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http://www.onelook.com/wotd.shtml SAT Prep List 1) vertigo 2) debacle 3) condign 4) ephemerally 5) histrionic 6) urbanity 7) truculent 8) inveigh 9) desultory 10) ingenious 11) cumulative 12) epigram 13) gesticulate 14) beguile 15) avid 16) labyrinth 17) regurgitate 18) podium 19) bereft 20) elucidate 21) prologue 22) acknowledge 23) indictment 24) lackluster 25) condominium 26) incumbent 27) polarization 28) genesis 29) diminution 30) wary |
| ameliorate | to improve, make better, correct a flaw |
| aplomb | poise, assurance, great self-confidence |
| bombastic | pompous or overblown in language |
| callow | without experience;p immature, not fully developed |
| drivel | saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless |
| epitome | to summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality |
| exhort | to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| ex officio | by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| ingratiate | to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance |
| interloper | one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| intrinsic | belonging to someone or something by its very nature |
| inveigh | to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| lassitude | weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years |
| occult | mysterious, magical, supernatural |
| permeate | to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
| precipitate | to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly |
| stringent | strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding |
| surmise | to think or believe without certain supporting evidence |
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List #1 List #2 List #3 Approbation jaded ameliorate Assuage lurid aplomb Coalition Hackneyed simulate exhort Hiatus transcend ex officio Innuendo umbrage infringe Intercede unctuous ingratiate
List #4 List #5 List #6 Interloper abominate inadvertent Intrinsic acculturation nominal Inveigh adventitious noncommittal Lassitude ascribe peculate Millennium circuitous proclivity Occult commiserate sangfroid Permeate enjoin seditious Precipitate expedite tenuous Stringent expiate vitriolic Surmise ferment wheedle
List #7 List #8 List #9 Affable irrevocable amnesty Aggrandize propensity autonomy Amorphous querulous axiomatic Aura remonstrate blazon Contraband repudiate caveat Erudite resilient equitable Gossamer reverberate extricate Infer scurrilous filch Inscrutable sedulous flout Insular sleazy fractious
List #10 Precept transient Salutary unwieldy Scathing vapid Scourge Sepulchral Soporific Straitlaced |
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