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SAT Vocab. 1
SAT Vocabulary 1
Question | Answer |
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Brevity | Breifness or conciseness in speech or writing |
Concise | Using few words in speaking or writing |
Laconic | Using few words in speech |
Pithy | Brief and full of meaning and substance |
Quiscent | Quiet, still, inactive |
Reticent | Not talking much; reserved |
Succinct | Clearly and briefly stated; concise |
Taciturn | Silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed |
Terse | Using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness |
Bombastic | Using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others |
Circumlocution | Speaking in circles; round-about speech |
Colloquial | Pretaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
Diffuse | Spread out, not concise; wordy |
Digress | To wander off from the subject of topic spoken about |
Eloquence | Artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings |
Garrulous | Talkative; loqueacious |
Grandliloquent | Using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others |
Loquacious | Very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
Prattle | To speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
Ramble | To talk on and on pointlessly, without a clear direction |
Rant | To talk very loudly, even wildly; rave |
Rhetorical | Relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression |
Verbose | Using too many words; wordy; long-winded |
Voluble | Talking a great deal with ease; glib |
Arrogant | Overbearing; proud; haughty |
Braggart | One who boasts a great deal |
Complacent | Self-satisfied; smug |
Contemptuous | Lacking respect; scornful |
Disdainful | Full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof |
Egostical | Excessively self-absorbed; very concieted |
Haughty | Having great pride in oneself and sislike for others |
Insolent | Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavoir; rude |
Narcissistic | Having to do with extreme self-adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone |
Ostentatious | Having to do with showing off; pretentious |
Presumptuos | Too forward or bold; over-stepping proper bounds |
Pretentous | Claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand |
Supercilious | Looking down on others; proud and scornful |
Swagger | To walk around in a proud showy manner, to boast in a loud mannerq |
Banal | Dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneye |
Cliche | An idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse |
Derivative | Unoriginal; taken from something already existing |
Hackneyed | Made commonplace by overuse; trite (n. hack, on who copies or imitates the work of others) |
Insipid | Lacking flavor or taste; unexciting |
Lackluster | Lacking vitality, energy, or brightness |
Mundane | Commonplace; ordinary |
Prosaic | Dull; commonplace |
Trite | Unoriginal and stale due to overuse |
Vapid | Lacking greshness and zest; flat; stale |
Allay | To lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain |
Alleviate | To lessen pain or discomfort |
Ameliorate | To make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension |
Appease | To make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into another's demands; to pacify |
Assuage | TO alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify |
Conciliate | To win a person over thorugh special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile |
Mediate | To act as a go-between in settiling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides |
Mitigate | To make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage |
Mollify | To pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent |
Pacify | To calm; to make peaceful; to restoreto a tranquil state |
Placate | To make calm; to soothe |
Quell | To pacify; to subdue; to quiet down |