SAT Vocab Week 8

Natasha W.
Aug 13-19
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  1. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  2. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  3. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  4. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  5. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  6. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  7. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  8. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  9. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  10. flamboyant
    tending to attract attention; marked by ostentatious display
  11. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  12. domestic
    of or relating to the home
  13. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  14. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  15. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  16. formulaic
    in accordance with some established rule, style, or pattern
  17. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  18. elitist
    one who is biased in favor of those with high status
  19. estrangement
    separation resulting from hostility
  20. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  21. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  22. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  23. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
  24. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  25. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  26. dismay
    the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  27. illusory
    having the nature of something unreal or deceptive
  28. enterprise
    a purposeful or industrious undertaking
  29. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  30. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
Created on Fri Jun 22 11:48:03 EDT 2012 (updated Sun Jan 27 11:42:06 EST 2013)

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