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Last set of hot words for the SAT.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Discrepancy (dis-kreh-pun-see) | n. a difference or inconsistency |
| Eclectic (eh-klek-tik) | adj. taken from many different sources |
| Excerpt (ek-surpt) | b. a portion of a text or musical piece that is taken, or extracted from the whole |
| Glacial (glay-shul) | adj very cold or very slow moving (in both cases, like a glacier) |
| Insuperable (in-soo-pruh-bul) | adj. unable to be overcome |
| Lithe (lithe) | adj. nimble and flexible; agile; supple |
| Misanthrope (mih-sn-thrope) | n. someone who dislikes all people |
| Pitfall (pit-fawl) | n. an unseen danger, risk, or drawback |
| Raze (rayz) | vb. to tear down; to destory |
| Replete (rih-pleet) | adj. fulled-up; overflowing |
| Respite (res-put) | n. period of inactivity a lill; a reprieve |
| Spurious (spyoor-ee-us) | adj. false; counterfeit; lacking logic; specious |
| Vaporize (vay-ppuh-rize) | vb. to turn to vapor, or mist |
| Aplomb (uh-plahm) | n. social poise; composure; skill in challenging situation |
| Axiom (ak-see-um) | n. a true or wise saying; a maxim |
| Capricious (kuh-prih-shus) | adj. changeable ; fickle; volatile; mercurial (n. caprice, a whim of fancy) |
| Cavalier (ka-vuh-leer) | adj, arrogant; showing a lack of respect toward someone or something |
| Compunction (kum- pung-shun) | n. a feeling of remorse for doing something wrong; regret; shame |
| Diffident (dih-fuh-dunt) | adj. lacking confidence in oneself; inclined to be shy |
| Dilettante (dih-luh-tahnt) | n. one who dabbles in the arts and science but is an expert in neither |
| Egalitarian (ih-hal-ih-tair-ee-un) | adj. pertaining to equal political , social, and economical rights for all mankind |
| Heretic (hehr-uh-tik) | n. one who challenges societal and religious tradition; iconoclast |
| Idiosyncratic (ih-dee-oh-sin-krah-tik) | adj. of or relating to strange or odd behavioral habits that are peculiar to the individual |
| Insurgent (in-sur-junt) | n. a rebel; one who revolts against a government or political party; maverick, adj. rebellious |
| Irrefutable (ih-reh-fyoo-tuh-bul) | adj. unable to be argued against; indisputable |
| Melancholy (meh-lun-kah-lee) | adj. feeling of sadness and gloomieness |
| Mimetic (muh-meh-tik) | adj. pertaining to imitation or mimicry, biological or otherwise |
| Palpable (pal-puh-bul) | adj. able to be touched or felt; tangible; material |
| Pedantic (puh-dan-tik) | adj. showy in ones learning; overly instructive |
| Portentous (por-ten-tus) | adj. very meaningful with regard to events to come; ominous; foreshadowing |
| Sardonic (sar-da-hn-ik) | adj. scornful or bitter, sarcastic |
| Variegated (vair-ee-gay-tud) | adj. having different patterns, colors, or appearance; dapple |
| Viable (vie-uh-bul) | adj. able to sustain life, practicality, or effectiveness |
| Anecdote (a-nik-dote) | n. a short autobiographical account or snippet |
| Catharsis (kuh-thar-sus) | n. an emotional cleansing or release or emotional tensions, fears, or pity |
| Euphemism (yoo-fuh-mih-zum) | n. a more pleasant word or phrase that replaces another that is too direct distasteful, or offensive |
| Hyperbole (high-pur-buh-lee) | n. an exaggeration used to create an effect |
| Irony (eye-ruh-nee) | n. an unexpected out come or unanticipated twist of events presented in literature and in life |
| Metaphor (met-tuh-for) | n. a figurative device in which a direct comparison is made, without using like or as |
| Oxymoron (ahk-see-mor-ahn) | n. contradictory terms, appearing side by side used for rhetorical effect |
| Parable (pa-ruh-bul) | n. a brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson |
| Parody (pa-ruh-dee) | n. a work that imitates the style of another literary work; may be mocking or amusing; short, humorous parodies can be called spoofs |
| Pathos (pay-thohs) | n, the quality of a piece of writing that evokes pity, sympathy, or some other strong emotional response in the reader |
| Prose (proze) | n. writing that is not poetry or rhyming verse |
| Satire (sa-tire) | n. a literary work, often humorous, intended to ridicule the public figures, behaviours, or political situations presented or alluded to in the work |
| Vignette (vin-yet) | n. a brief descriptive passage in writing |
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