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SAT Words 2
Stack #161698
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abluntion | a waking or cleansing, especially of the body |
| abrogate | to abolish, repeal |
| abscond | to depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest |
| abstemious | characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food |
| abstruse | dealing with matters difficult to be understood |
| bellicose | warlike |
| belligerent | manifesting a warlike spirit |
| benefactor | a doer of kindly and charitable acts |
| benevolence | any act of kindness or well-doing |
| benign | good and kind of heart |
| candid | straightforward |
| cant | to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affecting solemnity |
| capacious | roomy |
| capitulate | to surrender or stipulate terms |
| captious | hypercritical |
| deluge | to overwhelm with a flood of water |
| demagogue | an unprincipled politician |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| denouement | that part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up |
| deplete | to reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste |
| effete | exhausted, as having performed its functions |
| efficacy | the power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it |
| effrontery | unblushing impudence |
| effulgence | Splendor |
| egregious | extreme |
| fawn | a young deer |
| feint | any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement |
| felon | a criminal or depraved person |
| ferocity | savageness |
| fervide | intense |
| glimmer | a faint, wavering, unsteady light |
| gossamer | flimsy |
| gourmand | a sonnoisseur in the delicacies of the table |
| grandiloquent | speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style |
| greparious | sociable, outgoing |
| heresy | an opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs of accepted principles |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds |
| hirsute | having a hairy covering |
| hoodwink | to deceive |
| hospitable | disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness |
| imbroglio | a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife |
| imbue | to dye; to instill profoundly |
| immaculate | without spot or blemish |
| imminent | dangerous and close at hand |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| lackadaisical | listless |
| languid | relaxed |
| lascivious | lustful |
| lassitude | lack of vitality or energy |
| latent | dormant |
| massacre | the unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings |
| maudlin | foolishy and tearfully affectionate |
| mawkish | sickening or insipid |
| mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing |
| mendacious | untrue |
| nostrum | any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character |
| noxious | hurtful |
| nugatory | having no power or force |
| nameless | having no fame or reputation |
| naphtha | a light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, |
| obtrude | to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence |
| obtrusive | tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence |
| obviate | to clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty |
| odious | hateful |
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