SAT WORDS
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ineedtostudyforap on September 29, 2012
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a set of hard sat words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abase | deprive of self-esteem |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| acquiesce | to submit without protest |
| adroit | expert, skilled or nimble |
| adulation | excessive adoration or admiration |
| affluence | abundance of wealth |
| alacrity | cheerful willingness |
| altruism | unselfish concern for others |
| ambivalent | uncertainty or fluctuation |
| anachronism | something out of place in historical time |
| appropriated | to take possession of |
| ardent | having intense or passionate feeling |
| austere | severe in manner or appearance |
| aver | to state firmly and convincingly |
| banal | lacking originality |
| belabor | to explain or work at something beyond what is necessary |
| belie | to show to be false |
| bereft | deprived and made desolate |
| burgeon | to grow or develop quickly |
| cacophony | harsh, loud, discordant sounds |
| cantankerous | disagreeable to deal with |
| capitulate | to give up resistance |
| capricious | subject to or led by whim |
| cathartic | emotionally purging |
| caustic | severely critical or sarcastic |
| cavalier | showing arrogant disregard |
| charlatan | a quack or fraud |
| clandestine | done with secrecy or concealment |
| coalesce | to mix or come together from separate elements |
| concede | to acknowledge as true or proper |
| coerce | use of force or intimidation to get results |
| condone | to overlook or pardon an offense |
| conjecture | an unproven opinion or theory |
| cursory | sketchy, not thorough |
| despot | a ruler with total control |
| desseminate | to disperse or spread everywhere |
| efface | to erase or obliterate |
| euphemism | the use of a "nice" word or phrase instead of an offensive one |
| germane | fitting and appropriate |
| hackneyed | commonplace, overused |
| hedonist | someone who lives for pleasure or happiness |
| heretic | one who differs from accepted belief or theory |
| inexorable | not movable by any means |
| insurgent | a rebel |
| laud | to praise, commend |
| miser | a greedy, grasping person |
| platitude | tired, trite old saying |
| raconteur | a gifted talker or storyteller |
| succinct | brief, to the point |
| sycophant | one who flatters others |
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