Pegasus Advanced SAT Vocabulary List 4
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spunkypineapples on December 8, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 egregious | extraordinary in a bad way |
| indelible | unable to be erased or forgotten |
| strident | having a shrill or irritationg sound |
| plausible | having an oftem deceptive appearance of truth |
| idiom | a phrase that has a meaning different than its individual wordds |
| ambivalent | having mixed feelings about something/someone |
| fractious | easily angered, irritable, and quarrelome |
| demeanor | conduct or behavior |
| meticulous | precise and exact |
| ace up your sleeve | surprise or secret advantage, usually something tricky kept hidden until needed |
| origin of ace up your sleeve | 1800's- card players sticking a winning card, typically an ace up their sleeves until they could pull it out and win the game |
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