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SAT Vocab List 2 LGR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| voluble | vol-yoo-bul talkative |
| vindicate | vin-di-kait to clear from blame or suspicion |
| copious | koh-pee-uss abundant, plentiful |
| undermine | un-der-mine to weaken |
| abstract | ab-strakt theoretical; difficult to understand |
| conventional | kun-ven-shun-ul traditional, ordinary |
| cursory | kurss-uh-ree hasty, disregarding details |
| discord | diss-kord lack of agreement or harmony |
| vulnerable | vul-nur-uh-bul easy to injure or harm |
| reticent | ret-uh-sunt quiet, untalkative |
| intractable | in-trakt-uh-bull stubborn, difficult to manage |
| impartial | im-par-shul fair, not favoring either side |
| refute | ri-fyoot to disprove, offer arguments against |
| ponderous | pon-duh-russ very dull, boring |
| deplore | di-ploar to strongly disapprove of |
| frugal | fruu-gul not spending freely |
| spontaneous | spon-tay-nee-uss impulsive, not planned |
| innate | in-ait inborn, present at birth |
| inevitable | in-ev-it-uh-bul unavoidable, certain to happen |
| inept | in-ept lacking skill, clumsy |
| contrite | kun-trite regretful, feeling guilt |
| contemporary | kun-tem-puh-rer-ee modern |
| enigmatic | en-ig-mat-ic mysterious, puzzling |
| distend | diss-tend to expand, extend |
| contentious | kun-ten-shuss quarrelsome, fond of arguing |
| verbose | vur-boass wordy |
| predilection | pred-i-lek-shun preference, liking |
| hypocrite | hip-uh-krit a person who claims to be what he is not |
| brusque | bruhsk rudely brief |
| willful | will-ful stubborn |
| deplete | di-pleet to use up |
| plagiarism | play-juh-riz-um the theft of someone else's ideas |
| confound | kon-found to confuse |
| discursive | diss-kur-siv rambling, unfocused |
| preclude | pri-klood to make impossible, prevent |
| torpor | tor-pur inactivity |
| tyranny | tir-uh-nee absolute power that is often cruel |
| bungler | bung-glur a clumsy person |
| hackneyed | hack-need overused, stale |
| accolade | ak-uh-lade praise; a statement of approval |
| dissonance | diss-uh-nenss disagreement; lack of harmony |
| invective | in-vek-tiv an insulting or abusive expression |
| uniform | yoo-ni-form identical, similar |
| placate | play-kait to calm the anger of |
| irascible | ir-ass-uh-bul short tempered, irritable |
| banal | bay-null unoriginal, stale |
| bolster | bol-stur to support, prop up |
| circumspection | sur-kum-spek-shun caution |
| consequence | kon-si-kwenss result, outcome |
| instigate | in-sti-gait to provoke to action |
| civil | si-vul polite, courteous |
| tangible | tan-juh-bul real, capable of being touched |
| kindle | kin-dul to excite, stir up |
| loathe | loath to hate, scorn |
| penchant | pen-chent liking |
| emaciated | i-may-shee-ay-tid starved, extremely thin |
| score | skor the written form of a piece of music |
| stagnate | stag-nait to lie motionless |
| opaque | oh-paik impenetrable by light |
| morose | muh-roass sad, sorrowful |
| exasperate | ig-zas-pa-rait to anger or irritate |
| fitful | fit-ful irregular, inconsistent |
| unprecedented | un-press-uh-den-tid never before known or experienced |
| mundane | muhn-dain ordinary, commonplace |
| refined | ri-find polite, well-bred |
| assiduous | uh-sij-oo-ess working devotedly and carefully |
| amass | uh-mass to pile up, collect |
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