SAT Vocab 4

usamax007 (Pakistan)
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  1. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  2. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  3. proliferation
    a rapid increase in number
  4. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  5. inane
    devoid of intelligence
  6. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  7. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  8. disperse
    move away from each other
  9. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  10. affirmation
    the act of asserting or stating something
  11. ascendancy
    the state when one person or group has power over another
  12. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  13. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  14. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  15. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  16. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  17. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  18. proximity
    the property of being close together
  19. exhaustive
    performed comprehensively and completely
  20. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  21. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  22. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  23. homogenous
    all of the same or similar kind or nature
  24. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  25. exuberance
    joyful enthusiasm
  26. exacerbate
    make worse
  27. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  28. undermine
    weaken or impair, especially gradually
  29. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  30. haughtiness
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
  31. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  32. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  33. anarchist
    an advocate of the abolition of governments
  34. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  35. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  36. induce
    cause to act in a specified manner
  37. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  38. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  39. fanaticism
    excessive intolerance of opposing views
  40. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Created on Thu Oct 25 03:39:33 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Nov 14 04:25:14 EST 2013)

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