Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT, Book 4, Lessons 10-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 propensity | a tendency |
| condescending | displaying superiority; patronizing |
| compunction | an uneasiness caused by guilt; a qualm |
| sepulcher | a tomb or burial chamber |
| bellicose | warlike; inclined to fight |
| pulchritude | physical beauty |
| wizened | shriveled or withered from age or illness |
| rhapsodize | to express oneself enthusiastically |
| physiognomy | facial features |
| voluble | talkative |
| revel | to enjoy; to take pleasure in |
| umbrage | feeling of offense; resentment |
| epiphany | a revelation; sudden knowledge or insight |
| assiduous | diligent; persistent |
| panacea | a cure-all; a remedy for all diseases |
| canard | a deliberately misleading story |
| wont | likely |
| etymology | the history of a word; the study of word origins |
| cortege | a group of attendants; a retinue |
| solecism | a deviation or error in speech, manners, or deeds |
| demotic | relating to ordinary people |
| simian | related to or resembling an ape or monkey |
| impresario | an entertainment producer or manager |
| requisite | required; necessary |
| bulwark | a defensive wall or embankment |
| malaise | vague bodily or emotional discomfort or uneasiness |
| disingenuous | insincere; calculating |
| crescendo | a gradual increase in intensity, force, or volume |
| intransigent | uncompromising; refusing to moderate |
| dogged | unrelenting; persistent |
| major-domo | a chief butler or assistant |
| untenable | impossible to defend or justify |
| perambulate | to walk about; to stroll |
| veneer | a thin, attractive layer than conceals something common or coarse |
| timorous | timid |
| luminous | emitting light |
| circuitous | indirect; roundabout |
| perquisite | a tip or payment in addition to regular wages |
| probity | integrity; respectability |
| polemical | relating to controversy or argument |
| tacit | indicated but not expressed; implied silently |
| largesse | generosity |
| indolent | lazy |
| circumlocution | unnecessarily wordy or evasive language |
| depredate | to plunder and pillage |
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