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SAT Vocab - 2
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english
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1. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Underwrite
Precedent
maudlin
deride
2. A morally unprincipled person
raconteur
Paranoia
reprobate
anachronism
3. An independent person
Prolific
subtle
Pretext
maverick
4. Derisive mocking comments
sarcastic / sardonic / snide
Chagrin
demise
Ungainly
5. Soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
Euphony
Rampant
sophistry
innocuous
6. Agreeable; friendly
Caustic
Profligate
Contentious - Cantankerous
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
7. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Obfuscate
Capitulate
Aplomb
Demarcation
8. To regard with great respect - to hold in high esteem
covet
upbraid / reproach / castigate
Venerate - Revere
aural
9. To bounce back
resilient
aloof
squelch
disparity
10. A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
clairvoyant
Conundrum
mentor
11. To drive away; scatter
dispel
mendacious
beneficiary
rebuff
12. An accidental but fortunate discovery
multiplicity
convoluted
nadir
serendipity
13. To treat as unimportant; ignore deliberately; disrespect
Spate
tumultuous
punctilious
Slight
14. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
byzantine
austerity
Perfunctory
sycophant / obsequious
15. A vigorous spirit or great enthusiasm
prototype
Elan
Censorious - Captious
Complaisant
16. Mixed feelings
exorbitant
Eschew
ambivalent
circumscribe
17. Excluding fragrance - full of a specified smell; suggestive of; reminiscent
byzantine
exhort
Noxious
Redolent
18. Provokes controversy
Affluent - Opulent
prudent
Superfluous - Extraneous
provocative
19. To deprive of some privilege - especially the right to vote
Virulent
implacable
Disenfranchise
Visceral
20. Belittle;slight
subtle
disparage
Enlighten - Edify
juggernaut
21. Obstinately resistant to authority or control
belie
Depreciation
Tepid
Refractory
22. To destroy.
extirpate
denounce
proponent / advocate
Appeasement
23. Direct opposite
chimerical
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Elucidate
proponent / advocate
24. Very calm; quiet
placid / serence
vicarious
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Unprecedented
25. Sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever
Perfidious
Scintillating
fleeting / ephemeral
Spate
26. Insensitive
callous
enumerate
implausible
upbraid / reproach / castigate
27. Having fallen in a state of disrepair; broken-down condition
fiasco / debacle
stoic
sonorous
Dilapidated
28. An intruder: a gate-crasher
Marginal - Peripheral
Lugubrious
Interloper
Extemporize - Improvise
29. To electrify; to stir into action
galvanize
odoriferous
conspicuous
pragmatic
30. Sensational - shocking - or ghastly
Lurid
placid / serence
distend
Aplomb
31. A champion of a cause
dimunitive
incisive
Empirical
proponent / advocate
32. A subtle shade of meaning or feeling - a slight degree of difference
Visceral
halcyon
enigmatic / inscrutable
Nuance
33. Corrupt - dishonest - open to bribery
Obstreperous
Elucidate
Venal
prospectus
34. A temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need
Hiatus
Catalyst
amalgam
Stopgap
35. To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
vindictive
circumscribe
pejorative
gerrymander
36. An inference
dispatch
conjecture / supposition
antithesis / antithetical / antipodal
Complaisant
37. Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Stopgap
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
Hiatus
Prescribe
38. To declare invalid
sophistry
Nullify
Depreciation
Elucidate
39. A severe interrogation or a systematic questioning
obsolete / archaic / antiquated
Licentious
despondent / forlorn
Inquisition
40. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
profundity
capricious / mercurial
Egalitarian
anachronism
41. Joyous; sprightly; light; vivacious
analogy / analagous
Blithe
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
Proscribe
42. Strong dislike
antipathy / animosity / rancor
pundit
circumscribe
Nuance
43. Excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted
Histrionic - Overwrought
Pretext
tedious
raze
44. To stop; frustrate
reticent
tactile
thwart / stymie
auspicious / propitious
45. Faultless; perfect
altruistic
voracious / ravenous
Dilapidated
impeccable
46. To beset; to surround with problems
charlatan
Beleaguer
Perfunctory
vindicate
47. A young genius
ubiquitous
Depreciation
prodigy
Placate
48. Exercising moderation
Placate
Redolent
Myriad
temperate
49. Marked by precise accordance with details
Oblivious
vindicate
punctilious
dispel
50. Overbearing; impertinently bold
presumptuous
Triumvirate
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
penchant / predilection
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