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SAT's Important #2
SaT's Most IMportant Words #2
Question | Answer |
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repugnant | repelling, disgusting |
reticent, reticence | not showing emotion |
sanguine | cheerfully confident, optimistic |
solace | comfort, consolation |
somber | gloomy |
temperamental | moody |
trepidation | apprehension |
truculent, truculence | aggressive, bad-tempered |
vicarious | felt indirectly by imagining someone else's experiences |
wrath | anger |
alacrity | eagerness |
dormant | inactive |
ebullient | enthusiastic |
equanimity | calmness |
hardy | robust, sturdy |
indolent | lazy |
insipid | dull,boring |
instigate | provoke,start |
invoke | appeal to |
lackadaisical | lethargic |
laggard | lazy person |
languid | inactive, dreamy |
listless | sluggish |
lull | calmness |
pacify | soothe, calm someone |
placate | calm someone down |
placid | calm |
raucous | harsh, loud |
rouse | excite |
scintillating | lively, effervescent |
stagnant | not moving |
static | not moving |
torpor | drowsiness, apathy |
unruly | boisterous, unrestrained, enthusiastic |
vapid | dull, uninteresting |
abhor, abhorrence | hatred |
acrimony | bitter animosity |
amiable | friendly |
amicable | friendly |
antipathy | dislike |
congenial | pleasant |
disputatious | quarrelsome |
distaste | dislike |
empathetic | compassionate |
estrange | alienate |
exacting | demanding |
genial | friendly |
officious | meddlesome, interfering |
parody | intentional mockery |
rancorous | bitterness |
rapport | relationship |
recluse, reclusive | hermit |