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SAT Words 15
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| circuitous | (adj.) roundabout (The bus’s _____ route took us through numerous outlying suburbs.) |
| circumlocution | (n.) indirect and wordy language (The professor’s habit of speaking in _____s made it difficult to follow his lectures.) |
| circumscribed | (adj.) marked off, bounded (The children were permitted to play tag only within a carefully _____ area of the lawn.) |
| circumspect | (adj.) cautious (Though I promised Rachel’s father I would bring her home promptly by midnight, it would have been more _____ not to have specified a time.) |
| circumvent | (v.) to get around (The school’s dress code forbidding navel-baring jeans was _____d by the determined students, who were careful to cover up with long coats when administrators were nearby.) |
| clairvoyant | (adj.) able to perceive things that normal people cannot (Zelda’s uncanny ability to detect my lies was nothing short of _____.) |
| clamor | 1. (n.) loud noise (Each morning the birds outside my window make such a _____ that they wake me up.) 2. (v.)to loudly insist (Neville’s fans _____d for him to appear on stage, but he had passed out in his dressing room.) |
| clandestine | (adj.) secret (Announcing to her boyfriend that she was going to the gym, Sophie actually went to meet Joseph for a _____ liaison.) |
| cleave | 1. (v.) to divide into parts (Following the disgrace of their leader, the political party _____d into warring factions.) 2. (v.) to stick together firmly (After resolving their marital problems, Junior and Rosa _____d to one another more tightly.) |
| clemency | (n.) mercy (After he forgot their anniversary, Martin could only beg Maria for _____.) |
| clergy | (n.) members of Christian holy orders (Though the villagers viewed the church rectory as quaint and charming, the _____ who lived there regarded it as a mildewy and dusty place that aggravated their allergies.) |
| cloying | (adj.) sickeningly sweet (Though Ronald was physically attractive, Maud found his constant compliments and solicitous remarks _____.) |
| coagulate | (v.) to thicken, clot (The top layer of the pudding had _____d into a thick skin.) |
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