PSAT/SAT Word List #1
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20 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 acumen | keen insight |
| assiduous | hard-working; diligent |
| brusque | short; abrupt; dismissive |
| cacophony | tremendous noise; disharmonious sounds |
| capricious | subject to whim; fickle |
| conundrum | puzzle; problem that's hard to solve |
| deleterious | harmful |
| ebullient | extremely lively; enthusiastic; happy |
| extol | to praise, revere |
| garrulous | talkative |
| iconoclast | one who attacks common beliefs or institutions |
| impudent | casually rude; insolent; impertinent |
| laconic | terse in speech or writing |
| malediction | curse |
| nadir | the lowest point of something |
| odious | hateful; causing displeasure |
| pathos | strong feeling |
| replete | full; abundant |
| sagacity | wisdom; shrewdness |
| vacuous | lack of content or ideas; stupid |
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