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SAT Vocab
Lesson 7
| Term | Definition | Sentences | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accolade | praise, an award | He received many accolades for being an excellent teacher. | honor, reward, tribute |
| Ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury | The rich playboy could not understand the ascetic life led by the monk. | austere, severe, stern |
| Bequeath | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will | I bequeathed my gym shorts to my brother after I graduated from high school. | |
| Charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack | The side show featured a charlatan posing as a mind reader. | quack, pretender, fraud, mountebank |
| Conflagration | a large fire | Some believe the earth will be destroyed by a large conflagration. | |
| Dearth | a lack, a scarcity | The dearth water in the arid country led to numerous deaths. | paucity, shortage |
| Diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness | Because of his diffidence, he would not ask any girl to the prom. | bashfulness, modesty |
| Effervescent | showing high spirits | She put me in a good mood because she was always so effervescent. | bubbly |
| Ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible | The ethereal sounds of the music soothed and calmed the patient. | fragile, heavenly, celestial |
| Expunge | to remove, to erase | Their names were expunged from the social register after they were convicted of selling cocaine. | efface |
| Guile | deceitfulness, duplicity | The woman was the unfortunate victim of guile and deceit when she lost her money that swindler. | deception, trickery, cunning |
| Implausible | not believable | His explanation of the accident is so implausible that no jury will believe him. | |
| Incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility | The incongruity between the two stories led me to doubt the accuracy of either report. | inconsistency, disharmony |
| Insularity | qualities of an island, narrow-mindedness of opinion | The insularity of the president made it difficult to get a motion passed. | aloof, limited |
| Morose | being sullen or gloomy | He was very morose when his wife left him. | crabbed, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly |
| Placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions | My wife is so angry at me that I cannot placate her. | conciliate, mollification, propitiate |
| Poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen | The man's poignant words struck the very heart of the matter. | painful, intense, sharp |
| Provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded | Her parents are so provincial that they believe they should arrange her marriage. | intolerant, insular, countrified |
| Reiterate | to repeat | I hope that I am not becoming redundant by again reiterating the key facts. | |
| Spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impulse | He knew exactly what I was thinking because my reaction was so spontaneous. | automatic, instinctive, involuntary |
| Synthesis | combining parts into a whole | Before the project is complete, we need to establish synthesis. | composite, blend, fabrication |
| Toxic | poisonous | Carbon monoxide is toxic to animal life. | venomous, virulent, noxious |
| Vigilant | very alert, watchful | I have been vigilant in trying to find the thief. | wary, circumspect, wakeful |
| Voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib | A disk jockey must be a voluble speaker. | talkative, glib, verbose, garrulous |
| Abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe | If there is one particular food I abhor, it is hominy. I detest its texture and taste. | despise, abominate |
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Mr. Battaglini
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