VL27 SAT prep
Vocabulary words and definitions
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Honors Sophomore English
anathema
(n) a cursed, detested person
burnish
(v) to polish, shine
cupidity
(n) greed, strong desire
dither
(v) to be indecisive
evanescent
(adj) fleeting, momentary
expunge
(v) to obliterate; purge; erase; delete
fecund
(adj) fruitful, fertile
hegemony
(heh-jem’-oh-nee) (n) domination over others
inchoate
(in-koh’-it) (adj) unformed or formless, in a beginning stage
iniquity
(n) wickedness or sin
laconic
(adj) terse in speech or writing
limpid
(adj) clear, transparent
modicum
(n) a small amount of something
nadir
(n) the lowest point of something
oblique
(adj) diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward
palliate
(v) to reduce the severity of
parsimony
(n) frugality, stinginess
perfidious
(adj) disloyal, unfaithful
plethora
(n) abundance, excess
repudiate
(v) to reject, refuse to accept