SAT lessons 6-10
SAT lessons 6-10
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- largess
- n. generous giving
- miserly
- adj. careful with how money is spent; thrifty
- munificent
- adj. very generous
- prodigal
- adj. wasteful; lavish
- avaricious
- adj. greedy
- cantankerous
- adj. bad-tempered; quarrelsome
- cryptic
- adj. hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure
- turmoil
- n. a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult
- gregarious
- adj. sociable, outgoing
- contentious
- adj. quarrelsome; belligerent
- amicable
- adj. showing goodwill; peacable
- congenial
- adj. compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic
- disputatious
- adj. likely to dispute or argue
- levity
- n. lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularily when not appropriate
- quagmire
- n. a difficult or trouling situation
- austere
- adj. having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance
- amiable
- adj. friendly, kind
- jocular
- adj. liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun
- parsimonious
- adj. overly thrifty or miserly
- antagonism
- n. hatred or hostility
- precarious
- adj. dangerous or risky; uncertain
- penurious
- adj. stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution
- frugal
- adj. careful with money; thrifty not prodigal or wasteful
- quandary
- n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation
- philanthropic
- adj. showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane
- affable
- adj. easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable
- altruistic
- adj. showing unselfish concern for others
- debacle
- n. a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical
- bellicose
- adj. of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent
- polemical
- adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial
- confounding
- adj. puzzling; baffling
- adversity
- n. great trouble or difficulty
- magnanimous
- adj. generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness
- predator
- n. one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival
- pugnacious
- adj. eager to fight; belligerent
- convivial
- adj. sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company
- turbulence
- n. a great unrest; turmoil or disorder
- benevolent
- adj. giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind
- lavish
- adj. generous in giving to others or in spending money
- conflagration
- n. a huge fire, an inferno
- mercenary
- adj. greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making
- squander
- vb. to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion
- enigma
- n. a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person
- cordial
- adj. warm and friendly; amiable
- labyrinth
- n. a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself
- captious
- adj. made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling
- thrifty
- adj. showing care with how money and resources are spent or used; miserly
- animosity
- n. hatred; ill will
- belligerent
- adj. taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight