SAT Vocab #7

placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details SYN: fussy

to cheat someone out of money; to defraud SYN: scam

to lecture at length in an aggressive way SYN: accost, rant at

to gradually decline or waste away SYN: deteriorate, wither

lacking imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight SYN: shortsighted, narrow-minded

a disaster, catastrophe SYN: fiasco, mess

a completely different line or thought SYN: digression, non sequitur

to cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition) SYN: to be the cause of

filled or well-supplied with something SYN: full

to restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something SYN: refrain, to hold back