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SAT's Important #2
SaT's Most IMportant Words #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| repugnant | repelling, disgusting |
| reticent, reticence | not showing emotion |
| sanguine | cheerfully confident, optimistic |
| solace | comfort, consolation |
| somber | gloomy |
| temperamental | moody |
| trepidation | apprehension |
| truculent, truculence | aggressive, bad-tempered |
| vicarious | felt indirectly by imagining someone else's experiences |
| wrath | anger |
| alacrity | eagerness |
| dormant | inactive |
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| equanimity | calmness |
| hardy | robust, sturdy |
| indolent | lazy |
| insipid | dull,boring |
| instigate | provoke,start |
| invoke | appeal to |
| lackadaisical | lethargic |
| laggard | lazy person |
| languid | inactive, dreamy |
| listless | sluggish |
| lull | calmness |
| pacify | soothe, calm someone |
| placate | calm someone down |
| placid | calm |
| raucous | harsh, loud |
| rouse | excite |
| scintillating | lively, effervescent |
| stagnant | not moving |
| static | not moving |
| torpor | drowsiness, apathy |
| unruly | boisterous, unrestrained, enthusiastic |
| vapid | dull, uninteresting |
| abhor, abhorrence | hatred |
| acrimony | bitter animosity |
| amiable | friendly |
| amicable | friendly |
| antipathy | dislike |
| congenial | pleasant |
| disputatious | quarrelsome |
| distaste | dislike |
| empathetic | compassionate |
| estrange | alienate |
| exacting | demanding |
| genial | friendly |
| officious | meddlesome, interfering |
| parody | intentional mockery |
| rancorous | bitterness |
| rapport | relationship |
| recluse, reclusive | hermit |