ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 15
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ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 15
(THE LAST ONE!)
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Adamant
• (adj) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n) an extremely hard substance • Ant: flexible, pliable
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*Brouhaha
• (n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified • Syn: tumult, pandemonium
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*Bulwark
• (n) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v) to provide such defense or protection • Syn: stronghold, citadel• Ant: breach, weakness
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Choleric
• (adj) easily angered, bad-tempered• Syn: testy, bilious• Ant: affable, genial
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*Cloy
(v) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit • Ant: stimulate, whet
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Curtail
• (v) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce • Syn: abbreviate, abridge• Ant: protract, extend
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Deference
• (n) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior • Syn: respect, consideration• Ant: contempt, disdain
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Definitive
• (adj) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done • Syn: exhaustive, authoritative• Ant: tentative, inconclusive
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Demeanor
• (n) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien • Syn: conduct, bearing
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Enigmatic
• (adj) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood • Syn: baffling, mysterious• Ant: intelligible, fathomable
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Impromptu
• (adj, adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation • Syn: spontaneous, unrehearsed• Ant: prepared, premeditated
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*Mawkish
• (adj) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor• Syn: maudlin, mushy• Ant: callous, insensitive
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Mollify
• (v) to soften make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity • Ant: enrage, anger
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Onus
• (n) something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma or blame• Syn: obligation, duty
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*Presentiment
• (n) a vague sense of approaching misfortune; foreboding• Syn: premonition, hunch
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*Profligate
• (adj) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending • Syn: prodigal, improvident• Ant: penny-pinching, frugal
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Remit
• (v) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer • Syn: absolve, abate
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Requisite
• (adj) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable• Syn: obligatory, incumbent• Ant: nonessential, superfluous
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*Sartorial
• (adj) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men’s)
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Thwart
• (v) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate • Syn: foil, baffle• Ant: assist, abet
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