SAT Vocab 7

Question 0

Beneficent

Answer 0

Performing acts if kindness or charity; conferring benefits; doing good

Question 1

Austere

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Adj severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain, or sour in flavor

Question 2

Cadaverous

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Adj pale; gaunt; resembling a corpse

Question 3

Concoct

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V to prepare by combining ingredients; make up (as a dish) to devise; invent, to fabricate

Question 4

Crass

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Adj coarse; unfeeling; stupid

Question 5

Debase

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Vb to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade; to cause to deteriorate

Question 6

Desecrate

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V to commit sacrilege upon; to treat irreverently; to contaminate or pollute

Question 7

Disconcert

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V to confuse; to disturb the composure of

Question 8

Grandiose

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Adj grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur; absurdly exaggerated

Question 9

Inconsequential

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Adj trifling or unimportant

Question 10

Infraction

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N a breaking law or obligation

Question 11

Mitigate

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V to make milder or softer; to moderate in force or intensity

Question 12

Pillage

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V to rob of goods by open force (as in war); to plunder;

N the act of looting; booty

Question 13

Prate

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V to talk a great deal in foolish or aimless fashion

Question 14

Punctilious

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Adj very careful and exact; Attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety

Question 15

Redoubtable

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Adj inspiring fear or awe, illustrious, eminent

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Reprove

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V to find fault with; scold; rebuke

Question 17

Restitution

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N the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage

Question 18

Stalwart

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Adj strong, sturdy; brave; resolute

N a brave strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

Question 19

Vulnerable

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Adj open to attack; capable or being wounded or damage; unprotected