SAT Week Two Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adroit | skillful |
| adulation | excessive praise, worship |
| cajole | persuade or coax with flattery or small lies |
| conciliate | sooth, reconcile, pacify |
| confluence | flowing together |
| credulous | gullible, believing |
| despot | absolute ruler, autocrat |
| diligent | hard working |
| discord | disagreement |
| disinterested | unbiased |
| efface | erase, wipe out |
| egregious | outstandingly bad |
| esoteric | understood by a select few |
| exonerate | excuse from blame |
| extol | to praise, eulogize |
| extrinsic | extraneous, external |
| facilitate | make easier, hasten |
| flagrant | obvious, shocking |
| gall | nerve |
| gratifying | satisfying |
| hector | intimidate |
| hedonistic | pleasure seeking, indulgent |
| idiosyncratic | personal peculiarity |
| imperative | essential |
| impetuous | acting from emotion not reason |
| inconsequential | unimportant, irrelevant |
| infamous | famous for a bad reason |
| jeopardy | danger |
| languid | slow, tired, lacking energy |
| malleable | easy to shape or bend |
| maudlin | silly and overly sentimental |
| nefarious | evil, flagrantly wicked |
| officious | overly helpful when not asked for |
| onerous | burdensome, oppressive |
| plethora | excess, abundance |
| pragmatic | practical |
| prevarication | lie, equivocation |
| propriety | properness, correctness |
| resolution | determination, solution to a problem |
| revere | worship, honor, respect, show respect |
| serendipity | accidental good fortune |
| skeptical | doubting |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| sluggard | lazy person |
| stagnant | not moving |
| supercilious | haughty, arrogant, disdainful |
| torpid | sluggish, lethargic |
| turgid | swollen |
| vacillate | waver, between choices |
| vigor | energy, vitality |
| virtuoso | a person very skilled in a field |
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