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SAT Vocab List #3
Mrs. Bostick's List #3 88644
| SAT Vocabulary List #3 | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdicate (v) | to give up a position, usually one of leadership |
| Banal (adj) | dull, commonplace |
| Cajole (v) | to urge to coax |
| Debacle (n) | disastrous failure, disruption |
| Ecstatic (adj) | intensely and overpoweringly happy |
| Facile (adj) | 1. easy, requiring little effort 2. superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere |
| Garrulous (adj) | talkative, wordy |
| Hapless (adj) | unlucky |
| Idolatrous (adj) | excessively worshipping one object or person |
| Juxtaposition (n.) | the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison |
| Languid (adj) | sluggish from fatigue or weakness |
| Malevolent (adj) | wanting harm to befall others |