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SAT Unit 6. Advocate. To plead in favor of (v) One who defends (n) One who pleads the cause of another (n) A lawyer (n). aesthetic. Artistic Dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. blighted. Suffering from a disease; destroyed; marred. deploy.
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Advocate • To plead in favor of (v) • One who defends (n) • One who pleads the cause of another (n) • A lawyer (n)
aesthetic • Artistic • Dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
blighted Suffering from a disease; destroyed; marred
deploy To position or arrange; to utilize; to spread out
depravity Corruption; wickedness Nordhausen Concentration Camp where 20,000 people are believed to have been killed
emaciated • Made unnaturally thin
eminent Famous, outstanding, distinguished
FLAGRANT GLARING; CONSPICUOUSLY BAD; DISAGREEABLE; UNPLEASANT
GUILE Deceit, cunning, deception, trickery, fraud You’ll hear the word “beguile,” which means to trick someone.
INANE Lacking sense, significance, or ideas; Foolish, empty, void
Inaugurate • To start; initiate; to install in office
INCITE TO STIR UP, ENCOURAGE, URGE ON; TO PROMPT TO ACTION
MEGALOMANIA A SYMPTOM OF MENTAL ILLNESS MARKED BY A FEELING OF POWER, WEALTH, TALENT, ETC THAT FAR EXCEEDS REALITY
NIRVANA • OBLIVION TO CARING, PAIN OR REALITY • IN BUDDHISM, THE FREEDOM FROM ENDLESS REINCARNATION
PERFUNCTORY SUPERFICIAL; NOT THOROUGH; PERFORMED MERELY OUT OF ROUTINE; HASTY; LACKING INTEREST
PERTURB • To agitate, bother, disturb
REBUTTAL An argument against something by giving opposing information
RECTIFY To make right; to set right; to correct
SATIRICAL mocking; making fun of What previous vocabulary word does this remind you of?
TENACIOUS Stubborn, persistent, holding together firmly; tough; not giving up easily