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Enhance your vocabulary with key terms that can elevate your SAT/ACT performance. This review covers crucial words, including "affront," "bilk," and "plaudit." Improve your understanding of terms like "onerous" and "rectify," while exploring nuances of "spartan," "apex," and "copious." Understand social dynamics through words like "pariah" and "nomad," and grasp the essence of moods with "zeitgeist." Compete effectively in your studies by learning the meanings of "pique," "abash," and "lenient." Equip yourself for academic success!
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UNIT 11 Vocabulary Review SAT/ACT PREP
Affront • An insult
bilk • To swindle or cheat out of
impute • to ascribe or attribute to another; usually a fault
plaudit • Applause or any expression of approval
neutral • Unbiased; not favoring one side or another
Onerous • Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
rectify • To correct
spartan • Simple, stern, somber
apex • The peak, or highest point of anything
Copious • Plentiful
baseness • The quality of being contemptible or inferior
inter • To bury
pariah • An outcast, or member of the lowest social class
nomad • Someone with no fixed residence; a wanderer
zeitgeist • To spirit characterizing a period of time
Vie • To compete
abash • To make ashamed or uneasy
rustle • A quick succession of small sounds
lenient • Gentle or liberal
pique • Irritation or resentment arising from wounded pride