SAT English World list 3, Groups 1,2,5

Briant I. (United States of America)
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  1. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
    He lied to you with ease and alacrity.
  2. burgeon
    grow and flourish
    This has boosted migration into urban areas and shanty towns have burgeoned.
  3. deleterious
    harmful to living things
    But it is widely recognized that durian season can be deleterious to your health.
  4. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
    That’s a euphemism for saying that it has to cut.
  5. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
    “We should see clearly both the real side and hypocritical side of the United States.
  6. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
    It made us a bit lethargic and drowsy.
  7. ogle
    stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
    In short, women were buying, while men continued to ogle the catalog. Slate (Oct 30, 2013)
  8. postulate
    maintain or assert
    The new paper postulates that the Big Bang singularity is actually akin to a black hole in the braneworld scheme. Slate (Sep 24, 2013)
  9. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
    “It is a very robust area of growth.”
  10. tractable
    easily managed
    They tweaked its performance, too, to make it more computationally tractable.
  11. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
    This natural alchemy had created a whirling vortex, awesome, destructive, seemingly alive.
  12. burnish
    polish and make shiny
    But for all the burnished infrastructure, there is disquiet under the surface.
  13. deliberate
    carefully thought out in advance
    "And I think they will be slow and deliberate in making a decision."
  14. euphony
    any pleasing and harmonious sounds
    Its easeful euphony clearly made a strong impact on the audience. Seattle Times (Apr 27, 2013)
  15. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
    It feels a little strange to think of Reich as a riot-provoking iconoclast.
  16. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
    Its hallmarks are translucency, levity, expansiveness, fluidity and surprising depth. Forbes (Jun 14, 2013)
  17. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
    Do taste receptors in the tongue talk to the smell center, the olfactory cortex?
  18. potable
    suitable for drinking
    To be clear, the treated or recycled water is not potable. Forbes (Nov 17, 2013)
  19. rotund
    spherical in shape
    In real life, penguin huddles are more rotund, so researchers went about making their models more realistic. Scientific American (Nov 19, 2012)
  20. tranquil
    free from disturbance by heavy waves
    This is a beautifully tranquil corner of the island.
  21. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
    Congress could alleviate some of the political uncertainty that has plagued the American economy.
  22. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
    Trucks wired with microphones roamed the streets to measure the cacophony.
  23. denounce
    speak out against
    His critics denounce him as a xenophobe and a nationalist.
  24. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
    Environmentalists walked out on Thursday, exasperated by lack of progress.
  25. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
    To impute this ignominy to a man was a serious matter. Ogg, Frederic Austin
  26. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
    Fast, flat, balanced, light and lithe – it's addictive.
  27. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
    I felt like Santa had some omniscient point of view on my life.
  28. pragmatist
    an adherent of a theory of observable practical consequences
    But he is also a pragmatist and nothing sports his name.
  29. saccharin
    a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar
    Two small bottles of saccharin supply the place of forty pounds of sugar. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
    Falsely sweet
  30. transient
    lasting a very short time
    These "plumes" appear to be transient - they arise for just seven hours at a time.
Created on Sat Dec 14 10:14:22 EST 2013 (updated Sat Dec 14 10:36:35 EST 2013)

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