SAT lesson 6-10
Terms
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- intended to instruct
- didactic
- a lessening
- diminution
- spread out; wordy
- diffuse
- nature; tendency
- disposition
- to criticize severely
- chastise
- entirely without; lacking
- devoid
- to grow together; to combine
- coalesce
- to treat with disrespect
- desecrate
- keenly perceptive; shrewd
- discerning
- a denunciation; bitter verbal attack
- diatribe
- to pull down; to take apart
- dismantle
- lack of equality; difference
- disparity
- to send off in different directions
- disperse
- tending to soothe or reconcile
- conciliatory
- indulging excessively in sensual pleasures
- dissipated
- a feeling of contempt for anything that is regarded as unworthy; scorn
- disdain
- in a state of mental conflict and confusion; distracted
- distraught
- to discredit; to belittle
- disparage
- clearly visible; remarkable
- conspicuous
- saying much in few words; brief but full of meaning
- concise
- absurd; wildly fanciful
- chimerical
- lasting a long time; constant
- chronic
- careful
- circumspect
- having exceptional insight
- clairvoyant
- secret
- clandestine
- mercy; mildness
- clemency
- conversational; used in informal speech or writing
- colloquial
- to sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another's suffering
- commiserate
- agreeing
- compatible
- calmness
- composure
- to forgive or overlook
- condone
- abundant
- copious
- to confirm
- corroborate
- coarse; stupid
- crass
- standard for judging; a test
- criterion
- secret; having a hidden meaning
- cryptic
- without attention to details
- cursory
- shortage
- dearth
- to weaken
- debilitate
- decay; decline
- decadence
- great respect
- deference
- to let the air out of; to reduce in size or importance
- deflate
- to describe in words; to sketch
- delineate
- behavior
- demeanor
- expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly
- denunciation
- to express strong disapproval of
- deprecate
- tending to lower in estimation; degrading
- derogatory
- monarch with unlimited power
- despot
- to discourage; to keep someone from doing something
- deter
- not straightforward; lying; roundabout
- devious