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Expos. SAT Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Abrogate | To abolish, repeal |
Abscond | To depart suddenly, secretly |
Banal | Commonplace |
Beget | To reproduce (sexually) |
Conduit | A tube, pipe |
Conjecture | A Guess |
Dubious | Doubtful |
Duplicity | Double, two-faced |
Facetious | Sarcastic |
Facile | Easy |
Hackney | To make stale, trite by repetition |
Hale | Healthy, sound |
Indicant | That which points out |
Alacrity | Cheerful willingness |
Altruism | Benevolence |
Belie | To misrepresent |
Bellicose | Warlike, willing to fight |
Contumacy | Refusal to obey |
Convalescence | The state of restoration after a disease, health issue |
Edify | To build up |
Efface | To obliterate, erase |
Fallacy | Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning |
Fastidious | Hard to please, picky |
Harangue | A lengthy speech, tirade |
Harbinger | something/one who foreshadows the coming of something/one |
Inimical | Adverse, unfriendly, tending to harm, difficult |
Amity | Friendship |
Benevolent | Loving others |
Bibliophile | One who loves books |
Copious | Plenteous, a large amount |
Corpulent | Obese |
Egregious | Extreme, more than necessary |
Elucidate | To bring out more clearly |
Fatuous | Idiotic |
Filibuster | An attempt to obstruct legislation |
Heedless | Thoughtless, reckless |
Heretic | One who holds contrary opinions |
Incocuous | Harmless |
Insipid | Tasteless |
Arrant | Complete, utter, notorious |
Bibulous | Fond of drinking |
Blazon | To make widely known, or depict in great detail |
Credulous | Easily decieved |
Crucible | A purifying test |
Culpable | Guilty |
Embolden | To give courage to |
Enervate | To render innefective |
Flippant | Having a light, trifle disposition |
Fugacious | Fleeting |
Homage | Reverential regard or worship |
Hypocrisy | Extreme insincerity |
Insolence | Pride or haughtiness |
Aspirant | On who seeks earnestly |
Braggart | Vain boaster |
Brusque | Somewhat rough or rude |
Curt | Concise, compressed, and abrupt |
Enigma | A riddle |
Enmity | Hatred |
Ennoble | To dignify |
Fulsome | Offensive from excess of praise, large size or quantity |
Furtive | Stealthy or sly |
Idiom | Use of words peculiar to a language |
Idiosyncracy | A mental quality, or peculiar habit |
Laudable | Praiseworthy |
Laureate | Crowned with laurel, honored for acheivement |
Assuage | To cause to be less harsh, painful |
Bulwark | A guard, defense |
Bumptious | Full of offensive, self-conceit |
Datum | A premise, given fact |
Decorous | Suitable for the occasion |
Epicurean | Indulging to daintiness of eppetite |
Epithet | Quality or attribute |
Epoch | Interval of time |
Futile | Of no avail or effect |
Idolize | To regard with love/admiration |
Ignoble | Low in character or purpose |
Litigious | Quarelsome |
Loquacious | Talkative |