SAT words from Flocabulary's Transformation

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  1. ratiocinate
    reason methodologically and logically
  2. render
    give or supply
  3. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
  4. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  5. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  6. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  7. elocution
    an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice
  8. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  9. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  10. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  11. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  12. redact
    formulate in a particular style or language
  13. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  14. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  15. tome
    a large and scholarly book
  16. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  17. entomology
    the branch of zoology that studies insects
  18. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  19. pariah
    a person who is rejected from society or home
  20. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  21. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  22. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  23. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  24. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  25. commodious
    large and roomy
  26. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  27. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  28. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
  29. voluminous
    large in capacity or bulk
  30. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  31. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  32. extravagant
    recklessly wasteful
  33. colossus
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  34. synopsis
    a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument
  35. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  36. cavort
    play boisterously
  37. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  38. daft
    foolish or mentally irregular
  39. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
Created on Wed Apr 11 10:49:38 EDT 2012

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