SAT VOCAB WORDS 5-10
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- compatible
- agreeing
- compusure
- calmness
- conciliatory
- tending to sooth or reconcile
- concise
- saying much in few words; brief and to the point
- condone
- to forgive or overlook
- conspicuous
- clearly visible; remarkable
- copious
- abundant
- corroborate
- to confirm
- crass
- coarse; stupid
- criterion
- standard for judging a test
- cryptic
- secret; having a hidden meaning
- cursory
- without attention to details
- dearth
- shortage
- debilitate
- to weaken
- decadence
- decay; decline
- deference
- great respect
- deflate
- to let the air out of; to reduce in size or importance
- delineate
- to describe in words; to sketch
- demeanor
- behavior
- denunciation
- expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly
- deprecate
- to express strong disapproval of
- derogatory
- tending to lower in estimation; degrading
- desecrate
- to treat with disrespect; usually something sacred
- despot
- monarch with unlimited power
- deter
- to discourage; to keep someone from doing something
- devious
- not straight forward; lying; roundabout
- devoid
- entirely without; lacking
- diatribe
- a denunciation; bitter verbal attack
- didactic
- intended to instruct
- diffuse
- spread out; wordy
- diminunition
- a lessening
- discerning
- keenly perceptive; shrewd
- disdain
- a feeling of contempt for anything that is regarded as unworthy; scorn
- dismatle
- to pull down; to take apart
- disparage
- to discredit; to belittle
- disparity
- lack of equality; difference
- disperse
- to send off in different directions
- disposition
- nature, tendency
- dissipated
- indulging excessively in sensual pleasures; use wastefully and extravagantly
- distraught
- in a state of mental conflict and confusion; distracted
- cajole
- to persuade by pleasant words or false promises
- callous
- unfeeling; insenstive
- capitualte
- to surrender
- capricious
- changeable; fickle
- carping
- complaining
- catalyst
- someone or something that brings about change
- catharsis
- an emotional purification or relief
- caustic
- stingy, biting
- celestial
- haveing to do with the heavens; divine
- censure
- to blame; to critisize adversely
- chastise
- to criticise severely
- chimerical
- absurd; wildly fanciful
- chronic
- lasting a long time; constant
- circumspect
- careful
- clairvoyant
- having exceptional insight
- clandestine
- secret
- clemency
- mercy; mildness
- coalesce
- to grow together; to combine
- colloquial
- conversational; used in informal speech and writing
- commiserate
- to sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another's suffering.