SAT Vocab 5 Flashcards
Mendicants
Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging
Bias
Line going diagonally across grain of fabric; preference or inclination with partial judgement
Brackish
Having somewhat salty taste; distasteful or unpalatable
Postulated
To make claim for, demand( assume the truth, reality, or necessit; take for granted. N. Basic principle
Posters
A back door or gate; a private side entrance or way
Mayhem
Actions that cripple, multilateral? Or disfigure any part of the body; scene/situation that involves a lot of violence
Megalomania
A delusional mental disorder that causes people to think that have great or unlimited power
Aborigines
An aboriginal inhabitant, member of the original people to live in an area
Peccadillo
A slight offense that is not very bad/serious
Henchmen
A trusted follower is ripple yet who performs unpleasant, wrong or illegal tasks for a person of high rank
Heinous
Hatefully or shockingly evil
Platonic
Purely spiritual; free from sensual desire
Hedonism
The doctrine that happiness is the highest good; devotion to pleasure as a way of life
Viscosity
Te glutinous nature/consistency; sticky, thick adhesive
Plagarism
Using other people’s words as your own
