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1 SAT VOCABULARY

2 Acquiesce - verb To agree to To give in to

3 Bombast - noun Arrogant, pompous language

4 Curtail - verb To cut short

5 Epicure - noun Someone who appreciates good food and drink

6 Heed - verb To listen to

7 Lampoon - verb To ridicule or spoof

8 Oblivious - adjective Totally unaware

9 Podium - noun A raised platform

10 Resonate - verb To echo

11 Tenuous - adjective Flimsy; not solid

12 List 2

13 Bellicose - adjective War-like; aggressive

14 Consummate - adjective
complete; total; supremely good

15 Elusive - adjective Hard to pin down

16 Gregarious - adjective
Sociable; extroverted; outgoing

17 Jaundiced - adjective Sickly; yellow in appearance
Cynical; pessimistic

18 Nettle - verb To annoy

19 Phenomenon - noun an event or happening (plural: phenomena)

20 Recuperate - verb To get better from something, especially an illness

21 Superlative - adjective
Extremely good; the best

22 Whet - verb To sharpen

23 List 3

24 Clemency- noun mercy

25 Flout- verb defy; reject

26 Mendacious -adjective
given to lying

27 Sophomoric-adjective
juvenile; immature

28 Venal- adjective corrupt; can be bribed

29 Cliché - noun overused expression; something unoriginal

30 Disparage -verb criticize; belittle

31 Flustered-verb worked-up; not calm

32 Protégé- noun person under protection of, or guided by another

33 Articulate- adjective
clear; lucid; eloquent

34 List 4

35 Ingrate- noun ungrateful person

36 Mercenary- adjective concerned only with money

37 Soporific- adjective inducing sleep

38 Veneer- noun surface coating

39 Clientele -noun customers

40 Disparity-noun an inequality

41 Inimical- adjective hostile

42 Protocol procedure; code of behavior

43 Sparse-adjective spare; bare; meager

44 Venerate-verb revere; worship

45 List 5

46 Coalesce- verb come together; merge

47 Artifice- noun deception; trickery

48 Dispassionate- adjective
neutral; objective

49 Innate- adjective inherited; inborn

50 Merge- verb come together

51 Pedestrian- noun common; mundane; banal

52 Provincial- adjective
unsophisticated; narrow-minded

53 Specious- adjective false

54 Venial- adjective minor; unimportant

55 Cerebral-Adjective intellectual

56 List 6

57 Diffident- Adjective Lacking confindence

58 Inconspicuous-Adjective
not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable

59 Malefactor-Noun A wrong-doer

60 Paradigm-Noun 1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things

61 Pristine-Adjective Unspoiled

62 Unprecedented-Adjective
never having happened before

63 Anomaly-Noun something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularity

64 Certitude-Noun Certainty

65 Digress-Verb wander off the subject

66 Falter-Verb hesitate; waver

67 List 7

68 Indelible-Adjective cannot be wiped out

69 Malinger-Verb deliberately avoid work; shirk

70 Paradox-Noun apparently contradictory statement

71 Proclivity-Noun tendency towards

72 Seminary-Noun an institution in which priests are trained

73 Annex-Verb take possession of; seize; capture

74 Forensic- adjective concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)

75 Pedant- noun person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning

76 Mercurial- adjective volatile; changeable

77 Archives - noun collections of old records; place of storage of old documents Hello my name is adam


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