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SAT Voc.
Blue Book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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