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SAT Princeton
Sat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stratisfy | to layer or separate into layers |
| variegated | having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors |
| invocation | a call for assistance, support, or inspiration |
| repugnant | arousing disgust or aversion, offensive or repulsive |
| rancorous | marked by bitter, deep seated ill-will |
| pernicious | deadly |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked, vicious |
| sanguine | cheerfully confidence, optimistic |
| byzantine | extremely complicated or devious |
| alacrity | promptness in response, cheerful readiness |
| intransigence | refusal to moderate a position or compromise |
| demure | modest and reserved |
| innocuous | harmless |
| copious | plentiful, heaving a large quantity |
| distend | to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full |
| redouble | to make twice as great, to double |
| scintillating | brilliant |
| expedient | appropriate to a purpose |
| bolster | to hearten |
| burgeon | to grow and flourish |
| hackneyed | worn out through overuse, trite |
| Insipid | uninteresting, unchallenging |
| prosaic | unimaginative, dull |
| soporific | inducing or tending to induce sleep |
| vapid | lacking liveliness |
| prescience | knowledge of actions or events before they occur. |
| portent | indication of something important or calamitous about to occur |
| redolent | fragrant, aromatic, suggestive |
| ephemeral | lasting for only a brief time |
| dilatory | habitually late |
| debilitate | impair the strength of; weaken |
| debacle | disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure, fiasco. |
| cacophony | discordant, unpleasant noise |
| dirge | a funeral hymn or lament |
| eclectic | made up of a variety of sources or styles |
| sonorous | producing a full deep sound |
| strident | loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
| synergy | combined action or operation |
| tangential | merely touching or slightly connected, only superficially relevent |
| mercenary | motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain |
| tenacity | persistance |
| vigilant | on the alert, watchful |
| dearth | scarce supply, lack |
| modicum | a small moderate or token amount |
| paucity | smallness in number, scarcity |
| tenuous | having little substance, shaky |
| flag | to decline in vigor or strength, to tire |
| jaded | worn out |
| ingenuous | lacking in cunning or worldliness |
| subterfuge | a deceptive device |
| equivocal | ambiguous |
| impetus | an impelling force or stimulus |
| whimsical | unpredictable |
| mendacious | lying untruthful |
| specious | having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false |
| ambivalent | uncertain |
| belie | to misrepresent or disguise |
| dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
| duplicitous | deliberately deceptive |
| epitome | a representative or example of a type |
| felicitous | admirably suited apt |
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