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SATVocab
QFS
Word | Meaning |
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clarity | clearness in thought or expression |
cogent | convincing ; reasonable |
cohesive | condition of sticking together |
compelling | forceful ; urgently demanding attention |
convoluted | Intricate ; complex |
didactic | Intended to instruct |
dogmatic | characterised by a stubborn adherence to insufficiently proved beliefs |
effusive | describing unrestrained emotional expression ; gushy |
emphatic | expressed with emphasis |
florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech |
fluid | easily flowing |
hackneyed | overfamiliar through overuse ; trite |
rapport | a relationship of mutual trust or affinity |
adage | a wise old saying |
poignant | profoundly moving ; touching |
abstruse | hard to understand |
arduous | difficult ; painstaking |
futile | having no useful purpose |
heinous | hatefully evil ; abominable |
impede | to slow the progress of |
impenetrable | incapable of being understood |
dilatory | describing one who habitually delays or is tardy |
enervate | to weaken the strength or vitality of |
indolent | lazy |
listless | lacking energy ; lazy |
soporific | causing sleep or sleepiness |
stupor | a state of reduced or suspended sensibility ; |
torpor | laziness ; inactivity ; dullness |
paucity | fewness ; an extreme lack of |
ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
farce | an absurdly ridiculous situation |
frenetic | widely excited or active |
garrulous | given to excessive ; rambling talk |
gratuitous | given freely ; unearned ; unwarranted |
insipid | uninteresting ; unchallenging |
ponderous | extremely dull |