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Hit Parade Week 5
SAT Prep Princeton Review Vocabulary - Hit Parade Week 5
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| brevity (n.) | the quality or state of being brief in duration |
| expedient (adj.) | appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy |
| transient (adj.) | passing quickly in time or space |
| augment (v.) | to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement |
| bolster (v.) | to hearten, support, or prop up |
| burgeon (v.) | to grow and flourish |
| copious (adj.) | plentiful; having a large quantity |
| distend (v.) | to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full |
| grandiose (adj.) | great in scope or intent; grand |
| prodigious (adj.) | enormous |
| profundity (n.) | great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning |
| redouble (v.) | to make twice as great; to double |
| scintillating (adj.) | brilliant |
| averse (adj.) | strongly disinclined |
| conspicuous (adj.) | easy to notice; obvious (antonym: inconspicuous) |
| demure (adj.) | modest and reserved |
| diffidence (n.) | timidity or shyness |
| docile (adj.) | submissive to instruction; willing to be taught |
| innocuous (adj.) | having no adverse effect; harmless |
| placid (adj.) | calm or quiet; undisturbed |
| quiescent (adj.) | quiet, still, or at rest; inactive |
| concord (n.) | agreement (antonym: discord) |
| concur (v.) | to agree |
| dogmatic (adj.) | stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
| fastidious (adj.) | carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please |
| intransigence (n.) | refusal to moderate a position or to compromise |
| jocular (adj.) | characterized by or given to joking |
| meticulous (adj.) | extremely careful and precise |
| affable (adj.) | easy-going; friendly |
| alacrity (n.) | promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness |
| amiable (adj.) | friendly; agreeable; good-natured |
| benign (adj.) | kind and gentle |
| sanguine (adj.) | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
| belligerent (adj.) | eager to fight; hostile or aggressive |
| cantankerous (adj.) | ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable |
| contentious (adj.) | quarrelsome |
| deleterious (adj.) | having a harmful effect |
| exacerbate (v.) | to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate |
| flippant (adj.) | disrespectfully humorous or casual |
| insolent (adj.) | insulting in manner or speech |
| nefarious (adj.) | flagrantly wicked; vicious |
| pernicious (adj.) | extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly |
| rancorous (adj.) | marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-will |
| repugnant (adj.) | arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive |
| supercilious (adj.) | disdainful; haughty; arrogant |
| arboreal (adj.) | relating to or resembling a tree or trees |
| invocation (n.) | a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration |
| stratify (v.) | to layer or separate into layers |
| variegated (adj.) | having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored |
| verdant (adj.) | green with vegetation |
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