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mitigate:to make less violent
mollify:to soften in temper
mores:the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people
nascent: in the process of being born or coming into existence
novice: a beginner, someone without training or experience
obfuscate:to render incomprehensible
nuance:a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression
incumbent:someone who holds an office
inimical:hostile, enemy-like
iniquity:wickedness or sin
elegy:a speech given in honor of a dead person
elucidate:to clarify, explain
embezzle:to steal money by falsifying records
emollient:soothing
encumber:to weigh down, burden
enfranchise:to grant the vote to
defamatory:harmful toward another’s reputation
deft:skillful, capable
defunct:no longer used or existing
deleterious: harmful
demagogue:a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices
depravity:wickedness
deprecate:to belittle, depreciate
fetid:extremely unpleasant
fickle:shifting in character, inconstant , indecisive
SAT Vocabulary
Across:1. | to make less violent | 5. | shifting in character, inconstant , indecisive | 6. | a speech given in honor of a dead person | 8. | to belittle, depreciate | 10. | to grant the vote to | 13. | a beginner, someone without training or experience | 16. | in the process of being born or coming into existence | 18. | the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people | 19. | extremely unpleasant | 20. | a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices | 22. | to clarify, explain | 23. | to render incomprehensible |
| | Down:2. | someone who holds an office | 3. | harmful | 4. | wickedness | 7. | soothing | 9. | harmful toward another’s reputation | 11. | a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression | 12. | wickedness or sin | 14. | to weigh down, burden | 15. | hostile, enemy-like | 17. | to steal money by falsifying records | 21. | no longer used or existing |
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SAT Vocabulary
Across:1. | to make less violent | 5. | shifting in character, inconstant , indecisive | 6. | a speech given in honor of a dead person | 8. | to belittle, depreciate | 10. | to grant the vote to | 13. | a beginner, someone without training or experience | 16. | in the process of being born or coming into existence | 18. | the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people | 19. | extremely unpleasant | 20. | a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices | 22. | to clarify, explain | 23. | to render incomprehensible |
| | Down:2. | someone who holds an office | 3. | harmful | 4. | wickedness | 7. | soothing | 9. | harmful toward another’s reputation | 11. | a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression | 12. | wickedness or sin | 14. | to weigh down, burden | 15. | hostile, enemy-like | 17. | to steal money by falsifying records | 21. | no longer used or existing |
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