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DeckID92
DeckNameSAT Vocab Prep - Top 500 words (9/25)
DeckDescriptionMaster these SAT words with a common theme of gloom and evil to ace the SAT and increase your verbosity.
Created11/1/2008 12:19:51 PM
AuthorID61da7d20-a6e7-4601-a076-36e70ee448cf




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abhorrent (adj.)

very repugnant; hateful.

arrant (adj.)

notoriously bad

deject (v.)

to depress the spirits of

desperado (n.)

one without regard for law or life

dilapidate (v.)

to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect

disconsolate (adj.)

grief-stricken

dissonance (n.)

discord

miscreant (n.)

a villain

misanthropy (n.)

hatred of mankind

misdemeanor (n.)

evil conduct, small crime

noxious (adj.)

hurtful

obdurate (adj.)

impassive to feelings of humanity or pity

onset (n.)

an assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification

patronize (v.)

to exercise an arrogant condescension toward

diablerie (n.)

reckless mischief; deviltry

pestilence (n.)

a raging epidemic

polemics (n.)

the art of controversy or disputation

psychopathic (adj.)

morally irresponsible

sardonic (adj.)

scornfully or bitterly sarcastic

siege (n.)

a beleaguerment