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SAT Vocab - 2
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english
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1. Unsophisticated
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
naïve / gullible / credulous
Lambaste
Catalyst
2. To scold; rebuke
debunk
Enlighten - Edify
Vertiginous
upbraid / reproach / castigate
3. Self-assurance - admirable ploys under pressure
Disquieting
Aplomb
acquiesce
Duplicitous
4. Lukewarm; mild; half-hearted
Tepid
Destitute - Impoverished - Indigent
sycophant / obsequious
circumspect / prudent
5. A person who leads a life of self-denial
ascetic
Provisional
renovate
thwart / stymie
6. Flexible; easily shaped especially by outside influence/ force
Sanguine
Pristine
Plastic - Malleable - Pliable
Entomology
7. Very discouraging
Euphony
vapid
Disheartening
Compunction - Contrition - Remorse - Penitence
8. A funeral hymn; mournful music
demise
Idiosyncrasy
Egalitarian
dirge
9. Harmless
Solicitous
Credulous
innocuous
Guile
10. Outstanding
trivial / minutiae
extirpate
bane
exemplary
11. The study of characteristics of human population
pompous
Churlish - Sullen - Surly
Furor
Demography
12. To express strong disapproval
Pertinent
belie
Exonerate - Exculpate
decry
13. Doing or saying something again and again
Complaisant
Flotsam
Disingenuous
redundant
14. To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
Appeasement
penchant / predilection
Execrable - Odious - Repugnant
gerrymander
15. A general commotion; an uproar
Furor
oracle
Pristine
procure
16. State of being various or manifold; a great number
pandemic
Enlighten - Edify
conjecture / supposition
multiplicity
17. Person who organizes a business/enterprise
Entrepreneur
impetus
synergy
Gestate
18. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.
polarize / divisive
specious
Idiosyncrasy
Ignominious
19. Very determined; unwavering
impeccable
Catalyst
Fecund
Indomitable - Resolute
20. Failure to reach an agreement
antipathy / animosity / rancor
impasse
Consensus
Proliferate
21. Unrestrained: unchecked
reprieve
curtail
Complicity
Rampant
22. Habitually quiet; uncommunicative
exorbitant
Taciturn
Protean
circumscribe
23. Showing nervousness or fear
odoriferous
debunk
adroit / deft / adept / dexterious
Timorous
24. Something of small value; petty; trifling
picayune
conspicuous
Idyllic
Vituperative
25. Belittle;slight
disparage
decry
Paradigm
misanthrope
26. A group or association of three leaders
Triumvirate
Unprecedented
convoluted
benefactor
27. A small - moderate - or token amount
Credulous
upbraid / reproach / castigate
modicum
clandestine / surreptitious
28. A fake; a fraud; a cheat
Virulent
charlatan
nostalgia
Didactic
29. Act/instance used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances
Preclude
Precedent
pragmatic
Enfranchise
30. To be guided by practical experience - not theory
Chagrin
Restitution
Empirical
relinquish
31. Sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
Beleaguer
demagogue
incisive
Spate
32. A devoted student
Flummox
acolyte
profundity
Spate
33. To make young again
Histrionic - Overwrought
austerity
affable / amiable / genial / gregarious
rejuvenate
34. Favoring social equality - believing in an equal society
thwart / stymie
Egalitarian
Taciturn
Affluent - Opulent
35. Harmful; injurious
Elucidate
deleterious
Garrulous - Verbose - Loquacious
austere
36. A person who introduces something new
Excoriating - Scathing
innovator
rebuff
Obfuscate
37. Highly detailed
momentous
painstaking / meticulous / exacting
anomaly / atypical
tenacious
38. Marked by precise accordance with details
punctilious
reaffirm
demise
decry
39. A person who hates humankind
Obfuscate
acquiesce
misanthrope
innovator
40. A sudden realization or insightful moment
Perfunctory
erroneous
Epiphany
insolvent
41. Characterized by or suffering from dizziness; having vertigo
Vituperative
naïve / gullible / credulous
Entomology
Vertiginous
42. Bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive; officious (peremptorily - preempt)
glacial
hilarity
Bombastic
peremptory
43. Tending to give instruction or advice; inclined to teach others too much; containing a political/moral lesson
tedious
dissembler / prevaricator
Didactic
boorish / uncouth / crass
44. Treacherous - traitorous - deceitful
vacillate
wry / droll
Perfidious
pandemic
45. Praise; applaud
Coerce
irreverent
laud / extol / tout / acclaim
dispatch
46. A person with biased beliefs
eccentric
partisan
jovial and jocular
felicitous
47. Good-humored; cheerful
jovial and jocular
unconventional / unorthodox
devoid
veracity
48. Agent that provokes or triggers change
disparity
neophyte / novice / greenhorn
Catalyst
hilarity
49. To lecture or speak without notes
Extemporize - Improvise
vapid
reprobate
reprieve
50. A person who excels in telling anecdotes
Perfunctory
Consensus
raconteur
ubiquitous
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