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SAT Words 47

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morass (n.) a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses (When Theresa lost her job, she could not get out of her financial _____.)
mores (n.) the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people. (_____ change over time; many things that were tolerated in 1975 are no longer seen as being socially acceptable.)
morose (adj.) gloomy or sullen (Jason’s _____ nature made him very unpleasant to talk to.)
multifarious (adj.) having great diversity or variety (This Swiss Army knife has _____ functions and capabilities. Among other things, it can act as a knife, a saw, a toothpick, and a slingshot.)
mundane (adj.) concerned with the world rather than with heaven, commonplace (He is more concerned with the _____ issues of day-to-day life than with spiritual topics.)
munificence (n.) generosity in giving (The royal family’s _____ made everyone else in their country rich.)
mutable (adj.) able to change (Because fashion is so _____, what is trendy today will look outdated in five years.)
myriad (adj.) consisting of a very great number (It was difficult to decide what to do Friday night because the city presented us with _____ possibilities for fun.)
nadir (n.) the lowest point of something (My day was boring, but the _____ came when I accidentally spilled a bowl of spaghetti on my head.)
nascent (adj.) in the process of being born or coming into existence (Unfortunately, my brilliant paper was only in its _____ form on the morning that it was due.)
nebulous (adj.) vaguely defined, cloudy (The transition between governments meant that who was actually in charge was a _____matter.)
nefarious (adj.) heinously villainous (Although Dr. Meanman’s _____ plot to melt the polar icecaps was terrifying, it was so impractical that nobody really worried about it.)
negligent (adj.) habitually careless, neglectful (Jessie’s grandfather called me a _____ fool after I left the door to his apartment unlocked even though there had been a recent string of robberies.)
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