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SAT 4 51-100
Johnson's Vocab List #4
Question | Answer |
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Implacable | incapable of being appeased |
incessant | uninterrupted |
indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
Inimitable | limitless |
interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
jollity | merriment |
kindle | to start a fire |
malleable | capable of being shaped, influenced, or altered |
mortify | to humiliate, to would pride, to experience shame |
mutability | the degree to which something is subject and likely to change |
naive | unsophisticated, inexperienced |
obdurate | extremely stubborn, unwilling to accept advice |
odious | deserving of hate or contempt |
parochial | limited in range or scope, narrow, provincial |
parody | humorous or ridiculous imitation |
parsimony | stringiness, frugality; excessive economy |
penchant | a strong inclination |
penury | extreme poverty |
peripheral | on the edge, not important |
perspicacious | having clear insight, shrewd, very perceptive; astute, sagacious |
platitude | trite remark, banal statement |
pliable | easily manipulated or able to be bent freely without bending |
ponderous | very heavy, unwielding from weight |
portent | a sign or forewarning |
prodigious | extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous |
profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
profligate | a wasteful person; extremely wasteful given to licentiousness |