Practice SAT Vocab (from M-H 2014)

Maya V. (United States of America)
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  1. truncate
    make shorter as if by cutting off
  2. incontrovertible
    impossible to deny or disprove
  3. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  4. repugnant
    offensive to the mind
  5. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  6. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  7. deplorable
    of very poor quality or condition
  8. reprehensible
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  9. illusory
    having the nature of something unreal or deceptive
  10. venerable
    profoundly honored
  11. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  12. enervated
    lacking strength or vigor
  13. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  14. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  15. surrogate
    someone or something that takes the place of another
  16. charlatan
    a flamboyant deceiver
  17. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  18. vehement
    marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
  19. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  20. unequivocally
    in an unambiguous manner
  21. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  22. furtive
    secret and sly
  23. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  24. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  25. derivative
    not original; secondary
  26. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  27. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  28. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  29. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  30. reconcile
    come to terms
  31. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  32. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  33. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  34. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
  35. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  36. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  37. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  38. solicitation
    an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
  39. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  40. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  41. pertinacity
    persistent determination
  42. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  43. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  44. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  45. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  46. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  47. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  48. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  49. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  50. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  51. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  52. layperson
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  53. spurn
    reject with contempt
  54. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  55. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  56. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  57. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  58. factitious
    not produced by natural forces; artificial or fake
  59. unadulterated
    without qualification
  60. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  61. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  62. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  63. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  64. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  65. eliminate
    end, take out, or do away with
  66. propagate
    multiply through reproduction
  67. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  68. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  69. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  70. deluge
    a heavy rain
  71. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
Created on Wed Oct 23 18:09:09 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Oct 30 19:05:17 EDT 2013)

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