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SAT

First set of 50 hot words for the SAT.

TermDefinition
Brevity (brev-ih-tee) n. Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing
Concise (cun-sise) adj. using few words in speaking or writing
Laconic (luh-cahn-ik) adj. using few words in speech
Pithy (pith-ie) adj. brief and full of meaning and substance; concise
Quiescent (kwy-eh-sunt) adj. quiet; still; inactive
Reticent (ret-ih-sunt) adj. not talking much; reserved
Succinct (suk-sinkt) adj. clearly and briefly stated ;concuse
Taciturn (tas-ih-turn) adj. silent;s parring of words; close-mouthed
Terse (turs) adj. using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness
Bombastic (bom-bas-tic) adj. using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others
Circumlocution (sir-kum-low-q-shun) n. speaking in circles; round-about speech
Colloquial (kuh-low-kwee-ul) adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
Diffuse (dih-fews) adj. spread out, not concise; wordy
Digress (die-gres) vb. to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about
Eloquence (eh-low-kwens) n, artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence peoples feelings
Garrulous (gar-u-lus) adj. talkative; loquacious
Loquacious (lo-kway-shus) adj. tending to talk a great deal; talkative
Grandiloquent (grand-dih-luh-kwent) adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others
Prattle (pra-tl) vb. to speak on an on in senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly
Ramble (ram-bul) vb. to talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction
Rant (rant) vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly; rave
Rhetorical (re-tor-uh-kul) adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression
Verbose (vur-bose) adj. using too many words; wordy; long winded
Voluble (vol-you-bul) adj. talking in a great deal with ease; glib
Arrogant (er-uh-gunt) adj. overbearing; proud; haughty
Braggart (bra-gurt) n. one who boasts a great deal
Complacent (kum-play-snt) adj. self-satisfied; smug
Contemptuous (kun-temp- choo-us) adj. lacking respect; scornful
Disdainful (dis-dane-ful) adj. full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof
Egotistical (ee-guh-tis-tih-kul) adj. excessively self-absorbed; very concieted
Haughty (haw-tee) adj. having great pride in oneself and dislike for others
Insolent (in-suh-lunt) adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude
Narcissistic (nar-suh-sis-tik) adj. having to do with extreme self-adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone
Ostentatious (ahs-tun-tay-shus) adj. having to do with showing off; pretentious
Presumptuous (prih-zum-choo-us) adj. too forward or bold; over stepping proper bounds
Pretentious (pri-ten-shus) adj. claiming or pretending increased imortance; ostentatious; affectedly grand
Supercilious (soo-pur-sih-lee-us) adj. looking down on others; proud or scornful
Swagger (swa-gur) vb. to walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner
Banal (buh-nal) adj. dull or stale because of overuse;trite; hackneyed
Cliche (klee-shay) n. an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse
Derivative (diy-rih-vuh-tiv) adj. unoriginal; taken from something already existing
Hackneyed (hak-need) adj. made commonplace by overuse; trite n.hack, one who copies or intimates the work of others
Insipid (in-sih-pud) adj. lacking flavor or taste; unexciting
Lackluster (lak-luhs-ter) adj. lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring
Mundane (muhn-dayn) adj. commonplace; ordinary
Platitude (pla-tuh-tood) n. quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original
Prosaic (pro-say-ik) adj. dull; commonplace
Trite (trite) adj. unoriginal and stale due to overuse
Vapid (va-pid) adj. lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale
Allay (uh-lay) vb. to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain
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