100 Top SAT Words

Marie G. (United States of America)
by Phillip Lopate
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  1. spleen
    a large oval organ between the stomach and the diaphragm
  2. dialectic
    a contradiction of ideas that determines their interaction
  3. culpability
    a state of guilt
  4. persnickety
    characterized by excessive attention to trivial details
  5. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  6. aesthetics
    the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste
  7. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  8. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  9. tangential
    of superficial relevance if any
  10. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  11. sally
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth
  12. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  13. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  14. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  15. individuate
    give individual character to
  16. symbiosis
    the relation between two interdependent species of organisms
  17. amble
    walk leisurely
  18. temerity
    fearless daring
  19. fillip
    an additional benefit, reward, or extra added to something else
  20. baroque
    relating to an elaborately ornamented style of art and music
  21. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  22. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
  23. vie
    compete for something
  24. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  25. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
Created on Fri Jan 11 00:04:03 EST 2013

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