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List 7
SAT Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archetype | classic example of |
| Clemency | mercy |
| Disinterested | unbiased |
| Flout | defy; reject |
| Ingénue | naïve, unsophisticated person |
| Mendacious | given to lying |
| Paucity | shortage |
| Protean | changeable |
| Sophomoric | juvenile; immature |
| Venal | corrupt; can be bribed |
| Archives | collections of old records; place of storage of old documents |
| Cliché | overused expression; something unoriginal |
| Disparage | criticize; belittle |
| Flustered | worked-up; not calm |
| Ingrate | ungrateful person |
| Mercenary | concerned only with money |
| Peccadillo | minor weakness; trivial offence |
| Protégé | person under protection of, or guided by another |
| Soporific | inducing sleep |
| Veneer | surface coating |
| Articulate | clear; lucid; eloquent |
| Clientele | customers |
| Disparity | an inequality |
| Fly-by-night | unreliable; disreputable |
| Inimical | hostile |
| Mercurial | volatile; changeable |
| Pedant | person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning |
| Protocol | procedure; code of behavior |
| Sparse | spare; bare; meager |
| Venerate | revere; worship |
| Artifice | deception; trickery |
| Coalesce | come together; merge |
| Dispassionate | neutral; objective |
| Forensic | concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence) |
| Innate | inherited; inborn |
| Merge | come together |
| Pedestrian | common; mundane; banal |
| Provincial | unsophisticated; narrow-minded |
| Specious | false |
| Venial | minor; unimportant |
| Artisan | craftsman |
| Coddle | pamper; fuss over; indulge |
| Disseminating | circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information) |
| Fortitude | bravery |
| Innocuous | harmless; inoffensive |
| Metaphorically | symbolically; figuratively |
| Peerless | without equal |
| Prudent | cautious; wise |
| Speckled | spotted; freckled; dotted |
| Veracity | truthfulness |
| scetic | without luxuries; severely simple |
| Coercion | force |
| Diurnal | active in daytime |
| Fortuitous | happening by chance |
| Innovate | create; introduce something new |
| Meticulous | very careful; painstaking |
| Pejorative | derogatory |
| Puerile | childish |
| Sporadic | not continuous; intermittent |
| Verbose | talkative; long-winded; rambling |
| Assiduous | thorough; diligent |
| Cogent | lucid; well argued |
| Divert | 1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour |
| Fractious | irritable; difficult to control |
| Inscrutable | mysterious; impenetrable |
| Mettle | courage; bravery; valor |
| Pellucid | transparently clear |
| Punctilious | paying attention to small details |
| Spurious | false |
| Verbosity | using too many words |
| Assuage | to calm |
| Cogitate | think over something; ponder |
| Docile | gentle and easily lead |
| Fraudulent | fake; false |
| Insentient | unfeeling |
| Milieu | environment |
| Pensive | in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply |
| Purloin | steal |
| Stagnant | still; not moving |
| Vertigo | dizziness |
| Astute | perceptive; sharp-witted |
| Collage | picture made from fragments of other pictures |
| Dogmatic | having stubbornly held opinions |
| Frivolous | not serious |
| Insipid | dull; bland; boring |
| Mire | swamp; muddy ground |
| Penury | poverty |
| Pusillanimous | cowardly |
| Staid | dull; sober; serious |
| Vestigial | not developed |
| Asylum | place of refuge or safety |
| Collate | arrange in order |
| Dolt | stupid person |
| Frugal | economical; not wasting anything |
| Instigate | to start; provoke |
| Misanthrope | hater of the rest of mankind |
| Perceptive | observant |
| Pyromania | compulsion to start fires |
| Stanza | section of a poem |
| Vignette | small sketch |
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