Rami's 11th Grade SAT Words - List 11

Meenoo R. (United States of America)
SLA Juniors SAT List #11.
20 words 14 learners

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  1. abort
    terminate before completion
  2. benign
    kind in disposition or manner
  3. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  4. canvas
    a heavy, closely woven fabric
  5. defamatory
    harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
  6. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  7. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  8. feral
    wild and menacing
  9. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  10. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  11. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  12. lenient
    inclined to be permissive or indulgent
  13. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  14. nominal
    relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
  15. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  16. paramount
    more important than anything else; supreme
  17. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  18. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  19. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  20. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
Created on Thu Sep 20 13:18:16 EDT 2012

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