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sat vocabulary5

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Eschew   To avoid; to shun; to stay clear of  
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Churlish, sullen, surly   Ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility  
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Restitution   The act of making good or compensating for a loss, damage, or injury  
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Execrable, odious   repugnant, detestable; repulsive; extremely bad  
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Perspicacious   Insitful, percepticve, discerning  
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Eclectic   Choosing or using a veriety of sources  
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Hiatus   An interruption in time or continuity; a break  
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Esoteric, arcane   Characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure; recondite  
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Supercilious   Showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority  
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Blithe   Joyous; sprightly; mirthful; light; vivacious  
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Underwrite   To assume financial responsibility for  
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Discomfited   Uneasy; in a state of embarrassment  
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Sinecure   An office or position that provides an income for little or no work  
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Provincial, parochial, insular   Limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook  
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Lugubrious   Sad, mournful, melancholic  
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Fecund   Intellectually productive or inventive, fertile  
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Ostentatious   Showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious  
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Sanguine   Cheerfully confident; optimistic  
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Pernicious   Highly injurious; destructive; deadly  
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Refractory   Obstinately resistant to authority or control  
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Garrulous   Loquacious, annoyingly talkative; verbose  
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Convivial   Sociable; fond of feaing, drinking, and good company  
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Brusque, curt   Abrupt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt  
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Protean   Readily taking on varied forms and meanings (Proteus)  
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Solicitous   Showing great care and concern; attentive  
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Disingenuous   Insincere; not straightforward; not candid  
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Venerate   To regard with great respect; to hold in high esteem  
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Contentious   Quarrelsome; argumentative; likely to provoke a controverys; disputatious; (not content)  
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Preculde   To make impossible; to rule out; to prevent  
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Compunction, contrition, pentince   Feelings of sincere and deep regret  
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Bombastic   Pompous or pretentious in speech or writing; ostentatiously lofty in style  
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Forbearance   Abstaining from the enforcement of a right; the act of refraining from acting on a desire or impulse  
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Proscribe   To forbid; to prohibit; to outlaw  
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