sat vocab

forfeiture

confiscation/loss/giving up something

compliance

noudattaminen

animosity

hostility

vihamielisyys jotakin kohtaan

refinement

improvement

precursor

something that comes before another of the same kind

dogmatic 

someone who believes strongly that their principles are true 

ambiguous

unclear

affinity

liking towards something

corroboration

evidence to support something

reconcile

sovittaa

haphazard

random/unplanned/disorganised

contrived

teennäinen/forced/artificial/created through trickery

surmise

guess

innocuous 

harmless

novel

interestingly new

buttress

support/strengthen

reciprocate

do the same in return

serendipity

fluke

development of events by chance in a positive way

asserted

stated confidently

nullify

cancel out 

substantiate

provide evidence for/validate

abate

lessen/decrease

corroborate

confirm/give support to

adorn

make more attractive

notional

hypothetical

veritable

todellinen

spurious

false

desultory

casual

repudiate

refuse to accept

sardonic

mocking

furtive 

secretive 

tedious

boring

tenuous

weak

unanimous

united in agreement

subversive 

revolutionary