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