Sat List 7and 8

Question 0

Electic

Answer 0

Selecting or choosing from various sources; a person who derives ideas, style or taste from abroad and diverse range of sources

Question 1

Ec-, ex- ecto-

Answer 1

Out, outside of, from

Question 2

Expedient

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An action that is convenient and practical but possibly improper or immoral; am action that is suitable or appropriate ; ex. Cheating

Question 3

Garble

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To reproduce a message sound or very unclear and confusing

Question 4

Inevitable

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Going to happen no matter what

Question 5

Jargon

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Special words or expressions that are peculiar trade or group

Question 7

Quixotic

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Impulsive and often rashly unpredictable; not practical ex. using all your money in 2012 end of the world

Question 7

Apocryphal

Answer 7

Doubtful authenticity , although widely circulated as being true

Question 8

Arduously

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Involving or recruiting strenuous effort; hard to endure

ex. books

Question 9

Dia-

Answer 9

Passing though

Question 11

Prodigal

Answer 11

Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wasteful and extravagant: giving or yielding profusely

Question 12

Aesthetic

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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of it; of pleasing appearance; a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement

Question 13

gratuitous

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uncalled for; lacking good reason; warranted; given or done free of charge

Question 14

heinous

Answer 14

a person, thing, or action that is utterly odious, repulsive or wicked

Question 15

irony

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state of affairs or an even t that seems deliberately contrary or to opposite of what one expects and is often amusing

Question 16

mundane

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lacking interest or excitement; dull; of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual world

Question 17

rhetoric

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the art of effective of persuasive speaking or writing especially the use of figures of speech or other computational techniques language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience but is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content

Question 18

satire

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or voices, particularly in the context of politics and other topical issues

Question 19

blashemous

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insults a persons beliefs

Question 20

virtolic

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language or writing that is very cruel and angry and intended to hurt someone’s feelings

Question 21

diatribe

Answer 21

a very serious speech that has anger

Question 22

tirade

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an angry speech that is long

Question 23

vilify

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not considered a crime or not a word dealing with criminal activity; abusive language as well as slandering

Question 24

slander

Answer 24

since it is considered a crime it is used in a forum where speech is not permitted in a damaging sense

Question 25

verbose

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suggests that a person is too descrescriptive

Question 26

garrulous

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excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Question 27

ambiguity

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uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language; a lack of decisiveness or commitment resulting from a failure to make a choice between alternatives; open to more than one interpretations; having double meaning
ex. a vague direction for an essay

Question 28

captulate

Answer 28

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender; the action of surrendering

Question 29

enhance

Answer 29

intensify, increase or further improve the quality value or extent of (synonyms are improve or boost)

Question 30

expedite

Answer 30

make an action or process happen sooner to be accomplished more quickly
ex. expedite shipping

Question 31

extricate

Answer 31

free someone or something from constraint or difficulty (synonym is rescue)

Question 32

innocuous

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not harmful or offensive

Question 33

emanate

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something abstract perceptible that issues or spreads out from a source; originate from give out or emit something (synonym is originate)

Question 34

solicit

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to ask for something from someone

Question 35

squander

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waste something especially time in reckless or foolish manner

Question 36

tentative

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not certain or fixed; provisional; done with no confidence

Question 37

undermine

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to damage or weaken someone or something (antonyms are strengthen and glorify)

Question 38

emulate

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match or surpass a person or achievement typically by imitation

Question 39

indifference

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lack of interest

Question 40

regelate

Answer 40

dismiss to inferior rank or position

Question 41

repudiate

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to refuse to accept or to associate with; deny the truth or validly of

Question 42

rescind

Answer 42

revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order or agreement