English Vocabulary - SAT words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- meticulous
- extremely careful or precise
- nullify
- invalidate
- perforate
- penetrate/pierce with rows of holes for easy separation
- precocious
- unusually early development/maturity
- relinquish
- release, surrender, give up or abandon
- didactic
- intended to teach/moralize (excessively)
- cumbersome
- troublesome
- egress
- an exit, emergence, right to leave
- facetious
- humorous
- mandatory
- required
- nemesis
- unbeatable opponent, source of harm or ruin
- paradox
- a contradictory statement that may not be true
- posthumous
- occurring/continuing after one's death
- refute
- to deny the accuracy/truth of
- envoy
- messenger, agent; a representative of the government sent on a special diplomatic mession OR a short closing stanza in certan verse forms (ballad or sestina), dedicating poem to a patron/summarizing ideas; concluding portion of a prose work/play.