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SAT Vocab - 2
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1. A preference for something; an inclination
exemplary
penchant / predilection
oracle
tactile
2. An eloquent writer or speaker
superficial
devoid
anguish
rhetorican
3. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
disparity
specious
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Ostentatious
4. Agreeable; friendly
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
Depreciation
malodorous
Avarice - Cupidity
5. Formal proposal
picayune
prospectus
modicum
Flummox
6. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
incisive
zealot
Credulous
innovator
7. A champion of a cause
exemplary
proponent / advocate
intrepid / undaunted
recluse
8. An imaginative recreation
Taciturn
Prolific
Virulent
evocation
9. An intruder: a gate-crasher
Protean
Interloper
punctilious
Censorious - Captious
10. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
Aplomb
procure
Ostentatious
Blithe
11. To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
Catalyst
disparage
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
gerrymander
12. No longer in use
momentous
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
deride
resilient
13. To free from blame
polarize / divisive
temperate
vindicate
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
14. Loud - harsh - grating - or shrill
pandemonium
strident
pragmatic
exorbitant
15. Very profitable
Restitution
byzantine
Extemporize - Improvise
Lucrative
16. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
Crystallize
Superfluous - Extraneous
Supercilious
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
17. Utterly perplexed - completely puzzled - totally bewildered
Craven
Nonplus - Confounded
Dilapidated
hilarity
18. Outrage at something that is unjust
unconventional / unorthodox
viable / feasible
Scintillating
indignant
19. Feeling downcast; dejected
Nonplus - Confounded
despondent / forlorn
Lugubrious
malodorous
20. To stop; frustrate
punctilious
thwart / stymie
acolyte
Credulous
21. Very productive
Prolific
Flummox
Paradigm
Provisional
22. Disparaging - belittling - insulting
Perfunctory
Avarice - Cupidity
Brusque - Curt
pejorative
23. To place by side or enclose proximity
mentor
boon
Juxtapose
Triumvirate
24. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
Coerce
enigmatic / inscrutable
Sinecure
Paranoia
25. To avoid by artful maneuvering
inexorable
circumvent
procure
Placate
26. To get out of a difficult situation
extricate
Nuance
charlatan
Entrepreneur
27. To introduce or communicate stealthily
insinuate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
28. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
sycophant / obsequious
Forbearance
boorish / uncouth / crass
prospectus
29. Lacking restraint; excessive
intemperate
maverick
prodigy
Proliferate
30. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
wry / droll
auspicious / propitious
Disquieting
Demarcation
31. A morally unprincipled person
acquiesce
Scintillating
reprobate
Remunerate
32. Out of reach; difficult to catch
denounce
elusive
Didactic
Unfettered
33. To beset; to surround with problems
Beleaguer
Consternation
Pretext
malodorous
34. State of great dismay & confusion
indigenous / endemic
Elucidate
Consternation
Lucrative
35. To forbid; to prohibit; to outlaw
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
Proscribe
Munificent
Petulant
36. A young genius
Dilatory
clandestine / surreptitious
prodigy
Consensus
37. To break into opposing factions
reticent
wry / droll
polarize / divisive
acolyte
38. Insincere; not straightforward; not candid
Disingenuous
exorbitant
indifferent / apathetic
odoriferous
39. Association or participation in a wrongful act
exhort
Complicity
wry / droll
vapid
40. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Precedent
reticent
reprieve
Disquieting
41. Enforced economy
belie
copious
austerity
Avarice - Cupidity
42. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
Hiatus
morose / despondent
Venerate - Revere
ubiquitous
43. Provokes controversy
provocative
modicum
mendacious
nebulous
44. To appease - conciliate - or regain the good will of
Propitiate
prospectus
Effusive
Scintillating
45. Cautious; careful
circumspect / prudent
Vituperative
Manifesto
temperate
46. Very small
dimunitive
gerrymander
Virulent
peremptory
47. Generous nad forgiving
sycophant / obsequious
Obsequious
magnanimous
Unprecedented
48. Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality
rhetorican
odoriferous
Ostentatious
Complaisant
49. Lacking organization or logic
incoherent
prudent
audacious
belie
50. Producing a deep or full sound
multiplicity
Proliferate
sonorous
acquiesce
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