SAT Vocab

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contemporaries

people living at the same time

inhibit

restrain

exulted

feel great happiness

unwarranted

not justified

disorienting

confusing

tenuous

very weak or slight

austerity

sterness

incongruity

not in harmony

discrepancy

like of compatibility

concede

admit that something is true after first denying it

refute

prove to be wrong

proponent

person who advocates for something

insofar

to the extent that

tendency

lean towards

sanction

threatened penalty for disobedience OR official permission for an action

revered

honored and respected

contempt

feeling that something is beneath consideration

contentious

causing or likely to cause an argument

repudiation

rejection of an idea

inadvertently

without intention (not paying attention(

novel

new

mitigates

makes less severe

underscores

emphasizes

conflate

combine

ascribing

attribute something to

hinder

create difficulties for

mystifying

bewildering

incentivize

provide someone with motivation to do something

relative

in proportion to

confederacy

alliance

hallmark

distinctive feature

preclude

prevent from happening

sanguine

optimistic

recalcitrant

having an uncooperative attitude

misanthropic

hates humanity