SAT Vocab Week 6
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lauarneson on August 10, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 antiquated | outdated, old fashioned |
| choleric | easily angered |
| fecund | fertile |
| inebriation | state of being drunk, high, intoxicated |
| marshal | to gather together |
| parity | equality |
| servile | overly submissive, groveling |
| usurp | take someone's postion (usually by force) |
| chronicler | person who records historical information |
| dirge | mournful song |
| felicitous | lucky, apt |
| ineffable | cannot be expressed in words |
| marsupial | pouched mammal (like a kangaroo) |
| parochial | narrow-minded, concerned only with local matters |
| profundity | depth, insightfulness |
| circuitous | indirect, roundabout |
| disapprobation | disapproval |
| martinet | person who believes in strict discipline |
| proletarian | member of the working class |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin |
| circumlocution | using too many words, long-windedness |
| fickle | unpredictable, whimsical, easily swayed |
| inertia | inactivity, laziness |
| masochist | person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself |
| parry | dodge, avoid, ward off |
| prolific | producing a lot |
| sluggard | slow-moving, lethargic person |
| circumscribe | limit, restrict |
| finesse | delicacy, subtlety, skill |
| parsimonious | economical, frugal, thrifty |
| prosaic | dull, boring, ordinary |
| smelt | refine an ore |
| vacuous | empty, silly, meaningless |
| circumspect | cautious, considering all sides |
| discordancy | cacophony, harshness, jarring |
| fitful | not continuous, stopping and starting |
| inexorable | relentless |
| parsimony | stinginess, frugality, cost-cutting |
| arable | can be cultivated to grow crops |
| circumvent | avoid, get around |
| flagrant | clearly wrong |
| inexpedient | not convenient or prudent |
| partisan | biased, one-sided, committed to one group |
| proscribe | forbid |
| vapid | dull, uninspiring |
| clairvoyant | psychic, mystic |
| pathos | evoking sadness or pity |
| prosody | study of versification |
| solicit | to ask for, seek |
| variegated | multicolored, speckled |
| arcane | obscure, known only to a few people |
| discursiveness | long windedness, indirectness |
| mellow | soft, melodious, ripe |
| prostration | lying face down, or, being overcome with extreme weakness |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| flippant | making jokes about serious matters |
| menagerie | collection of animals |
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