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SAT Vocab - 2
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english
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1. Peevish - irritable
Petulant
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
Consternation
anomaly / atypical
2. Many - numerous
irreverent
Myriad
Triumvirate
resurgent
3. Empty - lacking serious purpose
Forbearance
Vacuous - Inane
indifferent / apathetic
Disquieting
4. Of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
flag
recluse
Extravagant
Apocryphal
5. To inform or instruct to remove ignorance
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
poignant
Rampant
Enlighten - Edify
6. To make a situation better
anomaly / atypical
Ameliorate
Histrionic - Overwrought
specious
7. Any respite or temporary relief.
mitigate / mollify / assuage / alleviate
reprieve
recalcitrant / obdurate
aloof
8. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
despoiled
Aplomb
Crystallize
Histrionic - Overwrought
9. Disbelieving - skeptical
Incredulous
Malfeasance
ominous
Perfidious
10. The act of blocking
Consensus
occlusion
Furor
misanthrope
11. Producing a deep or full sound
sonorous
galvanize
dimunitive
audacious
12. Twisted; intricate
vapid
convoluted
insolvent
modicum
13. A general commotion; an uproar
Furor
Juxtaposition
Prolific
antipathy / animosity / rancor
14. To increase rapidly
Complicity
Perfunctory
gratuitous
Proliferate
15. Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment
debunk
Discomfited
impecunious
mellifluous
16. A preceding event
fleeting / ephemeral
antecedent / forerunner / precursor
trite / hackneyed / pedestrian / platitudinous / banal / insipid
Rampant
17. Very rich - having abundant resources
Affluent - Opulent
Rampant
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
implacable
18. Noisily and stubbornly defiant
denounce
nadir
Obstreperous
Eclectic
19. To confuse or perplex; utterly dumbfounded
reprieve
admonish
ostracize
Flummox
20. A fake; a fraud; a cheat
Marginal - Peripheral
boorish / uncouth / crass
Cerebral
charlatan
21. Easily noticed
dissembler / prevaricator
Complicity
conspicuous
bowdlerize
22. A veiled reference
anomaly / atypical
innuendo
Protean
acrimonious
23. Excessive and therefore lacking restraint
Extravagant
Obdurate - Intransigent
Enlighten - Edify
Scintillating
24. A complete failure
fiasco / debacle
abstemious
incoherent
Demarcation
25. Combined action or operation
Pertinent
superficial
synergy
Visceral
26. Sad mournful - melancholic
Lugubrious
peremptory
Moribund
Oblivious
27. Lack of interest or concern
elusive
Forbearance
indifferent / apathetic
Vacuous - Inane
28. Exercising moderation
ambivalent
temperate
strident
enigmatic / inscrutable
29. Lax in attending to duty; negligent
reprobate
Demarcation
Complicity
remiss
30. The highest point
peremptory
Censorious - Captious
subtle
zenith / apex
31. Freed from restraint of any kind; liberated
laconic / succint / terse
Unfettered
bungler
Provincial - Parochial - Insular
32. Out of reach; difficult to catch
fastidious
diatribe / tirade
elusive
Disquieting
33. The property of being prompt and efficient
iconoclast
dispatch
squelch
irreverent
34. Very bold; daring
insinuate
audacious
Lurid
byzantine
35. Admirably suited; apt.
prodigy
Stopgap
felicitous
vindicate
36. Not capable of being appeased
implacable
Malfeasance
Blithe
amalgam
37. Very concise; brief
laconic / succint / terse
denounce
viable / feasible
circumscribe
38. A speaker who appeals to emotions - fears or prejudices
demagogue
enumerate
quixotic
panache / verve / flamboyant
39. To scold; rebuke
punctilious
Spate
Disenfranchise
upbraid / reproach / castigate
40. Outstanding
odoriferous
deride
Superfluous - Extraneous
exemplary
41. To put down with comtemptuous jeering
Consternation
Indomitable - Resolute
deride
Preclude
42. To lecture or speak without notes
penchant / predilection
Disingenuous
Extemporize - Improvise
mellifluous
43. Outrage at something that is unjust
renovate
denounce
dirge
indignant
44. An office or position that provides an income for little/ no work
Gestate
Disheartening
glacial
Sinecure
45. Lacking self-confidence
diffident
Ornate
Redolent
expunge / excise / expurgate
46. An interruption in time or continuity; a break
impecunious
Hiatus
occlusion
tactile
47. Highly detailed
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
fortuitous
bowdlerize
specious
48. Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
Disquieting
proponent / advocate
Harbinger - Portent - Presage
49. A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
picayune
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
sycophant / obsequious
Cosmopolitan
50. A person who leads a life of self-denial
Inquisition
Flippant - Facetious
dilettante
ascetic
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