Words at the SAT level.
Privacy:
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noun.
the indistinct sound of people whispering
a soft susurrus of conversation
Synonyms: susurration
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adj.
tolerant or lenient
indulgent parents risk spoiling their children|too soft on the children|they are soft on crime
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not strict
an easy teacher|easy standards|lenient rules|an easy penalty
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characterized by tolerance and mercy
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noun.
any of the bones of the fingers or toes
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noun.
any closely ranked crowd of people
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noun.
a body of troops in close array
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adj.
so unreasonable as to invite derision
the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework|that's a cockeyed idea|ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer|a contribution so small as to be laughable|it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion|a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history|her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
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adj.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness|a refractory child
Synonyms: fractious, refractory
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marked by stubborn resistance to authority
the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
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noun.
a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
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affording no ease or reassurance
a precarious truce
Synonyms: unstable
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fraught with danger
dangerous waters|a parlous journey on stormy seas|a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat|the precarious life of an undersea diver|dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
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adj.
not secure; beset with difficulties
a shaky marriage
Synonyms: shaky
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adj.
characterized by intense emotion
ardent love|an ardent lover|a fervent desire to change society|a fervent admirer|fiery oratory|an impassioned appeal|a torrid love affair
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(archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing
the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems|set out...when the fervid heat subsides
Synonyms: fervent
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noun.
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
he inherited his delinquency from his father|his derelictions were not really intended as crimes|his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
Synonyms: delinquency, willful neglect
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willful negligence
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verb.
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch the outline of the book|outline his ideas
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verb.
give to understand
I insinuated that I did not like his wife
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noun.
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
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filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Synonyms: cobweb
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characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
this smallest and most ethereal of birds|gossamer shading through his playing
Synonyms: ethereal
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so thin as to transmit light
a hat with a diaphanous veil|filmy wings of a moth|gauzy clouds of dandelion down|gossamer cobwebs|sheer silk stockings|transparent chiffon|vaporous silks
Synonyms: vaporous, transparent, sheer, see-through, gauzy, gauze-like, filmy, diaphanous, cobwebby, vapourous
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noun.
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
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noun.
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
Synonyms: cobweb
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characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
this smallest and most ethereal of birds|gossamer shading through his playing
Synonyms: ethereal
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adj.
so thin as to transmit light
a hat with a diaphanous veil|filmy wings of a moth|gauzy clouds of dandelion down|gossamer cobwebs|sheer silk stockings|transparent chiffon|vaporous silks
Synonyms: vaporous, transparent, sheer, see-through, gauzy, gauze-like, filmy, diaphanous, cobwebby, vapourous
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adj.
presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
propitious omens|propitious gales speeded us along|a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration
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Antonyms: unpropitious
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adj.
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
clandestine intelligence operations|cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines|hole-and-corner intrigue|secret missions|a secret agent|secret sales of arms|surreptitious mobilization of troops|an undercover investigation|underground resistance
Synonyms: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
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