SAT Common Vocabulary Words Set 10

Mrs. Lin (United States of America)
SAT vocabulary words
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  1. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  2. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  3. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  4. autonomy
    political independence
  5. backslide
    return to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  6. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  7. deftness
    skillful performance or ability without difficulty
  8. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  9. dismissive
    showing indifference or disregard
  10. effusive
    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
  11. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  12. humdrum
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  13. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  14. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  15. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  16. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  17. jingoism
    fanatical patriotism
  18. paragon
    a perfect embodiment of a concept
  19. perpetuate
    cause to continue or prevail
  20. picayune
    small and of little importance
  21. prognosticator
    someone who makes predictions of the future
  22. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  23. semantic
    of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
  24. versatile
    having great diversity or variety
  25. dispensable
    capable of being eliminated or done without
Created on Sat Jul 06 20:35:40 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Oct 05 11:17:10 EDT 2013)

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