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Hot SAT Words-List 3
3rd word of Hot Words for the SAT
SAT Word | Definition |
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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 |