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SAT Vocabulary
First Semester
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| acrimony | words or behavior filled with harshness, anger, or bitterness |
| adamant | refusing to change, unyielding |
| adroit | skillful in the use of the hands |
| advocate | support, plead for |
| affable | friendly |
| benediction | good wishes, a blessing |
| benevolent | kindhearted |
| benign | gentle, kind-hearted |
| bequeath | to leave behind in a will |
| blight | decay, disease, widespread death |
| cajole | to fool with flattery |
| candor | honesty |
| capacious | large, roomy, spacious |
| capitulate | surrender, yield |
| capricious | unpredictacble |
| diatribe | a bitterly critical speech |
| digress | to go off on a tangent |
| dilatory | causing lateness |
| discering | insightful |
| disclose | provide information |
| garish | flashy |
| garner | collect, gather |
| garrulous | very talkative, loquacious |
| genial | friendly, gracious, kind |
| germane | relevant, fitting |
| girth | the measured distance around an object |
| hedge | to aviod giving dfinate or clear answer |
| heed | notice |
| heinous | shockingly evil |
| heresy | an opinion |
| hiatus | gap |
| incessant | continuous |
| inchoate | not yet fully developed |
| incite | arouse to action |
| incompatible | incapable of existing together in peace |
| incongrous | out of place |
| jocular | joking |
| jubilant | filled with joy |
| judicious | wise |
| juncture | point of time |
| lofty | at a great height |
| loquacious | talkative |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| ludicous | absurd, ridiculous |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| malice | a desire to cause harm or suffering |
| malign | to say evil or harmful things about someone |
| malleable | able to be reshaped by force |
| marred | spoiled |
| meager | small in size or amount |
| onerous | oppressive |
| opaque | too dark or thick for light to pass through |
| opportunist | someone who takes advantage of the sisuation |
| optimist | someone who always believes things will turn out okay |
| opulence | luxury, wealth, riches |
| pacifist | person who refuses to fight |
| paltry | worthless |
| paragon | model of excellence |
| parity | equality or equivalence |
| parsimony | stingness |
| reticent | quiet, uncommunicative |
| revere | greatly respected |
| rotund | round |
| rudimentary | undeveloped, fundamental |
| salubrious | promoting health |
| taciturn | quiet |
| tangent | a line that touches a curve at hust one point |
| tantamount | equal, comparable |
| temper | bring into balance, moderate |
| valedictory | a farewell speech |
| validate | confirm |
| vapid | dull |
| veracity | truth |
| verbose | very talkative, loquacious |
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