SAT Vocab 11 (AP Lit)

To use force or intimidation to get results

• assuage

• complement

• commend

• coerce

The use of ridicule in order to point out weaknesses

• Satire

• Rhetoric

• Tenet

• Revival

to present as worthy of notice or praise

• assuage

• complement

• commend

• coerce

Complying or yielding in a submissive way

• antagonistic

• apathetic

• compliant

• complacent

Untidy or unclean

• volatile

• slovenly

• scathing

• transient

Persuasive speaking or writing, often exaggerated

• Satire

• Rhetoric

• Tenet

• Revival

Acting in opposition to another

• antagonistic

• apathetic

• compliant

• complacent

Pleased with oneself

• antagonistic

• apathetic

• compliant

• complacent

Not lasting or permanent

• volatile

• slovenly

• scathing

• transient

Restoration to life or health

• Satire

• Rhetoric

• Tenet

• Revival