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SAT Words 56
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prosaic | (adj.) plain, lacking liveliness (Heather’s _____ recital of the poem bored the audience.) |
| proscribe | (v.) to condemn, outlaw (The town council voted to _____ the sale of alcohol on weekends.) |
| protean | (adj.) able to change shape; displaying great variety (Among Nigel’s _____ talents was his ability to touch the tip of his nose with his tongue.) |
| prowess | (n.) extraordinary ability (The musician had never taken a guitar lesson in his life, making his _____ with the instrument even more incredible.) |
| prudence | (n.) cautious, circumspect (After losing a fortune in a stock market crash, my father vowed to practice greater _____ in future investments.) |
| prurient | (adj.) eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex (David’s mother was shocked by the discovery of _____ reading material hidden beneath her son’s mattress.) |
| puerile | (adj.) juvenile, immature (The judge demanded order after the lawyer’s _____ attempt to object by stomping his feet on the courtroom floor.) |
| pugnacious | (adj.) quarrelsome, combative (Aaron’s _____ nature led him to start several barroom brawls each month.) |
| pulchritude | (n.) physical beauty (Several of Shakespeare’s sonnets explore the _____ of a lovely young man.) |
| punctilious | (adj.) eager to follow rules or conventions (_____ Pete, hall monitor extraordinaire, insisted that his peers follow the rules.) |
| pungent | (adj.) having a pointed, sharp quality—often used to describe smells (The _____ odor in the classroom made Joseph lose his concentration during the test.) |
| punitive | (adj.) involving punishment (If caught smoking in the boys’ room, the _____ result is immediate expulsion from school.) |
| putrid | (adj.) rotten, foul (Those rotten eggs smell _____.) |
| quagmire | (n.) a difficult situation (We’d all like to avoid the kind of military _____ characterized by the Vietnam War.) |
| quaint | (adj.) charmingly old-fashioned (Hilda was delighted by the _____ bonnets she saw in Amish country.) |
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