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SAT vocab words

TermDefinition
Contentious Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Tentative Not certain or fixed; provisional.
Dictum A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.
Taciturn (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
Quaint Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
Malevolent Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Predilection A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.
Domicile The country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with.
Profane Relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious.
Auspicious Conducive to success; favorable.
Indigenous Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Diminutive Extremely or unusually small.
Fractious (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.
Disapprobation Strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds.
Furtive Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
Impudent Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
Benevolence Disposition to do good
Irascible Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
Caricature A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
Inordinate Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive.
Ingenuous (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.
Innate Inborn; natural.
Guileless Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.
Fanatic A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause.
Piety The quality of being religious or reverent.
Rudiments The first principles of a subject.
Articulate Of a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
Melancholy A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
Palliate Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.
Rectitude Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.
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