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SATVocab
QFS
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clarity | clearness in thought or expression |
| cogent | convincing ; reasonable |
| cohesive | condition of sticking together |
| compelling | forceful ; urgently demanding attention |
| convoluted | Intricate ; complex |
| didactic | Intended to instruct |
| dogmatic | characterised by a stubborn adherence to insufficiently proved beliefs |
| effusive | describing unrestrained emotional expression ; gushy |
| emphatic | expressed with emphasis |
| florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech |
| fluid | easily flowing |
| hackneyed | overfamiliar through overuse ; trite |
| rapport | a relationship of mutual trust or affinity |
| adage | a wise old saying |
| poignant | profoundly moving ; touching |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| arduous | difficult ; painstaking |
| futile | having no useful purpose |
| heinous | hatefully evil ; abominable |
| impede | to slow the progress of |
| impenetrable | incapable of being understood |
| dilatory | describing one who habitually delays or is tardy |
| enervate | to weaken the strength or vitality of |
| indolent | lazy |
| listless | lacking energy ; lazy |
| soporific | causing sleep or sleepiness |
| stupor | a state of reduced or suspended sensibility ; |
| torpor | laziness ; inactivity ; dullness |
| paucity | fewness ; an extreme lack of |
| ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
| farce | an absurdly ridiculous situation |
| frenetic | widely excited or active |
| garrulous | given to excessive ; rambling talk |
| gratuitous | given freely ; unearned ; unwarranted |
| insipid | uninteresting ; unchallenging |
| ponderous | extremely dull |