SAT Vocab #8

to make less severe, serious, or painful SYN: alleviate, ameliorate

the top of a trajectory, the highest point SYN: peak; apex

nonsense SYN: babble

acting or done quickly and without thought or care SYN: impulsive, rash

not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily SYN: hesitant, shy

to alternate or waver between two decisions SYN: to be indecisive

having or showing no skill SYN: clumsy, unskilled

(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter in tone SYN: scathing, harsh

moral corruption SYN: wickedness, evil

incapable of producing any result SYN: ineffective, pointless