SAT Vocabulary #4 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Abnegation | renouncing, giving up his rights |
| Abstruse | difficult, deep, recondite |
| Acrid | biting, sharp, caustic |
| Affront | insulted, offended, was offensive when face to face with |
| Anachronism | an outmoded thing, an anomaly |
| August | impressive, awe, inspiring, dignified |
| Cacophony | noise, discord, disharmony |
| Chagrin | embarrassment, mortification |
| Clandestine | secret, furtive, surreptitious |
| Contumely | scorn, contempt, insolence |
| Deprecate | oppose, plead earnestly against |
| Desultory | occasional, random, haphazard |
| Eclectric | gathered from many sources |
| Egregious | bad, obvious, flagrant |
| Enamored | fond, loving |
| Eschew | stay away from, shun, abstain from |
| Facile | easily influenced, complaisant |
| Fickle | changing, unstable, inconstant |
| Generic | common, widespread, general |
| Harbinger | sign, forteller, presager |
| Hypochondriac | worried about his health, taken with imaginary illness |
| Impute | charge, attribute, ascribe |
| Ineptitude | clumsiness, unfitness, inefficient |
| Intrepid | brave, fearless, dauntless |
| Juxtapose | set together, put in proximity |
| Labyrinth | confusing pattern, entanglement, maze |
| Machiavellian | sly, wily, astute |
| Mellifluence | sweetly flowing, smooth |
| Nomad | wanderer, gypsy, itinerant |
| Ostentatious | showing off pretentious |
| Paradox | inconsistency, apparent contradiction |
| Pathos | pitifulness, sympathy-evoking nature |
| Pensive | meditative, absorbed |
| Philistine | so uncultured, unrefined, ignorant |
| Poignant | sharp, painful, keen |
| Prate | chatter, babble |
| Propinquity | nearness, closeness, proximity |
| Redress | repayment, remedy, reparation |
| Reticent | reluctant to speak, refine |
| Satiated | fed up, wearied, surfeited |
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