SAT WORDS (3)
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ineedtostudyforap on September 29, 2012
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list of 50 hard sat words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 expedient | suitable for the purpose |
| facetious | not meant seriously or literally |
| fallacy | a deceptive or false notion |
| fallible | liable to be wrong or false |
| filicitous | apt or appropriate for the occasion |
| flippant | frivolously disrespectful |
| foresight | care or provision for the future |
| gaffe | a social blunder |
| gregarious | enjoying the company of others |
| iconoclastic | pertaining to image breaking, or an attack on beliefs |
| idiosyncratic | belonging to one's particular character |
| illusory | causing illusion, deceptive |
| immaterial | of no consequence, unimportant |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| impede | to stop or hinder progress |
| imperturbable | incapable of being upset or agitated |
| impetuous | having sudden or rash action |
| implacable | not to be appeased or pacified |
| impudent | having or showing offensive boldness |
| impugn | to challenge as false |
| incisive | remarkably clear and direct |
| incongruous | out of place, unbecoming, or inappropriate |
| indignant | expressing strong displeasure at something offensive |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words |
| ingenuous | sincere, truthful |
| inherent | existing as an inseparable quality or element |
| innocuous | harmless or inoffensive in effect |
| intransigent | refusing to agree or compromise |
| intrepid | resolutely fearless |
| inured | accustomed to hardship or difficulty |
| invoke | to call or pray for |
| irate | extremely angry |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| jocular | joking or facetious |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind |
| licentious | unrestrained by law or morality |
| loquacious | tending to talk too freely or too much |
| misanthrope | one who hate mankind |
| mitigate | to lessen in intensity |
| mollify | to soften in feeling or temper |
| munificient | great generosity in giving |
| nihilism | total rejection of laws or institutions |
| obfuscate | to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy |
| obstinate | adhering to one's opinion or course |
| officious | eagerly offering unwanted help or advice |
| onerous | causing hardship |
| ostentatious | intended to attract notice |
| overt | open to view, not concealed |
| palliative | something that relieves symptoms without curing disease |
| paragon | a model or pattern of excellence |
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