S.A.T. 11 boreal – adj. - Of or relating to the north; northern. Of or concerning the northern...

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S.A.T. 11

Transcript of S.A.T. 11 boreal – adj. - Of or relating to the north; northern. Of or concerning the northern...

S.A.T. 11

boreal – adj. - Of or relating to the north; northern. Of or concerning the

northern wind.

fez – n. pl. - A man’s felt cap in the shape of a flat-topped cone, usually red with a

black tassel hanging from the crown.

draconian – adj. - Exceedingly harsh; very severe.

litigious – adj. - Of, relating to, or characterized by litigation. Tending to

engage in lawsuits.

cryptic – adj. - Having hidden meaning; mystifying. Secret or occult.

malleable- adj. - Capable of being shaped, as by hammering. Easily controlled or influenced; tractable.

pretext – n. - An ostensible or professed purpose; an excuse. An effort or strategy

intended to conceal something.

auspices – n. pl. - Protection or support; patronage.

affectation – n.- A show, pretense, or display. Behavior that is assumed

rather than natural; artificiality

carnage – n. - Massive slaughter, as in war; a massacre.

oxymoron – n. pl. - A rhetorical figure in

which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in

deafening silence.

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