SAT vocab. Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Abhor | hates, loathes, detests |
| Abstraction | a deduction, an idea separate from specific objects |
| Acme | top, highest point of perfection |
| Affluence | riches, abundance, opulence |
| Amnesty | a general pardon for offenses against a government, a grant of immunity |
| Assuage | lessen, pacify, mitigate |
| Bilious | sour, bad-tempered, crabbed |
| Blasé | bored, uninterested |
| Captious | quibbling, carping |
| Circumspect | cautious, careful, unobjectionable |
| Contraband | smuggled goods, prohibited goods |
| Countenance | face, expression, features |
| Deleterious | bad, harmful, injurious |
| Despot | bully, dictator, tyrant |
| Dissident | disagreeing, dissenting |
| Effrontery | nerve, boldness, presumption |
| Erudite | well-read, scholarly |
| Expatiate | expand, enlarge |
| Felicitous | fitting, apt, appropriate |
| Garrulous | talkative, chattery, loquacious |
| Gesticulate | making motions, making gestures |
| Hue | shades, tints |
| Impasse | standstill, deadlock, an insoluble difficulty |
| Ineluctable | certain, unavoidable |
| Intransigent | stubborn, uncompromising, irreconcilable |
| Ken | knowing, field of knowledge, cognizance |
| Lucid | clear, enlightening, comprehensible |
| Malinger | shirking their work, evading duty, feigning incapacity |
| Mnemonic | memory improvement |
| Myriad | crowds of, very numerous, innumerable |
| Narcissistic | self-centered, self-adulatory, egoistic |
| Odious | hateful, disgusting, offensive |
| Palpitate | heat quickly, pounded |
| Paraphrase | restatement, a statement meant in other words |
| Pedant | narrow-minded, trivial person |
| Peroration | conclusion, summary, recapitulation |
| Platonic | idealistis, spiritual, unsensual |
| Pragmatic | practical, business like, factual |
| Promiscuous | loose, sexually uncontrolled |
| Recalcitrant | resisting authority, uncooperative, refractory |
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