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SAT_Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| equivocal | ambiguous, often intended to confuse |
| specious | having the ring of truth but actually false |
| modicum | small or token amount |
| obsequious | attempting to please to a great degree |
| solicitous | concerned |
| belie | to misrepresent |
| philanthropic | humanitarian |
| diffidence | timidity, shyness |
| flag | to decline in strength |
| scintillating | brilliant |
| impetuous | impulsive and passionate |
| distend | to expand from internal pressure |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| variegated | varicolored, multicolored |
| quiescent | quiet, at rest |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| prodigious | enormous |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| felicitous | appropriately suited; fits |
| palliative | relieving symptoms without curing |
| arcane | known by only a few |
| precocious | exhibiting early ability, especially intelligence |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| burgeon | to grow and flourish |
| flippant | disrespectfully humorous or casual |
| pedantic | concerned with book learning and rules |
| stymie | to get in the way of |
| circumspect | careful, discreet |
| adroit | dexterous, deft |
| conjecture | inference; guesswork |
| perspicacious | shrewd, clear |
| redolent | aromatic; suggestive |
| parity | equality |
| euphemism | mild or vague substitute for harsh or offensive term |
| vituperative | marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
| lugubrious | mournful, especially to an exaggerated degree |
| effrontery | to have the nerve; boldness |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable content |
| staid | serious |
| multifarious | diverse, various |
| gratuitous | unnecessary |
| ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
| ignominy | humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
| extirpate | to destroy |
| penchant | strong inclination or liking |
| flagrant | deliberately shocking |
| rancorous | marked by bitter ill will |
| docile | ready and willing to be taught |
| dirge | funeral hymn or lament |
| strident | loud, harsh |
| rectitude | being morally correct in judgment |
| remiss | slacking off; lax in performing duties |
| ingenuous | lacking in sophistication; straightforward |
| castigate | to scold |
| pernicious | irreversably harmful; deadly |
| didactic | instructive |
| impugn | to attack as false or questionable |
| fastidious | attentive to detail; difficult to please |
| insipid | uninteresting; unchallenging |
| acumen | accuracy, keenness |
| prosaic | unimaginative; dull |
| mendacious | untruthful |
| soporific | inducing sleep |
| scrupulous | principled |
| tawdry | tacky and cheap |
| censure | to issue official blame |
| anachronistic | in the wrong time period |
| bombastic | given to snobby speech or writing |
| cantankerous | ill-tempered |
| sanguine | optimistic |
| byzantine | complicated or devious |
| dogmatic | attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
| banal | boringly commonplace |
| pejorative | insulting |
| dilatory | habitually late |
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