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SAT Vocab - 2
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english
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1. Vulgar; crude
Furor
Vituperative
Sinecure
boorish / uncouth / crass
2. To inform or instruct to remove ignorance
prattle
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Enlighten - Edify
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
3. Lacking foresight or scope
myopic
modicum
indulgent
strident
4. Not ordinary or typical
Propitiate
unconventional / unorthodox
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
draconian
5. Treating serious manners with light-hearted humor or lack of respect
Flippant - Facetious
Parsimonious
cryptic
Juxtapose
6. Remaining in a pure state: uncorrupted by civilization
anachronism
Pristine
demise
trivial / minutiae
7. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
recluse
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Blithe
indulgent
8. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
relinquish
Manifesto
Obstreperous
recluse
9. Producing a sensation of touch
Paradigm
tactile
Indisputable
Protean
10. To hold back one's thoughts and feelings
deleterious
Licentious
reticent
Nullify
11. Carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
magnanimous
aesthetic
fastidious
Oblivious
12. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
specious
sophistry
presumptuous
altruistic
13. Moderate in eating and drinking
gerrymander
Vacuous - Inane
abstemious
Idiosyncrasy
14. Doing or saying something again and again
bowdlerize
pandemonium
redundant
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
15. Very generous
Munificent
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
martinet
Discomfited
16. Lacking restraint; excessive
intemperate
Ameliorate
eccentric
acolyte
17. Of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
aural
rejuvenate
jaded
intrepid / undaunted
18. Fearless; courageous
intrepid / undaunted
acquiesce
Nonplus - Confounded
zealot
19. Charmingly rural
Prolific
juggernaut
bucolic / rustic / pastoral
Sedentary
20. To introduce or communicate stealthily
insinuate
dispel
remiss
mellifluous
21. A tendency toward or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear; delusions of persecution
Paranoia
vicarious
Malfeasance
Hiatus
22. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
Caustic
Taciturn
Hiatus
Profligate
23. A mixture; combination of different elements
amalgam
indulgent
skeptic
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
24. To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
dismissive
gerrymander
fiasco / debacle
clairvoyant
25. Marked by inactivity OR in a state of quiet repose
Quiescent
Excoriating - Scathing
Perfunctory
nadir
26. Expressing strong disapproval; condemning; loudly decrying
Excoriating - Scathing
gratuitous
Contiguous
chimerical
27. A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
repudiate / recant / renounce
chimerical
morose / despondent
Provisional
28. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
Apocryphal
Enfranchise
multiplicity
29. Lacking organization or logic
Pretext
dirge
picayune
incoherent
30. An accidental but fortunate occurence
fortuitous
Profligate
evocation
Obstreperous
31. Sharing an edge or boundary - or touching
Contiguous
resurgent
Obdurate - Intransigent
Extemporize - Improvise
32. Showing great determination
Convivial
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Blithe
tenacious
33. Of secondary importance; not central;on the perimeter
Marginal - Peripheral
Exacerbate
Solicitous
Flippant - Facetious
34. Not in harmony - incompatible - at variance with - as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
implausible
Discordant
Placate
bowdlerize
35. Pretentious; filled with excessive self-importance
pandemic
analogy / analagous
pompous
reaffirm
36. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
admonish
Coerce
Disquieting
Contentious - Cantankerous
37. To give a false impression
dilettante
belie
viable / feasible
byzantine
38. Harmful - injurious to physical - mental - or moral health
insinuate
Noxious
Didactic
Fawn
39. An odd - unconventional person
zealot
Glut - Plethora - Surfeit
eccentric
viable / feasible
40. To give a definite form to an idea or plan
Crystallize
Blithe
abstemious
audacious
41. Producing a deep or full sound
Pristine
Appeasement
presumptuous
sonorous
42. A large number or amount
Spate
trivial / minutiae
superficial
Fecund
43. Excessively sentimental
Sanguine
pompous
maudlin
Complaisant
44. A source of harm
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
Epiphany
Virulent
bane
45. To avoid; shun; to stay clear of
anguish
halcyon
Eschew
jaded
46. Insensitive
Obsequious
callous
Vertiginous
plausible
47. Humiliating - shameful - disgraceful
Ignominious
tedious
Autocrat - Despot
Effusive
48. Great bitterness
Venal
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Precedent
acrimonious
49. Dry humor
pandemonium
Censorious - Captious
Solicitous
wry / droll
50. Disbelieving - skeptical
stoic
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
Insidious
Incredulous
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