Sparknotes SAT: Set 2
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Terms | Definitions |
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 allege | (v.) to assert, usually without proof (The policeman had alleged that Marshall committed the crime, but after the investigation turned up no evidence, Marshall was set free.) |
| dour | (adj.) stern, joyless (The children feared their dour neighbor because the old man would take their toys if he believed they were being too loud.) |
| jubilant | (adj.) extremely joyful, happy (the crowd was jubilant when the firefighter carried the woman from the flaming building.) |
| judicious | (adj.) having or exercising sound judgment (When the judicious king decided to compromise rather than send his army to its certain death, he was applauded.) |
| encore | (n.) the audience's demand for a repeat performance; also the artist's performance in response to that demand (At the end of the concert, all the fans yelled, "Encore! Encore!" but the band did not come out to play again.) |
| engender | (v.) to bring about, create, generate (During the Olympics, the victories of U.S. athletes engender a patriotic spirit among Americans.) |
| odious | (adj.) instilling hatred or intense displeasure (Mark was assigned the odious task of cleaning the cat's litter box.) |
| impertinent | (adj.) rude, insolent (Most of your comments are so impertinent that I don't wish to dignify them with an answer.) |
| arable | (adj.) suitable for growing crops (The farmer purchased a plot of arable land on which he will grow corn and sprouts.) |
| chronological | (adj.) arranged in order of time (Lionel carefully arranged the snapshots of his former girlfriends in chronological order, and then set fire to them.) |
| discordant | (adj.) not agreeing, not in harmony with (The girls' sobs were a discordant sound amid the general laughter that filled the restaurant.) |
| scathing | (adj.) sharp, critical, hurtful (Two hours after breaking up with Russell, Suzanne thought of the perfect scathing retort to his accusations.) |
| serendipity | (n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them (In an amazing bit of serendipity, penniless Paula found a $20 bill in the subway station.) |
| nominal | (adj.) trifling, insignificant (Because he was moving the following week and needed to get rid of his furniture more than he needed money, Jordan sold everything for a nominal fee.) |
| nomadic | (adj.) wandering from place to place (In the first six months after college, Josie led a nomadic life, living in New York, California, and Idaho.) |
| integral | (adj.) necessary for completeness (Without the integral ingredient of flour, you wouldn't be able to make bread.) |
| mawkish | (adj.) characterized by sick sentimentality (Although some nineteenth-century critics viewed Dickens's writings as mawkish, contemporary readers have found great emotional depth in his works.) |
| intimation | (n.) an indirect suggestion (Mr. Brinford's intimation that he would soon pass away occurred when he began to discuss how to distribute his belongings among is children.) |
| profligate | (adj.) dissolute, extravagant (The profligate gambler loved to drink, spend money, steal, and hang out with prostitutes.) |
| quotidian | (adj.) daily (Ambika's quotidian routines include drinking two cups of coffee in the morning.) |
| soluble | (adj.) able to dissolve (The plot of the spy film revolved around an untraceable and water-soluble poison.) |
| verbose | (adj.) wordy, impaired by wordiness (It took the verbose teacher two hours to explain the topic, while it should have taken only fifteen minutes.) |
| reservoir | 1. (n.) reserves, large supply (Igor had quite a reservoir of strength, even after running 700 miles.) 2. (n.) location where something (often water) is kept (After graduation, the more rebellious members of the senior class jumped into the town reservoir used for drinking water.) |
| meager | (adj.) deficient in size or quality (My meager portion of food did nothing to satisfy my appetite.) |
| plausible | (adj.) believable, reasonable (He studied all the data and then came up with a plausible theory that took all factors into account.) |
| penchant | (n.) a tendency, partiality, preference (Jill's dinner parties quickly became monotonous on account of her penchant for Mexican dishes.) |
| maxim | (n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct (Miss Manners's etiquette maxims are both entertaining and instructional.) |
| impudent | (adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent (The impudent young man looked the princess up and down and told her she was hot even though she hadn't asked him.) |
| impetuous | (adj.) rash; hastily done (Hilda's hasty slaying of the king was an impetuous, thoughtless action.) |
| hedonist | (n.) one how believes pleasure should be the primary pursuit of humans (Because he's such a hedonist, I knew Murray would appreciate the 11 cases of wine I bought him for his birthday.) |
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