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Brooke's SAT Vocab I Game
Matching game to help high school students prepare for the verbal section of the SAT.
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| dubious | questionable, doubtful |
| esoteric | hard to understand, known to only a chosen few |
| inept | lacking skill, unsuited |
| innocuous | harmless |
| languish | to lose strength |
| precocious | advanced in development |
| profane | to violate, treat unworthily |
| undermine | to weaken |
| volatile | changeable, explosive, evaportating rapidly |
| bequeath | to leave to someone by a will, hand down |
| edify | to instruct, correct morally |
| nefarious | very wicked |
| sycophant | servile flatterer |
| soporific | sleep-causing |
| munificent | very generous |
| abate | to decrease, lessen, subside |
| anomaly | irregularity |
| succinct | brief, terse, compact |
| spurn | to reject, scorn |
| raze | destroy completely |
| prudent | cautious, careful |
| paucity | scarcity |
| laconic | brief and to the point |
| inundate | to overwhelm, flood, submerge |
| ignominy | deep disgrace, shame or dishonor |
| furtive | sneaky |
| exacerbate | to worsen, embitter |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| audacious | daring, bold |
| antiquated | old-fashioned |
| altruistic | unselfishly generous, concerned for others |
| parsimonious | stingy |
| resilient | quick to recover, bounce back |
| perfidious | faithless, disloyal |
| fetid | smelly |
| languid | weak, lacking energy |
| sedulous | done with care and diligence |
| mendicant | beggar |
| pernicious | very destructive, deadly |
| incessant | going on without interruption, continuous |
| garrulous | extremely talkative |
| obsequious | unusually servile |
| prevaricate | to lie or stray from the truth |
| sedulous | done with care and diligence, particular |
| wan | pale in appearance or sickly |
| zephyr | gentle breeze from the west |
| rancorous | bitter, hateful |
| pretentious | pretending to be important |
| corpulent | fat |
| tirade | long, vehement speech |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking |
| conflagration | a great fire |
| extol | to praise or glorify |
| comely | attractive, agreeable |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness, isolation |
| listless | lacking in spirit or energy |
| monolithic | solidly uniform |
| loath | reluctant |
| miserly | stingy, mean |
| mollify | to soothe |
| negate | to cancel out, deny, nullify |
| placate | to pacify |
| pan | to criticize harshly |
| pithy | concise, meaningful |
| quandry | a dilemma |
| scanty | meager, insufficient |
| aggregate | total or combined amount of |
| ameliorate | to make better or improve |
| arable | fit for growing crops |
| irreproachable | faultless, blameless |
| bleak | cold, cheerless |
| elucidate | to explain or enlighten |
| quiescent | at rest, dormant, inactive |
| stolid | dull, impassive |
| abet | to encourage or instigate a bad act |
| aplomb | absolute cool, complete poise,self-confidence |
| astute | wise or shrewd |
| candid | open or honest |
| capricious | fickle, unsteady |
| culpable | guilty |
| delineate | to portray or depict |
| dearth | scarcity |
| diaphanous | sheer, transparent |
| egregious | notorious, conspicuously bad or wicked |
| dissident | rebellious |
| fallacious | false, misleading |
| irascible | easily angered |
| hirsute | noticeably hairy |
| diffuse | wordy, rambling |
| trite | commonplace |
| equivocal | misleading, unclear |
| surrepititious | secretive |
| supercilious | excessivley proud |
| prodigal | wasteful, reckless with money |
| discerning | mentally quick, observant |
| usury | lending money at very high interest rates |
| truculence | aggressiveness, ferocity |
| incredulity | being skeptical |
| precarious | uncertain, risky |
| negligible | unimportant |
| circumspect | cautious, prudent |
| incipient | beginning to appear or exist |
| salubrious | healthful |
| olfactory | concerning the sense of smell |
| exhort | to urge or encourage |
| glib | fluent, slick |
| intrinsic | built-in, inherent |
| enervation | weakness |
| indigence | poverty |
| eradicate | to get rid off completely |
| cloister | a place of seclusion such as a monastery or convent |
| prescient | having knowledge beforehand, foresight |
| fatuous | follish, inane |
| conscientious | careful, scrupulous, principled |
| incoherent | illogical, unable to speak clearly |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and critically |
| garish | over-bright in color, gaudy |
| stringent | imposing strict standards, severe |
| specious | seeming true, but actually false or misleading |
| sporadic | occuring irregularly |
| peevish | ill-tempered, discontented |
| urbane | elegant, refined, suave |
| convivial | sociable, festive |
| imperious | domineering, haughty |
| venal | capable or being bribed |
| venial | forgivable, trivial |
| copious | plentiful, prolific |
| unassailable | not subject to question |
| overt | out in the open |
| didactic | instructional, teaching |
| untenable | indefensible |
| acrimonious | bitter words or manner |
| discursive | rambling, digressing |
| abstruse | profound, obscure, difficult to understand |
| reprisal | retaliation |
| rebuke | to scold harshly, criticize severely |
| chastity | purity |
| bevy | a large group, especially of birds |
| tallow | material that candles and soap are made of |
| opiate | medicine to deaden pain or induce sleep |
| celerity | speed |
| dilatory | delaying |
| derelict | abandoned, negligent |
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