |
| capitulate | v. to surrender; give up |
| capricious | adj. tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason |
| circumspect | adj. showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration |
| clemency | n. leniency or mercy, as toward an offender or enemy |
| coalesce | v. to unite or merge into a single body, group or mass |
| cognizant | v. taking notice; aware or informed of something |
| coherent | adj. capable of logical, intelligible speech, thought, etc. |
| colloquial | adj. having to do with common or informal conversation |
| conflagration | n. a great fire |
| confound | v. to make feel confused; bewilder |
| congeal | v. to thicken; coagulate; jell |
| connoisseur | n. a person who has expert knowledge and keen discrimination in some field, esp. in the fine arts or matters of taste |
| contemporaneous | adj. living, occuring, or existing at the same time. |
| convivial | adj. fond of eating, drinking, and good company; sociable |
| copious | adj. plenteous |
| corroborate | v. to make the validity of more certain; confirm; support |
| cursory | adj. rapid and superficial |
| debilitate | v. to make weak or feeble |
| declension | n. a falling off or away; decline; deterioration |
| deleterious | adj. harmful to health, well-being; injurious |
| denouement | n. the outcome, solution, unraveling, or clarification or plot in drama, story, etc. |
| didactic | adj. used or intended for teaching or instruction |
| diffidence | n. lack of confidence in oneself; shyness; timidity |
| disconsolate | adj. so unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable |
| dubious | adj. doubtful |
| efface | v. to obliterate |
| effervesce | v. to bubble up |
| effervescent | adj. giving off bubbles of gas |
| enigmatic | adj. perplexing; baffling |
| ephemeral | adj. short-lived; transitory |
| equilibrium | n. a state of balance or equality between opposing forces |
| euphonious | adj. having a pleasant sound; harmonious |
| euphony | n. the quality of having a pleasant sound. |
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