SAT Vocabulary

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SAT Vocabulary

• Abstruse- difficult to understand
  incomprehensible, unfathomable
• When you mean to criticize something for being
  needlessly complex or baffling, the word you need
  is abstruse.
• Sentence
• The data was so abstruse that the coworkers
  could not figure it out.

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Affable( Adj) friendly, courteous,
amiableaffability naffably adv

• He had a very affable nature, always saying
  hello to everyone.

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• Audacity
• excessive boldness, rashness, daring
• Sentence My friend had the audacity, at
  practice, to call the football coach a wimp.

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Contrite

• Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
• Sentence Her contrite tears were not enough for
  her friend to believe she was telling the truth.
• The Mavericks had the audacity to believe the
  affable Tigers would let them win the football
  game after they offered an abstruse and contrite
  apology.

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Credulous

• Definition Believing on slight evidence, gullible

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DEPRAVITY

• Definition moral corruption, a wicked or
  perverse act
• The depravity of the Pirates behavior was
  incorrigible.
• Total depravity is the fallen state of man of
  Original Sin. The doctrine of total depravity
  asserts that people are by nature not inclined to
  love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength,
  as God requires, but rather all are inclined to
  serve their own interests over those of their
  neighbor and to reject the rule of God. Even
  religion and philanthropy are destructive to the
  extent that these originate from a human
  imagination, passions, and will. Therefore, in
  Reformed Theology, God must predestine
  individuals into salvation since man is incapable
  of choosing God.

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DEPReCATE

• Definition (verb) To disapprove regretfully, to
  belittle, to express mild disapproval
• The boss deprecated his employee harshly.
• Self-Deprecation refers to a person who has a low
  opinion of himself. This is the classical
  "inferiority complex" of psychoanalysis. The
  person devalues, disparages, and slights himself.
  He feels that he is of little consequence among
  the rest of humanity. He sees others as better
  than himself, and looks up to them, and down on
  himself.

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didactic

• Definition Instructive, designed to teach
• Autodidactic means to be self taught.

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Dormant (ADJ)

• Definition inactive, sleeping
• Only female polar bears go into dormancy the
  males do not.

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Enigmatic (adj)

• Definition Mysterious, inexplicable,
  puzzling
• The disappearance of Amelia Earhart
• is an enigma to this
  day.

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Erudite

• Definition scholarly
• The erudite physics professor had spent many
  years studying the theory of relativity.

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Exotic

• Definition foreign,
  unfamiliar
• The exotic animals from Africa were used in the
  photo shoot with the exotic models.

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Fuse

• Definition to mix or join (usually by melting)
• Zinc and Copper can be fused into hard, bright
  brass.

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Immutable

• Definition unchanging
• My unwavering love for him will always be
  immutable.

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Incorrigible

• Definition incapable of being reformed or
  improved

The leopards temper was incorrigible and out of
control.
Utterly Incorrigible
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Loathe

• Definition to detest
• to hate

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Mitigate- VERB

• Definition to cause to become less harsh or
  hostile, to lessen, or to make less severe
• He brought flowers to his girlfriend in order to
  mitigate her anger towards him.

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Nullify

• Definition to cause not to be in effect, to
  negate.
• I am seeking to nullify the contract because he
  has not complied with it.

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Pacifistic- ADJ

• Definition opposed to war or use of force
• Gandhi chose to peacefully protest because of his
  Pacifistic beliefs.

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Pretentious

• Definition Making an extravagant outward show,
  self- important
• Isnt it a little pretentious the way she wears
  her fur and diamonds when she goes to the grocery
  store?

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Prologue

• Definition introductory remarks in a speech,
  play or literary work, introductory action
• The prologue to the book was filled with
  historical facts.

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Recant

• Definition to withdraw a statement of belief,
  revoke
• Predict Do you think Abigail will recant the
  accusation of Elizabeth Proctor being a witch?
  Why or why not?

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Servile

• Definition overly submissive slavish
• Because of her servile nature, Tituba confessed
  rather than being whipped.

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Trepidation
Definition fear, trembling, agitation

• Abigail, Tituba, and the other girls felt
  trepidation for their lives so they began to
  accuse others of witchcraft.

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Vilify
Definition to defame, or slander, to utter
abusive statements against

• Abigail vilifies Goody Proctors name by accusing
  her of witchcraft.