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SAT vocabulary 2015
sentence completion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Protean | Displaying great variety or diversity |
| Bedazzled | To impress |
| Wearied | tired |
| Eclectic | Hems drawn from various sources |
| Quixotic | To be unpredictable |
| Confounded | confused |
| Docile | Easily taught |
| Mercurial | To change moods |
| Magnanimous | showing courageous spirit |
| Taciturn | temperamentally silent |
| Flippant | lacking respect |
| Pedantic | unimaginative |
| Reticent | To be silent |
| Diffident | To be shy |
| Loquacious | Talkative |
| Melodious | To hear a pleasing sound |
| Census | population count |
| Zealot | A person who is uncompromising in pursuit of religious, political, or other ideas. |
| Sardonic | Disdainfully humorous |
| Precocious | To exhibit mature qualities at an early age |
| Ascetic | Practices strict self-denial |
| Superfluous | Unnecessary or too much |
| Spurious | False or untrue |
| Prudent | To be wise or careful |
| Conformist | Someone who follows the majority |
| Buttress | To support |
| Callous | To be insensitive |
| Trepidation | To be apprehensive |
| Officious | To be interfering or meddlesome |
| Innate | natural |
| Concede | To admit something is true or surrender |
| Vacillate | Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions |
| Joviality/Jovial | Cheerful and friendly |
| Artifice | Clever or cunning devices, especially as used to trick or deceive others. |
| Erudition | The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning |
| Doctrine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group |