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Holzshu 100SAT Words

Holzshu 100 SAT Words

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Abbreviate To shorten, abridge
abstinence act of refraining from
adulation high praise
adversity misfortune
aesthetic pertaining to beauty
amicable agreeable
anachronistic out-of-date
anecdote short account of event
anonymous nameless
antagonist opponent
arid extremely dry
assiduous hard-working (not diligent)
asylum sanctuary
benevolent friendly, helpful, generous (not amicable)
camaraderie trust among friends
censure to criticize harshly
circuitous indirect, roundabout
clairvoyant able to see the future
collaborate to work together
compassion sympathy, mercy
compromise to settle differences
condescending patronizing, to look down upon
conditional provisional, contingent, dependent
conformist follower of customs
congregation crowd of people
convergence joining of parts, pathways, or other items.
deleterious harmful
demagogue rabble-rousing leader
digression straying from main point
diligent hard working (not assiduous)
discredit dishonor, disgrace
disdain to regard with scorn or hatred
divergent variant, moving apart
empathy sharing of feelings, feeling sensitive to
emulate follow an example, copy
enervating tiring, weakening
enhance improve, augment
ephemeral momentary, fleeting
evanescent short-lived, as an image
exasperation irritation, frustration
exemplary outstanding
extenuating guilt diminishing, excusable because of something
florid flushed, ornate
fortuitous lucky
frugal thrifty, cheap
hackneyed overused, clichéd
haughty arrogant, condescending, believing yourself to be superior to others
hedonist pleasure seeker
hypothesis theory requiring proof
impetuous rash, impulsive, to do without thinking
impute to attribute to someone
incompatible unable to work together
inconsequential trivial, not of importance
inevitable unavoidable, certain
integrity honesty, decency, honor
intrepid fearless, adventurous
intuitive instinctive, untaught
jubilation joy, exultation
lobbyist persuader of legislators
longevity long life
mundane ordinary, common, even boring
nonchalant calm, casual
novice beginner
opulent wealthy
orator one who speaks
ostentatious displaying wealth
parched dried up, thirsty
perfidious disloyal
precocious talented beyond one's age
pretentious pompous, self-important
procrastinate to delay unnecessarily
prosaic run-of-the-mill
prosperity Having wealth, success
provocative inflammatory, causing controversy
prudent wise, careful, cautious, using good judgment
querulous irritable, argumentative
rancorous hateful
reclusive withdrawn, hermit-like
reconciliation agreement after a quarrel
renovation state of being renewed
resilient quick to recover, durable
restrained controlled, restricted, holding back
reverence profound respect
sagacity wisdom
scrutinize to examine or observe carefully
spontaneity impulsive action
spurious phony, false
submissive meek and mild
substantiate to verify, confirm
subtle elusive, sly, ambiguous
superficial lacking in depth
superfluous more than enough, more than necessary
suppress to end an activity, to keep down or quiet
surreptitious secret, stealthy
tactful diplomatic, polite
tenacious persistent, resolute
transient temporary, fleeting
venerable respectable due to age
vindicate to clear from blame
wary watchful, alert
Created by: erichholzshu
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