SAT Common Vocabulary Words Set 7

Mrs. Lin (United States of America)
SAT vocabulary words
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  1. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  2. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  3. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  4. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  5. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  6. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  7. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  8. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  9. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  10. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  11. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  12. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  13. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  14. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  15. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  16. flotsam
    the floating wreckage of a ship
  17. hail
    precipitation of ice pellets
  18. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  19. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  20. indigence
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  21. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  22. negligible
    so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  23. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  24. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
  25. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
Created on Sat Jul 06 20:24:10 EDT 2013

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