SAT harder words II

Mrs. Lin (United States of America)
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  1. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  2. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  3. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  4. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  5. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  6. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  7. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  8. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  9. rhetoric
    study of the technique for using language effectively
  10. extemporaneous
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  11. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  12. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  13. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  14. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  15. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  16. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  17. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  18. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  19. uncouth
    lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  20. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  21. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  22. tout
    advertise in strongly positive terms
  23. insinuation
    an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
  24. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  25. gravitas
    formality, dignity, or seriousness
  26. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  27. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  28. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
  29. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  30. raconteur
    a person skilled in telling anecdotes
Created on Fri Sep 27 14:35:18 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Sep 28 16:38:26 EDT 2013)

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