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SAT 21

  1. incongruous
    not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate
  2. not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate
    incongruous
  3. belittle
    to make to seem little
  4. to make to seem little
    belittle
  5. unprecedented
    happening for the first time; novel; never seen before
  6. happening for the first time; novel; never seen before
    unprecedented
  7. digress
    to go off the subject
  8. to go off the subject
    digress
  9. appease
    to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
  10. to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
    appease
  11. frivolous
    not serious; not solemn; with levity
  12. not serious; not solemn; with levity
    frivolous
  13. instigate
    to provoke; stir up
  14. to provoke; stir up
    instigate
  15. conundrum
    a puzzle; a riddle
  16. a puzzle; a riddle
    conundrum
  17. debacle
    violent breakdown; sudden overthrow
  18. violent breakdown; sudden overthrow
    debacle
  19. doggerel
    comic, loose verse
  20. comic, loose verse
    doggerel
  21. exorbitance
    an exceeding large amount
  22. an exceeding large amount
    exorbitance
  23. garrulous
    extremely chatty or talkative; wordy or diffuse
  24. extremely chatty or talkative; wordy or diffuse
    garrulous
  25. intransigent
    uncompromising; stubborn
  26. uncompromising; stubborn
    intransigent
  27. quid pro quo
    [Latin- "something for something"] Something is given or done in return for something else. The politician said he would do what we had asked him to do, but there was a ____ __ ___: he said we had to bribe him first.
  28. [Latin- "something for something"] Something is given or done in return for something else. The politician said he would do what we had asked him to do, but there was a ____ __ ___: he said we had to bribe him first.
    quid pro quo
Author
Sbjohnson
ID
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Card Set
SAT 21
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SAT 21
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