SAT Vocabulary Words - Chapter 6

Pregunta	Respuesta
Affluent	Rich; abundance of wealth
Ambivalence	Uncertainty; fluctuation
Arduous	Difficult; laborious
Appalling	Terrible; Overcome with horror
Auspicious	Promising; Favorable
Contend	Struggle
Conveyed	Delivered; transferred; taken
Deceit	Trick; deceptive; cheating
Definitive	Most reliable or complete,
Derive	Originated; grow; arise
Denotes	To be a mark or sign of; indicate:
Descended	Fell; Go downhill
Diluted	Thinned; watered; weakened
Disseminating	distributing; publishing
Epidemic	Affecting many persons at one time
Escapades	Reckless adventure or wild prank
Extinct	Dead; non-existent
Feasibility	Probable; likely:
Forgery	Forgery
Hypothesize	Imagine
Implied	inferred; understood
Imprudent	Unwise, indiscreet, ill-advised
Inherent	Essential; in-built
Jaunty	Sprightly, self-confident, and cheerful; brisk
Meritocracy	An elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth
Nil	Nothing; naught; zero
Nostalgia	Longing; melancholy; reminisce; homesick
Paradoxically	Statement that seems contrary to common sense
Paranoia	Fear; distrust; suspicion
Preemptive	Initiative; preventative
Premonition	A feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event;
Rebellious	Defying or resisting some established authority
Via	Through; past; by
Validation	Proof; Authentication
Skepticism	Questioning, probing, testing
Significant	Important; noteworthy
Rudimentary	Primitive
Resilience	Ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like;
Sociable	Friendly or agreeable in company

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