SAT Vocabulary #17

forcefully concise; to the point; convincing

sneaky; sly; departing from the proper course

a mystery; a riddle; a baffling matter or person

to speed up; to ease the progress of

a set of beliefs, values, opinions, or principles

the most important point; the essential point; the substance

silly; lacking proper seriousness; not sensible

blunt; abrupt in manner or speech

positive about the correctness of one’s opinions; opinionated

to go in different directions of separate ways; to branch off

hatred; strong hostility; antagonism

without appropriate respect or seriousness; fresh; impertinent

a yielding to a request or demand; cooperation with a norm or policy

harmful; damaging

unnecessary; irrelevant; not belonging