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SAT Vocab List # 20

SAT Vocab List # 20. 96. insidious ( adj.). def : appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive syn : stealthy, surreptitious, treacherous ant : Lisa’s insidious chocolate cake tastes so good but makes you feel so sick later on. 97. intransigent ( adj.).

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SAT Vocab List # 20

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  1. SAT Vocab List #20

  2. 96. insidious (adj.) • def: appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive • syn: stealthy, surreptitious, treacherous • ant: • Lisa’s insidious chocolate cake tastes so good but makes you feel so sick later on.

  3. 97. intransigent (adj.) • def: refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion • syn: inexorable, uncompromising, resolute • ant: compliant • The intransigent child said he would have 12 scoops of ice cream or he would bang his head against the wall until his mother fainted from fear.

  4. 98. inure (v.) • def: to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation • syn: harden to, familiarize with, adapt to, desensitize • ant: sensitize • Twenty years in the salt mines inures the man to the discomforts of dirt and grime.

  5. 99. invective (n.) • def: an angry verbal attack • syn: abuse, insults, censure, tongue-lashing • ant: • My mother’s irrational invective against the way I dress only made me decide to dye my hair green.

  6. 100. inveterate (adj.) • def: stubbornly established by habit • syn: incorrigible, habitual, compulsive • ant: occasional, unaccustomed • I’m the first to admit that I’m an inveterate coffee drinker; I drink four cups a day.

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