SAT Common Vocabulary Words Set 2

Mrs. Lin (United States of America)
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  1. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  2. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  3. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  4. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  5. cantankerous
    stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  6. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  7. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  8. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  9. convivial
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  10. disenfranchise
    deprive of voting rights
  11. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  12. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  13. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  14. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  15. laconic
    brief and to the point
  16. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  17. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  18. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  19. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  20. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  21. ravenous
    extremely hungry
  22. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  23. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  24. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  25. winnow
    the act of separating grain from chaff
Created on Sat Jul 06 08:48:37 EDT 2013

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