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SAT Vocabulary Unit 2

ABSTRUSE obscure profound Difficult to understand

BELLIGERENT GIVEN TO FIGHTING WARLIKE ONE AT WAR

CANDOR OUTSPOKENNESS; FRANKNESS

DECORUM PROPER BEHAVIOR GOOD TASTE ORDERLINESS

EFFRONTERY SHAMELESS BOLDNESS IMPUDENCE OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE

FACET A PHASE OR ASPECT OF A TOPIC ONE OF THE SMALL SURFACES OF A DIAMOND

GAUDY OSTENTATIOUSLY FINE SHOWY TASTELESSLY FINE

HARASS TO DISTURB TO TROUBLE BY REPEATED ATTACKS TO BOTHER

IMMINENT ABOUT TO HAPPEN

JURISDICTION THE LEGAL RIGHT TO HEAR AND DETERMINE A CAUSE AREA OF AUTHORITY

KINDLE TO START A FIRE TO INSPIRE

LACONIC CONCISE USING FEW WORDS

MALEVOLENT SPITEFUL SHOWING ILL WILL THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF ONE OF LAST WEEK’S WORDS…

NEBULOUS VAGUE CONFUSED INDISTINCT UNCLEAR

PALTRY TRIFLING INSIGNIFICANT MEAN DESPICABLE

RATIFY TO APPROVE FORMALLY VERIFY CONFIRM

SAGACIOUS KEEN; SHREWD HAVING INSIGHT

TACIT UNSPOKEN; SILENT IMPLIED OR INFERRED

ULTIMATE MOST REMOTE IN SPACE OR TIME EXTREME LAST IN CONSEQUENCE

VACILLATE TO SWING INDECISIVELY FROM ONE IDEA OR COURSE OF ACTION TO ANOTHER