SAT Common Vocabulary Words Set 12

Mrs. Lin (United States of America)
SAT vocabulary words
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  1. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  2. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  3. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  4. corroborate
    give evidence for
  5. denunciation
    a public act of condemnation
  6. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  7. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  8. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  9. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  10. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  11. husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  12. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  13. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
  14. jaded
    exhausted
  15. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  16. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  17. noisome
    offensively malodorous
    stinky
  18. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  19. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  20. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  21. quell
    suppress or crush completely
  22. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  23. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  24. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  25. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
Created on Sat Jul 06 20:58:33 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Aug 25 07:47:39 EDT 2013)

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