SAT Vocabulary Level 2 (Set 1)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anomaly | anything out of sequence, a departure from the norm |
| assiduous | extremely attentive, diligent |
| blasphemy | words or deeds insulting to God or to anything considered sacred |
| callow | inexperienced, immature |
| complacency | uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's situation or achievements |
| desecrate | to damage or show disrespect to something sacred to others |
| droll | oddly amusing or humorous |
| elegy | a sorrowful poem or song, usually of mourning |
| erudite | highly educated, learned, scholarly |
| expurgate | to censor or to clean out, especially to remove objectionable material from a book, movie, etc. |
| fitful | occurring in fits or spurts, coming and going, irregular |
| fractious | irritable, cross |
| harangue | (n) lengthy oration or lecture, often meant to move, scold, or arouse the audience into action (v) to deliver such a speech or lecture |
| impasse | a deadlock, an obstacle with no apparent way around it |
| indefatigable | tireless, weariless |
| intractable | stubborn, difficult to manage or control |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian, dictator |
| obstinate | stubborn, inflexible, difficult to subdue or control |
| paucity | scarcity, shortage |
| pedantic | uninspired, unimaginative, overly meticulous, academically narrow |
| polemical | controversial, aggressively argumentative |
| prevaricate | to lie, to stretch or stray from the truth |
| prosaic | ordinary, dull, unimaginative |
| relegate | to banish, to assign to insignificance, to devalue |
| respite | a temporary intermission or break, a recess, a breather |
| salubrious | conducive to good health and well-being |
| sedentary | inactive, passive, motionless |
| stringent | sever, strict, rigidly-controlled |
| swagger | (v) to strut, to act arrogantly or pompously (n) conceitedly self-assured behavior |
| tumultous | full of commotion and noises, violently uproarious |
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