Princeton Review SAT Vocab Week 5
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51 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 brevity | the quality or state of being brief in duration; "briefness" |
| expedient | appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy |
| transient | passing quickly in time or space |
| augment | to make greater; as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement |
| bolster | to hearten, support or prop up |
| burgeon | to grow and flourish |
| copious | plentiful; having a large quantity |
| distend | to swell or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full |
| grandiose | great in scope or intent; grand |
| prodigious | enormous |
| profundity | great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning |
| redouble | to make twice as great; to double |
| scintillating | brilliant |
| averse | strongly disinclined |
| conspicuous | easy to notice; obvious (antonym: inconspicuous) |
| demure | modest and reserved |
| diffidence | timidity or shyness |
| docile | submissive to instruction; willing to be taught |
| innocuous | having no adverse effect; harmless |
| placid | calm or quiet; undisturbed |
| quiescent | quiet, still, or at rest; inactive |
| concord | agreement (antonym: discord) |
| concur | to agree |
| dogmatic | stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
| fastidious | carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please |
| intransigence | refusal to moderate a position or to compromise |
| jocular | characterized by or given to joking |
| meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| affable | easy-going; friendly |
| alacrity | promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness |
| amiable | friendly; agreeable; good-natured |
| benign | kind and gentle |
| sanguine | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
| belligerent | eager to fight; hostile or aggressive |
| byzantine | extremely complicated or devious |
| cantankerous | ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| deleterious | having a harmful effect |
| exacerbate | to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate |
| flippant | disrespectfully humorous or casual |
| insolent | insulting in manner or speech |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked; vicious |
| pernicious | extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly |
| rancorous | marked by bitter; deep-seated ill-will |
| repugnant | arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive |
| tawdry | gaudy (showy) and cheap |
| arboreal | relating to or resembling a tree or trees |
| invocation | a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration |
| stratify | to layer or separate into layers |
| variegated | having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored |
| verdant | green with vegetation |
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