SAT Word Skills 2

SAT Word Skills 2 - Lesson 23

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11 min
parsimonynoun

extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

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parsimoniousadjective

spending money very reluctantly

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to explicate
to explicateverb

make plain and comprehensible

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explicitadjective

expressed very clearly, leaving no doubt or confusion

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to carpverb

raise trivial objections

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carpingnoun

persistent petty and unjustified criticism

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ferocitynoun

the property of being wild or turbulent

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ferociousadjective

marked by extreme and violent energy

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to parchverb

cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

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parchedadjective

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

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lithe
litheadjective

being flexible and moving in an attractive way

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lithesome
lithesomeadjective

gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

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epitaphnoun

a brief statement or poem written on a tombstone or grave marker to honor and remember a deceased person

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epithetnoun

a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

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epitomenoun

a standard or typical example

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to epitomizeverb

embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of

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amateuradjective

lacking skill or not done in a professional way

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amatoryadjective

expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

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curtadjective

brief and to the point; effectively cut short

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to curtailverb

terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

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