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words from SATs
vocab. :P
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capricious | erratic; whimsical |
| sagacious | wise |
| mollified | reduced/ mitigated |
| flotsam | junk |
| raiment | clothing |
| sustenance | the process of sustaining |
| decimation | to destroy |
| disposition | a predominant trait |
| cantankerous | disagreeable to deal with |
| churlism | rudeness |
| didactic | intended for teaching |
| succint | expressed in a few words |
| provocative | tending to provoke (testing someone) |
| edifying | to instruct or benefit (especially religiously) |
| aggregation | a group of mismatched stuff |
| retrenchment | the act of cutting down or off |
| prognosis | a forecast |
| preeminence | the state of being superior |
| unequivocal | unambiguous, very clear |
| effusive | lacking reserve |
| ineffable | undescribable |
| tenuous | thin, weak, unimportant, vague |
| incorrigible | not easily swayed |
| enigma | something puzzling |
| esoteric | understood or meant for a select few |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| remonstrance | a protest |
| erudition | knowledge acquired by study |
| lassitude | indifference; mental or physical weariness |
| chicanery | trickery or deception |
| eulogy | high praise |
| censure | to criticize harshly |
| acumen | keen insight; shrewdness |
| irreverence | lack of respect |
| pettiness | of little/no importance or consequence |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| arcane | known or understood by a few |
| unprecedented | unparalleled and unexpected |
| arbitrary | subject to individual will without restriction (like a dictatorship) |
| idiosyncratic | peculiar |
| pragmatic | practical |
| pedagogy | the art of teaching |
| passive | inactive and/or unbiased |
| tautly | tightly drawn |
| progressive (college) | progress towards enlightenment and liberal ideas |
| hackneyed | commonplace or trite |
| irresolute | indecisive |
| officious | offering unwanted help |
| myopic | short sighted |
| rancorous | bitterly hateful |
| punctilious | careful with small details |
| dispatch | speed |
| presumption | audacity/ stepping of over bounds |
| durability | long lasting |
| deliberation | careful consideration |
| amalgram | mixture |
| induction | bringing facts forward |
| occlusion | closing off |
| estrangement | alienation |
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