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Tough Words
SAT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dissembling | pretense: pretending with intention to deceive deception: the act of deceiving |
| Effusive | burbling: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" |
| Exorbitant | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; |
| Fortuitous | causeless: having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; |
| Auspicious | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" |
| Specious | apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments. |
| Prodigality | wasteful extravagance in spending. |
| Eschew | to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil. |
| Infuse | to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually fol. by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school. |
| Sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin. Origin: |
| Flotsam | useless or unimportant items; odds and ends |
| Kitsch | something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. |
| Imprecation | the act of imprecating; cursing. a curse; malediction |
| Redolent | 1.having a pleasant odor; fragrant. 2.odorous or smelling (usually fol. by of): redolent of garlic. 3.suggestive; reminiscent (usually fol. by of): verse redolent of Shakespeare. |
| Quash | to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion. |
| Presumptuous | unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward. |
| Lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love. |
| Bucolic | 1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral. 2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life. |
| Disingenuous | lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous. |
| Ingenuous | free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere |
| Effervescent | vivacious; gay; lively; sparkling. |
| Farcical | resembling farce; ludicrous; absurd |
| Convoluted | complicated; intricately involved: a convoluted way of describing a simple device. |
| Auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion. |
| Lethargic | drowsy or dull, listless and energetic; |
| Flair | a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack: a flair for writing rhymes. |
| Subjugation | to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master |
| Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. |
| Cavalier | haughty, disdainful, or supercilious: an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others. |
| Peripatetic | walking or traveling about; itinerant |
| Harbingers | anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: Frost is a harbinger of winter. |
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