sat vocabulary5 Word Scramble

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

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