100 SAT Vocab-9th Grade
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ashleymck3 on October 1, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate |
| Florid | describing flowery or elaborate speech |
| Opulent | exhibiting a display of great wealth |
| Ornate | elaborately decorated |
| Ostentatious | describing a showy or prententious display |
| Poignant | profoundly moving; touching |
| Ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
| Effusive | emotionally unrestrained; gushy |
| Egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive |
| Flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
| Frenetic | wildly excited or active |
| Gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
| Superfluous | extra; unnecessary |
| Alleviate | to ease a pain or burden |
| Asylum | a place of retreat or security |
| Auspicious | favorable; promising |
| Benevolent | well-meaning; generous |
| Benign | kind and gentle |
| Emollient | (adj.) softening and soothing (n.) something that softens or soothes |
| Mollify | to calm or soothe |
| Reclamation | the act of making something useful again |
| Sanction | to give official authorization or approval |
| Dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
| Fabricated | made; concocted in order to deceive |
| Hypocrisy | of little importance or significance, the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity |
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