SAT Word Skills 1

SAT Word Skills 1 - Lesson 41

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to impugnverb

to question someone's honesty, quality, motive, etc.

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intuitionnoun

instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

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intuitiveadjective

based on or derived from intuition or instinct rather than rational analysis

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credencenoun

the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

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credibleadjective

able to be believed or relied on

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creditableadjective

worthy of often limited commendation

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credulitynoun

tendency to believe readily

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credulousadjective

believing things easily even without much evidence that leads to being easy to deceive

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creednoun

any system of principles or beliefs

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terrestrialadjective

relating to or characteristic of planet Earth or its inhabitants

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territorialadjective

of or relating to a territory

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to proliferateverb

to grow in amount or number rapidly

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prolificadjective

intellectually productive

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causaladjective

related to the relationship between two things in which one is the cause of the other

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causticadjective

of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

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to cauterizeverb

burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

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to expandverb

extend in one or more directions

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expansenoun

a wide scope

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expansionnoun

an increase in the amount, size, importance, or degree of something; the action of increasing something

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