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SAT Vocab 1-20
Question | Answer |
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Aesthetic | appealing to a sense of beauty |
Eclectic | choosing from a variety of sources |
Paradox | a contradictory statement that expresses a truth |
Anomalous | an irregularity |
Alleviate, Mitigate, Mollify, Assuage, Allay | to relieve |
Innocuous | harmless |
Venerate, Revere | to honor or admire |
Trite, Banal, Cliche, Hackneyed, Platitude, Vapid, Prosaic, Mundane | commonplace, ordinary, unimaginative |
Elusive | hard to catch |
Procrastinate, Dilatory, Temporize, Dawdle | to delay or to be tardy |
Conventional | a traditional way of doing things |
Obstinate, Obdurate, Recalcitrant, Intransigent, Intractable | stubborn |
Curtail | to cut short |
Meager | scanty or sparse |
Somber | gloomy, cheerless, and grave |
Flourish | to prosper and thrive |
Rejuvenate, Reinvigorate | to make youthful again |
Rebuke, Censure, Reprimand, Reprove, Remonstrate, Reproach, Admonish | to scold |
Lethargic, Slothful, Languid, Indolent, Torpid, Wan, Anemic, Phlegmatic, Enervated | to lack energy, to be sluggish |
Acclaim, Adulation, Extol, Laud, Eulogize, Plaudit | to win praise |