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AES SAT Reading
Top SAT Words by Category #1
Term | Definition |
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Prosaic | lacking in substance, pedestrian, banal, cliche, trite, hackneyed, vapid, vacuous, quotidian, mundane, insipid, derivative |
Obstinate | stubborn, obdurate, intransigent, intractable, tenacious |
Ephemeral | brief, fleeting, transitory, cursory, |
Esoteric | beyond human understanding, recondite, abstruse, arcane |
Ameliorate | to make better/relieve pain, alleviate, assuage, palliate, mitigate |
Eclectic | varied, diverse, heterogenous, motley, multifarious |
Loquacious | talkative/outgoing, garrulous, gregarious |
Laconic | using few words, terse, perfunctory, spare |
Deprecate | to insult, impugn, disparage, malign, censure (also means punish), decry, vilify, vituperate |
Laud | to praise/hold in high regard, tout, extol, revere |
Munificence | generosity, magnanimity (adj. = magnanimous), largess |
Avarice | greed, cupidity |
Proclivity | inclination toward, penchant, predilection, affinity |
Thwart | prevent, forestall, preclude |
Florid | highly decorated, ornate, Baroque |
Penurious | poor, indigent, impecunious |
Reticent | shy, aloof, diffident |
Jocund | cheerful, jovial, mirthful |
Assiduous | hardworking, diligent, sedulous |
Ebulliant | overjoyed, exultant, elated |
Indolent | lazy, slothful |
Supercilious | arrogant, condescending |
Convoluted | complicated, Byzantine |
Lucid | clear, perspicuous |
Vitriolic | harsh, burning, caustic |
Maudlin | sickly sweet, cloying, treacly, mawkish |
Conundrum | mystery, enigma |
Capricious | unpredictable, mercurial |
Provincial | narrow-minded, insular, parochial |
Cosmopolitan | broad-minded |
Dearth | small-amount, paucity |
Myriad | large-amount, copious, plethora |
Spurious | fake, specious |
Wary of | suspicious of, chary of |
Chicanery | fraud, trickery, Charlatanism(person who is a fraud = charlatan) |
Guileless | naive, ingenuous |
Phlegmatic | calm, placid (verb: to placate) |
Irascible | easily angered, cantankerous |
Bellicose | violent, pugnacious |
Ancillary | supplementary, not of central importance, peripheral |
Picayune | irrelevant, unimportant, trivial |
Exculpate | free from blame, find innocent, vindicate |