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Vocab Quiz 12
vocab for quiz 12 from SAT Power Plus Book
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English
10th Grade
02/18/2008

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Term
altercation
Definition

a heated argument

 

Syn: quarrel; dispute

Ant: agreement, harmony 

Term
lexicon
Definition

a dictionary; a specialized vocabulary

 

Syn: jargon; argot; cant 

Term

hue

 

   

  

Definition

a particular shade of a given color

 

 

Term
galvanize
Definition

to startle into sudden activity

 

Syn: stimulate

Ant: enervate 

Term
sanction
Definition

permission; support

  

Term

hyperbole

 

 

Definition

extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally

 

Ant: understatement 

Term
ominous
Definition

threatening; foreboding evil

 

Syn: sinister

Ant: comforting 

Term

audacity

 

 

Definition

rude boldness; nerve

 

Syn: insolence; impudence

Ant: decorum 

Term
evince
Definition

to demonstrate clearly; to prove

 

Syn: manifest 

Term
implacable
Definition

unable to be appeased or pacified

 

Syn: inflexible, relentless

Ant: pacified; assuaged  

Term
exhort
Definition

to urge on with stirring words

 

Syn: encourage 

Term

incarcerate

 

Definition

to put into prison; to confine

 

Syn: imprison; constrain

Ant:liberate; free 

Term
incisive
Definition

sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter

 

Syn: piercing; acute

 Ant: superficial; dull
 

Term
expedient
Definition

practical; providing an immediate advantage

 

Syn: effective

Ant: feckless

 

Term
pertinent
Definition

having to do with the subject at hand; relavent

 

Ant: unrelated; extraneous  

Term

a.quarrell

b.jargon

c.stimulate

d.agreement

e.understatement

f.enervate

g.comforting

h.insolence

i.manifest

j.sinister

k.decorum

l.pacified

m.imprison

n.unrelated

o.liberate

p.piercing

q.inflexible

r.encourage

s.acute

t.feckless

u.extraneous

v. effective

Definition

a.altercation

b.lexicon

c.galvanize

d.altercation

e.hyperbole

f.galvanize

g.ominous

h.audacity

i.evince

j.ominous

k.audacity

l.implacable

m.incarcerate

n.pertinent

o.incarcerate

p.incisive

q.implacable

r.exhort

s.incisive

t.expedient

u.pertinent

v.expedient  

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