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SAT Vocab
Nasty thru Revolution is in the Air
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Brusque | Describing a rudely abrupt manner |
| Cantankerous | Grumpy, disagreeable |
| Caustic | Bitingly sarcastic or witty |
| Contemptuous | Feeling hatred; scornful |
| Feral | Savage, fierce, or untamed |
| Fractious | Quarrelsome; unruly |
| Incorrigible | Unable to be reformed |
| Ingrate | An ungrateful person |
| Insolent | Insulting in manner or speech |
| Malevolent | Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; hateful |
| Notorious | Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| Obdurate | Stubborn; inflexible |
| Repugnant | Causing disgust or hatred |
| Unpalatable | Not pleasing to the taste |
| Parsimonious | Excessively deep |
| Itinerant | Traveling from place to place |
| Remote | Located far away |
| Transitory | Short-lived or temporary |
| Unfettered | Set free from restrictions or bonds |
| Harbinger | One that indicates what is to come, a forerunner |
| Ominous | Menacing; threatening |
| Portend | To serve as an omen or a warning of |
| Prophetic | Foretelling or predicting future events |
| Impromptu | Not planned in advance; spur of the moment |
| Ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation |
| Ambivalent | Simultaneously experiencing opposite feelings, such as love and hate |
| Arbiter | A judge who decides a disputed issue |
| Inconsequential | Unimportant |
| Ample | Describing a large amount of something |
| Burgeoning | Expanding or growing rapidly |
| Capacious | Roomy; spacious |
| Copious | Plentiful; having a large quantity |
| Permeated | Spread or flowing throughout |
| Prodigious | Enormous |
| Replete | Abundantly supplied; filled |
| Candor | Sincerity; openness |
| Frank | Open and sincere in expression; straightforward |
| pragmatic | Practical |
| Purist | One who is particularly concerned with maintaining traditional practices |
| Terse | Brief and to the point; concise |
| Insightful | Perceptive |
| Curtailed | Cut short; abbreviated |
| Arid | Exceedingly dry |
| Conflagration | A widespread fire |
| Nocturnal | Of or occurring in the night |
| Temperate | Moderate; mild |
| Clandestine | Secretive, especially in regards to concealing an illicit purpose |
| Coup | A brilliant and sudden overthrow of a government |
| Enmity | Mutual hatred or ill will |
| Heresy | An opinion that disagrees with established, dearly-held beliefs |
| Implacable | Impossible to appease (make content) |
| Maverick | One who is independent and resists adherence to a group |
| Mercurial | Quick and changeable in mood |
| Pugnacious | Combative; belligerent |
| Rancorous | Hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will |
| Stratagem | A clever trick used to deceive or outwit |
| Wary | On guard; watchful |
| Thwart | To prevent the occurrence of |
| Reclamation | A restoration or rehabilitation to productivity or usefulness |
| Furtive | Characterized by stealth; sneaky |
| Impetuous | Characterized by sudden energy or emotion |
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