Lesson 4 SAT Vocabulary

greedy for food and drink

lazy, indolent

exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic

insignificant matters

relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art

to weaken, to enfeeble

the act of spreading widely; scattering

double dealing, hypocrisy

self-centered, selfish

exceptionally early in development or occurrence

to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm

to contradict, to give a false impression

to intimidate, to dismay

unreasonable touchiness or irritability

extremely poisonous, hateful

strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

quarrelsome, stirring controversy

the lack of agreement, tension, strife

apart, indifferent

ordinary, commonplace

substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive

antiquated, old, out of use

wordy, very talkative

quickly changeable, easily vaporized

threatening