SAT Highest Frequency Words M-P

Karen C. (United States of America)
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  1. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  2. marred
    blemished by injury or rough wear
  3. materialism
    a desire for wealth and possessions
  4. methodical
    characterized by orderliness
  5. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  6. miserly
    characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  7. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  8. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  9. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  10. negate
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  11. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  12. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  13. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
  14. nurture
    provide with nourishment
  15. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  16. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  17. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  18. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  19. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  20. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  21. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  22. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  23. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  24. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  25. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  26. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  27. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  28. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  29. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  30. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  31. pessimism
    a general disposition to expect the worst in all things
  32. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  33. philanthropist
    someone who makes charitable donations
  34. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  35. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  36. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  37. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  38. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  39. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  40. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
  41. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  42. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  43. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  44. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  45. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
  46. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  47. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  48. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  49. proliferation
    a rapid increase in number
  50. prolific
    intellectually productive
  51. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  52. proximity
    the property of being close together
  53. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
Created on Sat Feb 04 19:44:25 EST 2012 (updated Sat Feb 04 21:17:11 EST 2012)

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