SAT lvl 3&4
Terms
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- beleaguer
- to besiege; to harass
- fastidious
- hard to please
- enjoin
- to command; to forbid; to prohibit
- investiture
- the conferring of honors or rank upon someone
- denigrate
- to criticize
- impinge
- to encroach upon; to hinder; to interfere him
- insidious
- treacherous; devious
- elegy
- poem or song of lamentation
- imperious
- arrogantly overbearing; domineering
- duress
- compulsion; forcible restraint
- conglomerate
- a number of things grouped together
- elliptical
- very terse in writing/speech; difficult to understand
- malinger
- to feign an illness for some gain
- incontrovertible
- not open to question; indisputable
- forbearance
- patience; restraint
- impetuous
- rash; impulsive
- inveterate
- habitual; persistent; deep rooted
- conjecture
- a guess
- hutch
- a pen or cage for animals
- contravene
- to break (a rule, etc.)
- exacerbate
- to aggravate; to worsen
- goad
- to urge
- fallacious
- having error in logic
- lurid
- shocking; gruesome
- heresy
- a belief opposed to religious orthodoxy
- ineffable
- too great or extreme to be described
- nomenclature
- the devising of a system of names
- laconic
- brief and to the point
- fallow
- plowed but not sewed
- equanimity
- composure; calmness
- expiate
- to atone for
- inviegle
- to obtain by deception or flattery
- ascetic
- self-denying; austere
- exculpate
- to clear from guilt or blame
- menagerie
- collection of wild animals for exhibition
- molt
- to shed skin, hair or outer layer
- expedient
- practical; helpful
- importune
- to make insistent requests
- deride
- to ridicule; to make fun of
- obsequious
- excessively respectful; servile
- interpolate
- to insert; to add to a text
- circumlocution
- use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language
- larceny
- theft of property
- demur
- to raise objection or doubt
- gall
- boldness; impudence
- languid
- lacking in energy
- insular
- narrow minded
- embroil
- to involve in an argument
- engender
- to bring about; to cause