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SAT Vocab Dum 4
SAT Vocabulary for Dummies - Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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affluent | wealthy, having an abundance of money |
avarice | greed, desire to get something |
cupidity | greed for gain, inordinate desire to appropriate another's wealth or possessions |
destitute | without resources, in proverty |
fiscal | pertaining to money |
frugal | economical, careful in the use of goods |
impecunious | poor, penniless |
indigent | poor, needy |
mendicant | a beggar |
mercenary | serving merely for pay |
miserly | stingy, hoarding wealth |
munificent | splendidly generous |
opulent | rich, wealthy, affluent |
parsimonious | stingy, sparing |
parvenu | a person of humble origins who has gained wealth and position and risen in society, especially one considered unfit for the position (an upstart) |
plutocrat | a person exercising power or influence over others by right of wealth or position |
prodigal | recklessly wasteful, extravagant |
profligate | recklessly extravagant (also someone who has abandoned himself/herself to fice or indulgence) |
solvent | able to pay one's debts, financially sound |
squander | spend recklessly, use in a wasteful manner |