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SAT Vocab - 2
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1. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
Cerebral
Guile
Enfranchise
Incredulous
2. Touching; heartrending
recluse
tedious
serendipity
poignant
3. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
prattle
Hiatus
acrimonious
Duplicitous
4. Unnecessary; extra
Nuance
Superfluous - Extraneous
jovial and jocular
viable / feasible
5. Surplus or excess of something
denounce
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
extricate
fleeting / ephemeral
6. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health
Empirical
zenith / apex
Noxious
erroneous
7. Deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
boorish / uncouth / crass
Profligate
vicarious
flag
8. Relentless - unstoppable
Eschew
ominous
inexorable
Disenfranchise
9. Scientific study of insects
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
Ungainly
Entomology
vapid
10. Highly injurious - destructive - deadly
Pernicious
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
panache / verve / flamboyant
Opaque
11. The final ending of something; the downfall
squelch
Flotsam
demise
Elucidate
12. A deviation from the norm
anomaly / atypical
indulgent
Vertiginous
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
13. Bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive; officious (peremptorily - preempt)
erroneous
extirpate
peremptory
evocation
14. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
aesthetic
Ineffable
reprehensible
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
15. A sudden realization or insightful moment
Disenfranchise
Incredulous
Epiphany
Timorous
16. Doomed to failure
futile
intemperate
Flotsam
Esoteric - Arcane
17. To soothe or calm; to appease
Solicitous
pandemic
Placate
circuitous
18. Not capable of being overcome
vapid
bowdlerize
Paranoia
insurmountable
19. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
Pristine
audacious
Demography
impecunious
20. The property of being prompt and efficient
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Contentious - Cantankerous
dispatch
tactile
21. Thoroughly dried out
repudiate / recant / renounce
renovate
Dessicated
Supercilious
22. To conceive and develop in the mind
Gestate
incisive
amalgam
Prescribe
23. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Dilatory
Moribund
indifferent / apathetic
24. To put down by exposing false claims
magnanimous
byzantine
debunk
raze
25. To scold; rebuke
copious
stoic
aesthetic
upbraid / reproach / castigate
26. Characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
impasse
despondent / forlorn
Vituperative
dispel
27. Detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
Forbearance
Eschew
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
exorbitant
28. Intellectual rather than emotional
reaffirm
Cerebral
demise
Sinecure
29. To deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing it's hard to understand
ascetic
Virulent
Nullify
Obfuscate
30. Any respite or temporary relief.
Obstreperous
reprieve
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
diatribe / tirade
31. Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
Hiatus
ubiquitous
disparity
odoriferous
32. A person who excels in telling anecdotes
dismissive
innocuous
raconteur
expunge / excise / expurgate
33. To surrender
Capitulate
Extravagant
innuendo
abstemious
34. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
Enlighten - Edify
ambivalent
Fawn
incisive
35. Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite
Perspicacious - Prescient - Discerning
Esoteric - Arcane
Preclude
morbid
36. Very determined; unwavering
Fecund
Indomitable - Resolute
aesthetic
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
37. To obtain or get by care - effort - or the use of special means
austerity
procure
resilient
indifferent / apathetic
38. Showing great care and concern; attentive
Caustic
Propitiate
Solicitous
disparity
39. A person who makes predictions based on data
Excoriating - Scathing
vindictive
prognosticator
callous
40. A timely benefit
boon
malodorous
innovator
Accord
41. Loud - harsh - grating - or shrill
vindictive
pandemic
strident
tacit
42. Mysterious; having a hidden meaning
deleterious
Affluent - Opulent
cryptic
nonchalant
43. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
Cerebral
aesthetic
Eschew
demagogue
44. Charmingly rural
ostracize
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
exemplary
Dilapidated
45. An excuse - an alleged cause
Pretext
insinuate
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Lugubrious
46. Strength of mind
fortitude
incontrovertible
halcyon
acquiesce
47. A devoted student
Underwrite
Precedent
acolyte
decry
48. To drive away; scatter
dispel
anguish
distend
Indomitable - Resolute
49. Extremely wicked; vile
Conundrum
disparage
nefarious
Catalyst
50. Readily taking on various forms and meanings
Protean
Rampant
Sinecure
mentor
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