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SAT Vocab 6/13/12
Random, hard words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Congenial | pleasant because of personality, qualities, or interests |
| Prolific | abundant, usually in a good way |
| Subversive | to undermine the power and authority of |
| Fawning | exaggerated show of flattery or affection |
| Nonchalance | casually calm and relaxed; indifferent |
| Digression | to wander off topic |
| Coalesce | to come together as a whole |
| Presumptuous | going beyond what is right and proper |
| Relinquish | to give up |
| Embellish | to make something more attractive by adding stuff to it |
| Convalesce | slow healing after sickness |
| Extirpate | root out and destroy |
| Libertine | man without moral principles |
| Macabre | gruesome |
| Plebeian | a common person |
| Abscond | to run away furtively |
| Sinecure | easy, high-paying job |
| Volley | hail of items, usually weapons |
| Febrile | feverish energy |
| Facetious | flippant |
| Hubris | excessive self-pride |
| Ingratiate | to fawn |
| Incarnadine | skin-colored; apricot |
| Obfuscate | bewilder; obscured |
| Diluvial | relating to floods |
| Anodyne | sedative; pain-killer |
| Potentate | monarch or ruler |
| Recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
| Tempestuous | very stormy |
| Vituperate | blame or insult in an offensive language |