3rd word of Hot Words for the SAT
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| laconic | Using few words in speech
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| colloquial | Pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
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| complacent | Self-satisfied; smug
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| derivative | Unoriginal; taken from something already existing
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| ameliorate | To make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension
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| amicable | Showing goodwill; peaceable
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| bellicose | Of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike
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| largess | Generous giving
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| frugal | Careful with money; thrifty; not costly
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| confounding | puzzling; baffling
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| detrimental | Harmful
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| castigate | To scold or punish severely
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| detached | Aloof; indifferent
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| lassitude | A tired feeling, usually resulting from depression or too much work
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| obsequious | Obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner
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| ebullient | Filled with a bubbly excitement, as if boiling over with excitement
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| hidebound | Strongly-opinionated; narrow-mindedly stubborn
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| clamor | Unpleasant sound; noise
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| adulate | To praise or flatter too greatly; fawn over
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| lavish | Abundant; in excess
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| culinary | Having to do with cooking; preparing meals
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| conscientious | Relating to doing what one knows is right; scrupulous
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| fleeting | Short-lived
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| antiquity | Ancient times
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| furtive | Sneaky
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| artisan | A person who is skilled with his or her hands
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| incidental | Less important; minor
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| discerning | Able to judge people and situations clearly
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| aesthetic | Having to do with artistic beauty
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| indigenous | Native
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