SAT Common
250 common SAT words
250 common SAT words
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| Flashcards | 184 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | Literature |
| Level | Secondary School |
| Created / Updated | 11.08.2014 / 11.08.2014 |
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multifarious (adj)
having great diversity or variety
munificence (n)
generosity in giving
myriad (adj)
consisting of a very great number
nadir (n)
the lowest point of something
nascent (adj)
the process of being born or coming into existence
nefarious (adj)
heinously villainous
neophyte (n)
someone who is young or inexperienced
obdurate (adj)
unyielding to persuation or moral influences
obfuscate (v)
to render incomprehesible, unclear, unintelligible
oblique (adj)
diverging from straight line or course, not straighforward
obsequious (adj)
excessively compliant or submissive
obstreperous (adj)
noisy, unruly
obtuse (adj)
annoyingly insensitive/ slow to understand
odious (adj)
instilling hatred or intense displeasure
officious (adj)
offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed
opulent (adj)
characterized by rich abundance verging on ostentatious (apparent)
ostensible (adj)
appearing as such, seemingly
palliate (v)
to reduce the severity of
pallid (adj)
lack of color
panacea (n)
cure-all illness
paragon (n)
model of excellence or perfection
pariah (n)
outcast
parsimony (n)
frugality, stinginess
paucity (adj)
small in quantity
pejorative (adj)
derogatory, uncomplimentary
pellucid (adj)
easily intelligible, clear
penurious (adj)
miserly, stingy
perfidious (adj)
disloyal, unfaithful
perfunctory (adj)
showing little interest/enthusiasm
pernicious (adj)
extremely destructive/harmful
perspicacity (adj)
shrewdness, astute, perceptiveness
pertinacious (adj)
stubbornly persistent
petulance (n)
rudeness, irritability
pithy (adj)
concisely meaningful
platitude (n)
cliché
plethora (n)
an abundance, excess
polemic (n)
an agressive argument against a specific opinion
portent (n)
omen
precocious (adj)
advanced, developing ahead of time
prescient (adj)
to have foreknowledge of events
