SAT prep words
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Created by:
ShaniaSwanson on January 13, 2013
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Fifty words to help on the SAT test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ambivalence | lack of clarity |
| Cantankerous | bad-tempered |
| Derogatory | uncomplimentary |
| Exemplify | to serve as a good example |
| Impecunious | having no money |
| Lucid | clear |
| Ornate | highly decorated |
| Precipice | steep slope |
| Salubrious | health-giving |
| Truant | someone absent without permission |
| Ambulatory | able to walk around |
| Capacious | spacious |
| Desecrate | to damage a holy place |
| Exhaustive | complete and thorough |
| Impious | profane |
| Ludicrous | silly |
| Orthodox | convetional |
| Precipitous | done in a hurry |
| Salutary | something which teaches you a lesson |
| Truncate | cut short |
| Ameliorate | make better |
| Capitulate | surrender |
| Desecration | spoiling something holy |
| Exonerates | removes blame |
| Impoverished | poor |
| Lukewarm | neithor hot or cold |
| Ossify | turn to bone |
| Preclude | prevent or make possible |
| Sanctimonious | hypocritically holy |
| Tumult | noise |
| Amelioration | improvement |
| Carping | constant criticism |
| Desist | stop |
| Exorcism | eliminating |
| Impromptu | spontaneous |
| Lummox | clumsy person |
| Ostentatious | showy |
| Precocious | developing early |
| Sanction | give approval to |
| Tupitude | depravity |
| Amiable | friendly |
| Cartographer | person who makes maps |
| Despondent | miserable |
| Expatriate | refugee |
| Inadvertent | not intentional |
| Luscious | juicy |
| Oust | push out of position |
| Predecessor | one who came before |
| Sanguinay | bloody |
| Tyro | beginner |
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