Princeton Review words
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rsanchez24 on April 16, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Elucidate | To explain; to make clear |
| Enigma | A riddle |
| Ephemeral | Short lived; fleeting |
| Euphonious | Melodious; pleasant sounding |
| Expedient | Melodious; pleasant sounding |
| Expedite | To quicken |
| Extol | To praise |
| Fastidious | Overly critical |
| Flagrant | Glaringly wrong; conspicuously evil |
| Futile | Hopeless, without effect |
| Guile | Cunning, deceitfulness |
| Gullible | Overly trusting |
| Heretic | One who is against an accepted religion |
| Immutable | Unchanging; permanent |
| Incessant | Non-stop |
| Indifferent | Having no preference |
| Indolence | Laziness |
| Innocuous | Harmless; insignificant |
| Inevitable | Unavoidable; bound to happen |
| Innovate | To make changes; to modernize |
| Insipid | Bland; boring |
| Languid | Slow and listless |
| Laud | To praise |
| Listless | Without energy or enthusiasm |
| Novel | New; interesting |
| Obscure | Unclear; clouded; partly hidden |
| Parsimony | Stinginess; unwilling to share |
| Pedestrian | Commonplace; ordinary |
| Peripheral | On the edge; unimportant |
| Philanthropist | Someone who benefits mankind |
| Philistine | One who lacks culture or taste |
| Pious | Religious; devout |
| Ponderous | Weighty; heavy |
| Prodigal | Extravagant; wasteful |
| Profuse | Very abundant; flowing |
| Prosaic | Commonplace; uninspired; dull |
| Protracted | Drawn out; lengthy |
| Provincial | Narrow-minded; unsophisticated |
| Respite | A break; rest |
| Reticent | Restrained; uncommunicative |
| Revere | To worship; to honor |
| Scrupulous | Concerned; conscientious; proper |
| Servile | Overtly submissive; cringing |
| Squander | to waste |
| Static | Unchanging; not moving |
| Strut | A self-important walk |
| Surreptitious | Secret |
| Taciturn | Quiet; uncommunicative; silent |
| Tentative | Not final; uncertain |
| Virulent | Harmful; deleterious |
| Zeal | enthusiasm |
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