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SAT VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| audacious | daring ; bold |
| dissent | disagree |
| ascendancy | controlling influence; domination |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| artisan | manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist |
| gregarious | sociable |
| sycophant | self-seeker who tries to gain favor by flatting important people. |
| charlatan | A quack; pretender of knowledge |
| scrupulous | conscientious; extremely thorough |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| trifling | trivial; unimportant |
| fastidious | difficult to please; really careful |
| elegy | poem or song expressing grief |
| elusive | hard to grasp; tending to evade capture |
| scrutinize | examine closely and critically |
| furtive | sneaky, secretive |
| rancor | bitterness; hatred |
| intrepid | fearless |
| raze | destroy completely |
| quiescence | state of being at rest; temporary inactivity |
| iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions |
| alleviate | to relieve, make more bearable |
| emulate | imitate; strive to equal or excel |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief |
| ambivalence | the state of having contradictory emotional attitudes |
| eulogy | expression of praise |
| morose | ill-humored; sad; gloomy |
| torpor | physical or mental inactivity; sluggishness; dormancy |
| whimsical | unpredictable; fanciful |
| surreptitious | done in a secret way; hidden |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| aloof | apart; reserved |
| querulous | complaining; fretful |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter |
| polemical | aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| haughtiness | pride; arrogance |
| prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money |
| disinclination | a lack of inclination ; reluctance |
| jocular | a thing said or done for amusement; a joke |
| avarice | greediness for wealth |
| threadbare | worn through until the threads show; shabby and poor |
| profusion | overabundance; excess |
| stolid | showing little emotion |
| fanaticism | excessive enthusiasm; extreme devotion to a belief or cause |
| inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant |
| dogmatic | opinionated |
| superfluous | unnecessary; excessive; overabundant |
| incongruous | not fitting; absurd |
| ravenous | extremely hungry |
| tirade | extended scolding; long angry speech denouncing something |
| homogeneous | composed of identical parts |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| tantamount | equivalent in effect or value |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented |
| equivocal | unclear in meaning; intentionally misleading |
| nonchalance | indifference; casual lack of concern |
| coalesce | combine; fuse |
| ardent | intense; passionate; zealous |
| deprecate | express disapproval of; belittle |
| hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life |
| nefarious | very wicked |
| evanescent | quickly fading or disappearing |
| garrulous | talkative; wordy |
| mercenary | interested in money or gain |
| mitigate | make less severe, serious, or painful |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial; austere |
| depravity | extreme corruption; wickedness |
| complacency | feeling so satisfied that there is no motivation to improve. |
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