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SAT Voc.
Blue Book
Question | Answer |
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redolent | having a pleasant odor; fragrant. |
intemperate | not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled. |
convivial | friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere. |
inscrutable | incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. |
toadies | an obsequious flatterer; sycophant. |
adulation | to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. |
arable | land that can be or is cultivated. |
compendious | containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: |
wistful | characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning. |
floridity | flowery; excessively ornate; showy |
irrepressible | incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable |
dalliance | a trifling away of time; dawdling |
infelicity | the quality or state of being unhappy; unhappiness. |
boorishness | unmannered; crude; insensitive |
fastidious | excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please |
sedulous | diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous |
petulant | moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation |
treacly | contrived or unrestrained sentimentality |
consecrated | to make (something) an object of honor or veneration |
deleterious | harmful; injurious |
ineffable | incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible |
presumptive | based on presumption or probability |
discernment | the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding |
propensity | a natural inclination or tendency: |
slipshod | careless, untidy, or slovenly |
effacement | to wipe out; do away with; expunge |
apolitical | not political |
subversive | tending to subvert or advocating subversion, esp. in an attempt to overthrow or cause the destruction of an established or legally constituted government |
agnostic | a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study |
venality | openness to bribery or corruption. |
repertory | a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season |