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SAT vocabulary 2015
sentence completion
Term | Definition |
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Protean | Displaying great variety or diversity |
Bedazzled | To impress |
Wearied | tired |
Eclectic | Hems drawn from various sources |
Quixotic | To be unpredictable |
Confounded | confused |
Docile | Easily taught |
Mercurial | To change moods |
Magnanimous | showing courageous spirit |
Taciturn | temperamentally silent |
Flippant | lacking respect |
Pedantic | unimaginative |
Reticent | To be silent |
Diffident | To be shy |
Loquacious | Talkative |
Melodious | To hear a pleasing sound |
Census | population count |
Zealot | A person who is uncompromising in pursuit of religious, political, or other ideas. |
Sardonic | Disdainfully humorous |
Precocious | To exhibit mature qualities at an early age |
Ascetic | Practices strict self-denial |
Superfluous | Unnecessary or too much |
Spurious | False or untrue |
Prudent | To be wise or careful |
Conformist | Someone who follows the majority |
Buttress | To support |
Callous | To be insensitive |
Trepidation | To be apprehensive |
Officious | To be interfering or meddlesome |
Innate | natural |
Concede | To admit something is true or surrender |
Vacillate | Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions |
Joviality/Jovial | Cheerful and friendly |
Artifice | Clever or cunning devices, especially as used to trick or deceive others. |
Erudition | The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning |
Doctrine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group |