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SAT Vocab

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TermDefinition
Debunk to expose
Expedite to speed up
Malleable adaptable
Gullible easily deceived
Laud to extol, praise
Strident making a harsh sound
Pretentious characterized by an assumption of dignity
Nonchalant coolly unconcerned
Fabricate to make by skill
Bucolic relating to aspects of country life
Convivial friendly, livily
Gesticulate to gesture
Discreet careful
Soporific tending to induce drowsiness
Conflagration an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land
Abridge shorten without losing meaning
Induce succeed in persuading, bring out
Obscure keep from being seen, not known or discovered
Engender cause, give to
Efface erase from a surface, remove
Assail to make a violent attack
Reiterate say something again
Didactic intended to teach teach something
Histrionic overly theatrical or melodramatic
Scrutinize examine or inspect closely
Distend swell, cause to swell by pressure from inside
Lethargy a lack of energy or enthausiasm
Sage wise men, having profound wisdom
Vacuous having a lack of thought, mindless
Idyllic extremely happy or peaceful
Juxtapose place together for constrast
Incandescent emitting light, full of emotion
Exasperate irritate, frustrate
Discordant disagreeing, incongruous
Volatile liable to change rapidly
Decorous in keeping with good taste, polite
Corroborate to make certain, confirm
Amorous inclined or disposed to love
Extol to praise
Quell to suppress, put an end to, subdue
Kindle to excite, to start a fire
Copious abundant in supply
Glutton a person who eats or drinks excessively
Hiatus a break or interruption
Hindrance the state of being interfered with
Querulous habitually complaining
Avarice insatiable greed
Delineate to trace outline, portray in words, describe
Nefarious extremely wicked
Vernacular language or dialect of a particular region
Brawn muscular strength
Discrete individually separate and distinct
Quash reject or void
Benevolent kind, with positive last year
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