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Expos. SAT Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrogate | To abolish, repeal |
| Abscond | To depart suddenly, secretly |
| Banal | Commonplace |
| Beget | To reproduce (sexually) |
| Conduit | A tube, pipe |
| Conjecture | A Guess |
| Dubious | Doubtful |
| Duplicity | Double, two-faced |
| Facetious | Sarcastic |
| Facile | Easy |
| Hackney | To make stale, trite by repetition |
| Hale | Healthy, sound |
| Indicant | That which points out |
| Alacrity | Cheerful willingness |
| Altruism | Benevolence |
| Belie | To misrepresent |
| Bellicose | Warlike, willing to fight |
| Contumacy | Refusal to obey |
| Convalescence | The state of restoration after a disease, health issue |
| Edify | To build up |
| Efface | To obliterate, erase |
| Fallacy | Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning |
| Fastidious | Hard to please, picky |
| Harangue | A lengthy speech, tirade |
| Harbinger | something/one who foreshadows the coming of something/one |
| Inimical | Adverse, unfriendly, tending to harm, difficult |
| Amity | Friendship |
| Benevolent | Loving others |
| Bibliophile | One who loves books |
| Copious | Plenteous, a large amount |
| Corpulent | Obese |
| Egregious | Extreme, more than necessary |
| Elucidate | To bring out more clearly |
| Fatuous | Idiotic |
| Filibuster | An attempt to obstruct legislation |
| Heedless | Thoughtless, reckless |
| Heretic | One who holds contrary opinions |
| Incocuous | Harmless |
| Insipid | Tasteless |
| Arrant | Complete, utter, notorious |
| Bibulous | Fond of drinking |
| Blazon | To make widely known, or depict in great detail |
| Credulous | Easily decieved |
| Crucible | A purifying test |
| Culpable | Guilty |
| Embolden | To give courage to |
| Enervate | To render innefective |
| Flippant | Having a light, trifle disposition |
| Fugacious | Fleeting |
| Homage | Reverential regard or worship |
| Hypocrisy | Extreme insincerity |
| Insolence | Pride or haughtiness |
| Aspirant | On who seeks earnestly |
| Braggart | Vain boaster |
| Brusque | Somewhat rough or rude |
| Curt | Concise, compressed, and abrupt |
| Enigma | A riddle |
| Enmity | Hatred |
| Ennoble | To dignify |
| Fulsome | Offensive from excess of praise, large size or quantity |
| Furtive | Stealthy or sly |
| Idiom | Use of words peculiar to a language |
| Idiosyncracy | A mental quality, or peculiar habit |
| Laudable | Praiseworthy |
| Laureate | Crowned with laurel, honored for acheivement |
| Assuage | To cause to be less harsh, painful |
| Bulwark | A guard, defense |
| Bumptious | Full of offensive, self-conceit |
| Datum | A premise, given fact |
| Decorous | Suitable for the occasion |
| Epicurean | Indulging to daintiness of eppetite |
| Epithet | Quality or attribute |
| Epoch | Interval of time |
| Futile | Of no avail or effect |
| Idolize | To regard with love/admiration |
| Ignoble | Low in character or purpose |
| Litigious | Quarelsome |
| Loquacious | Talkative |