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SAT Words IV-3
week 5.5-5.6
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11th Grade
12/30/2008

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affable
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easy-going, friendly
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alacrity
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promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eargerness
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amiable
Definition
friendly; agreeable; good-natured
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benign
Definition
kind and gentle
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sanguine
Definition
cheerfully confident; optimistic
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belligerent
Definition
eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
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byzantine
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extremely complicated or devious
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cantankerous1
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ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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deleterious
Definition
having a harmful effect
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exacerbate
Definition
to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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flippant
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disrespectfully humorous or casual
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insolent
Definition
insulting in manner or speech
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nefarious
Definition
flagrantly wicked; vicious
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pernicious
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extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly
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rancorous
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marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-will
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repugnant
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
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tawdry
Definition
gaudy and cheap
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