Jan 2012/Oct 2011 SAT Words

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Words from the January 2012 and October 2011 SAT test.
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  1. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  2. sheepish
    showing a sense of shame
  3. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  4. torpid
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  5. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  6. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  7. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  8. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  9. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  10. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  11. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  12. disavow
    refuse to acknowledge
  13. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  14. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  15. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  16. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  17. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  18. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  19. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  20. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  21. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  22. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  23. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  24. diminutive
    very small
  25. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  26. extemporize
    perform or speak without preparation
  27. expound
    add details to clarify an idea
  28. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  29. docile
    easily handled or managed
  30. enervating
    causing weakness or debilitation
  31. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  32. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  33. erudition
    profound scholarly knowledge
  34. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  35. ameliorate
    make better
  36. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  37. soporific
    inducing sleep
  38. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  39. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  40. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  41. apprise
    inform somebody of something
  42. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  43. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  44. edify
    make understand
  45. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  46. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  47. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  48. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  49. fervid
    characterized by intense emotion
  50. cocksureness
    total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
  51. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  52. empiricism
    the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
  53. appropriation
    a deliberate act of acquisition, often without permission
  54. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  55. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  56. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  57. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  58. beguiling
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  59. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  60. cadre
    a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
  61. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
  62. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  63. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
Created on Mon Apr 02 20:25:05 EDT 2012 (updated Fri Apr 27 00:22:25 EDT 2012)

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