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Toughest SAT Words
Term | Definition |
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Indefatigable; unflagging | Tireless |
Indomitable | Invincible; incapable of being conquered |
Vacillate | To waver; hesitate; swing back and forth; be indecisive |
Hubris | Exaggerated pride; arrogance |
Excoriate | To denounce scathingly |
Innocuous | Harmless; inoffensive |
Capricious; mercurial | Very changeable; fickle; constantly shifting moods |
Supplant | To take the place of |
Laconic; succinct | Very brief; concise |
Ubiquitous | Present everywhere at once; omnipresent; prevalent; widespread |
Archaic | Obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date and thus not "in," "with it," or contemporary |
Reciprocal | Shared and expressed by both sides; mutual |
Alacrity | Great speed; promptness |
Implacable | Incapable of being appeased |
Grandiloquent | Using lofty, pompous language |
Motley | Very different; very heterogeneous |
Juxtapose | To place side by side |