SAT Vocab 66
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct |
| Cathartic | strongly laxative |
| Abhorrent | offensive to the mind |
| Amicable | characterized by friendship and good will |
| Anachronism | something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred |
| Florid | something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred |
| Auspicious | attended by favorable circumstances |
| Boorish | ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance |
| Censure | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| Cartography | the making of maps and charts |
| Collusion | secret agreement |
| Eclectic | someone who selects according to the eclectic method |
| Dogmatic | characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| Adulation | servile flattery |
| Consummate | make perfect |
| Cursory | hasty and without attention to detail |
| Deride | treat or speak of with contempt |
| Destitution | a state without friends or money or prospects |
| Disparage | express a negative opinion of |
| Elucidate | make free from confusion or ambiguity |
| Eloquent | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively |
| Apprehensive | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
| Diffidence | lack of self-confidence |
| Embody | ... |
| Equanimity | ... |
| Equitable | ... |
| Equivocal | ... |
| Eulogy | ... |
| Evanescent | ... |
| Exemplary | ... |
| Felicitous | ... |
| Frugal | ... |
| Intrepid | ... |
| Hedonist | ... |
| Holistic | ... |
| Ideologue | ... |
| Laggard | ... |
| Impetuous | ... |
| Incisive | ... |
| Ineffable | ... |
| Idiosyncratic | ... |
| Impregnable | ... |
| Lamentation | ... |
| Superfluous | ... |
| Zealous | ... |
| Malleable | ... |
| Mundane | ... |
| Obstinate | ... |
| Refute | ... |
| Rebuke | ... |
| Prosaic | ... |
| Quell | ... |
| Polarization | ... |
| Precocious | ... |
| Nefarious | ... |
| Rhetoric | ... |
| Sanguine | ... |
| Staid | ... |
| Swagger | ... |
| Obstreperous | ... |
| Venerate | ... |
| Vindicated | ... |
| Vindictive | ... |
| Lucid | ... |
| Rancor | ... |
| Laud | ... |
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