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Eng1/NGLC/CmmSk - SAT Vocab List 13-MM /SENTENCE Java Games
confection, convention, cultivate, exult, gravity, irreverence, libertarian, prescient, punctilious, revere, ruse, sublime, surreptitious, usurp, wrath
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| confection | We went to the mall food court and purchased a delicious __ (n). |
| convention | The cattle-ranchers have a __ (n) that you take off your boots before entering their houses. |
| cultivate | At the library, she __ (v) her interest in spy novels. |
| exult | When she found out she won the literature prize, Mary __ (v) by dancing and singing through the school’s halls. |
| gravity | The king admired her __ (n) and wisdom in so tender an age, and would not suffer her to be any more disturbed on that account. |
| irreverence | The __ (n) displayed by the band that marched through the chapel disturbed many churchgoers. |
| libertarian | The dissatisfied subjects overthrew the monarch and replaced him with a __ (adj) ruler, who respected their democratic principles. |
| prescient | Questioning the fortune cookie’s __ (n), Ray went in search of the old hermit who was rumored to be __. |
| punctilious | __ (adj) Bobby, hall monitor extraordinaire, insisted that his peers follow the rules. |
| revere | The doctor saved countless lives with his combination of expertise and kindness, and became universally __ (v). |
| ruse | Oliver concocted an elaborate __ (n) for sneaking out of the house to meet his girlfriend, while simultaneously giving his mother the impression that he was asleep in bed. |
| sublime | The homeless man sadly pondered his former wealth and once __ (adj) existence. |
| surreptitious | The __ (adj) CIA agents were able to get in and out of the house without anyone noticing. |
| usurp | The rogue army general tried to __ (v) control of the government, but he failed because most of the army backed the legally elected president. |
| wrath | Did you really want to incur her __ (n) when she is known for inflicting the worst punishments legally possible? |
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English Language Institute |
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