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SAT Vocab - 2
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english
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1. Of great importance
momentous
conjecture / supposition
aesthetic
Empirical
2. Having a natural fragrance
paradox
odoriferous
procure
Euphony
3. Cautious; careful
Noxious
jaded
circumspect / prudent
Lambaste
4. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
mentor
ascetic
Discordant
gratuitous
5. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
Pristine
Ignominious
occlusion
Guile
6. To treat as unimportant; ignore deliberately; disrespect
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
jaded
Slight
ambivalent
7. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
Venal
Disenfranchise
specious
subtle
8. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Flippant - Facetious
zealot
modicum
fastidious
9. A group or association of three leaders
Depreciation
Triumvirate
Bombastic
Dessicated
10. Domineering and arrogant; haughty
Extravagant
mendacious
Imperious
Indisputable
11. Showing great determination
tenacious
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
recalcitrant / obdurate
covet
12. Exercising moderation
synergy
Chagrin
Dessicated
temperate
13. A complete failure
devoid
indignant
fiasco / debacle
ominous
14. A scarcity or shortage
dearth / paucity
Venerate - Revere
trivial / minutiae
aloof
15. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
vicarious
Enlighten - Edify
dismissive
aloof
16. Agonizing physical or mental pain
byzantine
Aphorism - Axiom
boon
anguish
17. Not open to question
Indisputable
indigenous / endemic
Placate
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
18. No longer in use
devoid
Visceral
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
19. Promptly obedient - submissive - marked by or exhibiting fawning
Provisional
Obsequious
naïve / gullible / credulous
Watershed
20. Not capable of being overcome
Censorious - Captious
tedious
Contentious - Cantankerous
insurmountable
21. Lack of interest or concern
indifferent / apathetic
fiasco / debacle
Vacuous - Inane
Contiguous
22. To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
circumscribe
implausible
reticent
Oblivious
23. Easily convinced; tending to - believe to readily - gullible
Demarcation
Credulous
intemperate
Taciturn
24. Surplus or excess of something
odoriferous
pandemic
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
sycophant / obsequious
25. To deliberately exclude from a group
ostracize
Fecund
Blithe
bungler
26. Highly detailed
quixotic
admonish
subtle
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
27. Vulgar; crude
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
boorish / uncouth / crass
Gestate
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
28. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
martinet
Avarice - Cupidity
fastidious
inexorable
29. To make a situation worse
Exacerbate
Visceral
elusive
mellifluous
30. Harmless
stoic
Elucidate
innocuous
paradox
31. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
pompous
Quiescent
reaffirm
Disquieting
32. Fickle; constantly shifting moods
itinerant
charlatan
capricious / mercurial
insurmountable
33. Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
partisan
irreverent
Profligate
34. An excuse - an alleged cause
Pernicious
rebuff
panache / verve / flamboyant
Pretext
35. Native to an area
Juxtaposition
Duplicitous
indigenous / endemic
Ameliorate
36. Seeker of pleasure
galvanize
dissembler / prevaricator
audacious
hedonist
37. To speak against
Propitiate
Exacerbate
denounce
Appeasement
38. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
Dessicated
Discomfited
polarize / divisive
Obdurate - Intransigent
39. To place by side or enclose proximity
indifferent / apathetic
Lugubrious
Juxtapose
Vituperative
40. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
incisive
flag
disparage
Parsimonious
41. Abundant; a great amount
maudlin
copious
raze
punctilious
42. Instinctive rather than irrational
prognosticator
Visceral
skeptic
renovate
43. Signs/ omens that something important or calamitous is about to occur
affectation
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
Ornate
Demography
44. The floating wreckage of a ship; debris
Flotsam
jaded
ambiguous
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
45. Something of small value; petty; trifling
despondent / forlorn
bowdlerize
Noxious
picayune
46. To destroy.
Placate
extirpate
Oblivious
Precedent
47. Of secondary importance; not central;on the perimeter
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Myriad
Imperious
Marginal - Peripheral
48. Lacking liveliness - animation or interest; dull.
vapid
Taciturn
poignant
reprobate
49. Minor - everyday details
Avarice - Cupidity
trivial / minutiae
ambiguous
bane
50. Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious
Enfranchise
Ostentatious
curtail
Profligate
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