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101 sat words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to give in or agree | acquiesce |
| to make something better | ameliorate |
| kind hearted, showing goodwill | benevolent |
| distinguished | eminent |
| high opinion of someone | esteem |
| to make easier | facilitate |
| generous, big hearted | magnanimous |
| producing a great deal | prolific |
| thorough ; ethical | scrupulous |
| calm, peaceful | serene |
| to hate, loathe or detest | abhor |
| to condemn in a stern fashion | censure |
| to scold or criticize severely | chastise |
| to force someone against their own will | coerce |
| to erase or wear away | efface |
| to flood or overwhelm | inundate |
| to talk down on | patronize |
| to reject, disown or disclaimed | repudiate |
| to move back and forth between a descision | vacillate |
| a leader who tells people what they want to hear | demagogue |
| long,lecturing speech | harangue |
| wild exaggeration | hyperbole |
| evil reputation | infamy |
| to say evil, harmful things | malign |
| speech that is persuasive | rhetoric |
| authorize, endorse, approve, allow | sanction |
| above it all | supercilious |
| infetious, dangerous | virulent |
| enthusiastic,and dedicated | zealous |
| something out of place in time | anachronism |
| something that doesn't fit in with the group | anomaly |
| standards used to make a judgement | criteria |
| to make worse | exacerbate |
| practical, done to gain an advantage | expedient |
| brave, daring | intrepid |
| to place two things side by side and compare them | juxtapose |
| neglect, carelessness | negligence |
| strong natural tendency | propensity |
| advocate, promoted as a positive thing | proponent |
| overly idealistic, romantic and impractical | quixotic |
| a break or interruption | hiatus |
| a series arranged by ranks | hierarchy |
| ordinary, everyday | mundane |
| vague, mysterious | obscure |
| a spread throughout the population | pandemic |
| model | paradigm |
| surplus | plethora |
| a puzzling situation | quandary |
| found everywhere | ubiquitous |
| felt experienced secondhand | vicarious |
| restrict | circumscribe |
| cautious | circumspect |
| arranged logically | coherent |
| briefness | brevity |
| said clearly and fully | explicit |
| about to take place | imminent |
| unchangeable | immutable |
| tiny, very small | minuscule |
| to look at very closely | scrutinize |
| a loud, harsh noise | cacophony |
| trickery | chicanery |
| moral decay or decline | decadence |
| a pleasant, nice word | euphemism |
| to escape or avoid | evade |
| the ability to do something without punishment | impunity |
| casual | nonchalant |
| feeling gloomy | pessimistic |
| recklessness | temerity |
| fear, anxiety | trepidation |
| a mystery | enigma |
| fleeting, here one moment, gone the next | ephemeral |
| unpredictable | erratic |
| to get free of an entanglement | extricate |
| relentless, inflexible, showing no mercy | inexorable |
| biased | partial |
| tough to control | recalcitrant |
| extra, unnecessary | superfluous |
| careful with resources | frugal |
| talkative | garrulous |
| impulsive | impetuous |
| rude in a bold daring way | impudent |
| silly, senseless | inane |
| expressing as much as possible using as few words as possible | laconic |
| talkative | loquacious |
| someone who hates or distrusts everybody | misanthrope |
| complaining, whining | querulous |
| language | jargon |
| dangerous, slow and settle in its effect | insideous |
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