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Vocab Lesson 12
Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT: Book Three
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| halcyon | calm; pleasant |
| fastidious | hard to please; fussy |
| badinage | playful, teasing talk |
| malapropism | a word humorously misused |
| garner | to gather; to acquire |
| kismet | destiny; fate; fortune |
| hegira | flight; escape |
| paradigm | a model; an example |
| debauchery | corruption; self-indulgence |
| milieu | environment; setting |
| regress | to move backward |
| bilious | bad tempered; cross |
| necromancy | magic, especially that practiced by a witch |
| gumption | courage and initiative; common sense |
| blandishment | flattery |
| machination | an evil design or plan |
| pejorative | having a negative effect; insulting |
| harbinger | an omen or sign |
| nubile | suitable for marriage in age and physical development, referring to a female |
| sapient | wise; full of knowledge |
| chimerical | imaginary; fantastic |
| masochist | one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering |
| finesse | diplomacy; tact; artful management |
| heterogeneous | different; dissimilar |
| eclectic | choosing from various sources |
| grandiose | impressive; showy; magnificent |
| raiment | clothing; garments |
| blanch | to whiten; to make pale |
| hybrid | anything of mixed origin |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiar personality trait |
| idolatry | excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object |
| adulterate | to make impure; to contaminate |
| emanate | to come forth; to send forth |
| garish | tastelessly gaudy |
| immutable | unchangeable; fixed |
| diadem | a crown |
| bucolic | pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic |
| redolent | having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative |
| impecunious | without money; penniless |
| sedition | rebellion or resistance against the government |
| defile | to pollute; to corrupt |
| gratuitous | unnecessary or uncalled for |
| onus | a burden; a responsibility |
| impious | disrespectful toward god |
| caveat | a warning |
| elixir | a supposed remedy for all ailments |
| desiccated | dried up |
| cessation | a stopping; a discontinue |
| juxtapose | to place side-by-side for comparison |
| kinetic | pertaining to motion |
| garrulous | talkative |
| fetish | an object that receives respect or devotion |
| scintillate | to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually |
| lachrymose | tearful, weepy |
| fissure | an opening; a groove; a split |
| epitome | a typical example |
| languid | sluggish; dropping from weakness |
| delineate | to describe, to depict |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand; deception |
| libertine | one who leads an immoral life |
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