SAT vocab 1
just some random SAT vocab words
Terms
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- Gamely
- spritedly, bravely
- Dour
- sullen and gloomy; stern and severe
- Insuperable
- incapable of being submounted or overcome
- Peculate
- to embezzle
- Ironic
- poignantly contrary or incongruous to what was expected
- Fitful
- intermittent, lacking steadiness; characterized by irregular bursts of activity
- Novel
- new and not resembling anything formerly known
- Oust
- to remove from position by force; eject
- Elude
- to avoid cleverly, to escape the perception of
- Illusory
- producing illusion, deceptive
- Burnish
- to polish; to make smooth and bright
- Continence
- self-control, self-restraint
- Diffuse
- to spread out widely, to scatter freely, to disseminate
- Facile
- easily accomplished; seeming to lack sincerity or depth; arrived at without due effort
- Arcane
- secret, obscure; known only to a few
- Proxy
- a person authorized to act for someone else
- Hypocrite
- one who puts on a false appearence of virtue; one who criticizes a flaw he in fact possesses
- Jocular
- playful, humorous
- Hubris
- excessive pride or self-confidence
- Nebulous
- vague, undefined