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ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14

ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14. (only one more to go…). Amenable. ( adj ) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible Syn : agreeable, compliant Ant: resistant , recalcitrant. Berate. (v) to scold sharply Syn : chide, rebuke

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ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14

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  1. ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14 (only one more to go…)

  2. Amenable • (adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible • Syn: agreeable, compliant • Ant: resistant, recalcitrant

  3. Berate • (v) to scold sharply • Syn: chide, rebuke • Ant: praise, compliment

  4. Credulous • (adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived • Syn: gullible • Ant: dubious, skeptical

  5. Deplete • (v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption • Syn: exhaust, drain • Ant: replenish, refill

  6. Expatiate • (v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely • Syn: elaborate, expound • Ant: summarize, condense

  7. Obdurate • (adj) stubborn, unyielding • Syn: obstinate, intractable • Ant: yielding, flexible

  8. Sadistic • (adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel • Syn: brutal, vicious • Ant: merciful, humane

  9. Challenge Word: Extraneous (adj) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential irrelevant • Syn: incidental, extrinsic • Ant: relevant, pertinent

  10. Challenge Word:Inception • (n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. • Syn: commencement, outset • Ant: conclusion, termination

  11. ChallengeWord:Jejune • (adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile • Syn: insipid, puerile • Ant: mature

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