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Mrs. Marrs SAT Vocab Lessons 9 and 10
This is the vocal from lessons 9 and 10 of the 2nd SAT vocab book
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12th Grade
02/27/2013

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Term
provocative
Definition

tending to excite or stimulate

 

syn: provoking; exciting

 

ant: dull; boring

Term
bumpkin
Definition

an unsophisticated, awkward person

 

syn: yokel; hayseed; rube

 

ant: intellectual

Term
toady
Definition

a person who flatters for personal gain

syn: sycophant; flatterer

Term
culpable
Definition

deserving blame or condemnation; guilty

 

syn: blameworthy; liable

 

ant: innocent; blameless

Term
horatory
Definition

encouraging; inciting

 

syn: exhorting

 

ant: discouraging; dampening

Term
penultimate
Definition
next to last
Term
orotund
Definition

full and rich in sound (in speech)

 

syn:resonant; resounding

 

ant: quiet; reserved

Term
blithe
Definition

carefree and lighthearted

 

syn: cheerful; radiant

 

ant: burdened; worried; troubled

Term
soporific
Definition

tending to induce sleep

 

syn: somniferous; monotonous

 

ant: dramtic; exciting; stimulating

Term
pervasive
Definition

permeating; spreading throughout

 

syn: sweeping; persistent

 

ant: contained; restricted; limited

Term
benign
Definition

beneficial; favorable

 

syn: benevolent; harmless

 

ant: harmful; malevolent

Term
frenetic
Definition

wildly excited

 

syn: frenzied; frantic

 

ant: calm; composed

Term
recrimintation
Definition

a counter accusation

 

syn: counterchange

Term
indecorous
Definition

lacking good taste; improper

 

syn: inappropriate; vulgar

 

ant: decent

Term
corroborate
Definition

to strengthen by adding evidence

 

syn: confirm; substantiate; validate

 

ant: contradict

Term
major-domo
Definition
a chief butler or assistant
Term
untenable
Definition

impossible to defend or justify

 

syn: groundless; unsupported; indefensible

 

ant: sound; irrefutable

Term
perambulate
Definition

to walk about; to stroll

 

syn: saunter; wander

Term
veneer
Definition

a thin; attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse

 

syn: disguise; gloss; facade

Term
timorous
Definition

timid

 

syn:bashful; sheepish; reticent

 

ant: bold; confident; courageous

Term
luminous
Definition

emitting light

 

syn: glowing; radiant

 

ant: dim; dark

Term
circuitous
Definition

indirect; roundabout

 

syn: roundabout; meandering

 

ant: direct; straight

Term
perquisite
Definition

a tip or payment in addition to regular wages

 

syn: fringe benefit; perk; benefit

Term
probity
Definition

integrity; respectability

 

syn: rectitude; decency; trustworthiness

 

ant: wickedness; impiety

Term
polemical
Definition

relating to controverversy or argument

 

syn: controversial; contentious

 

ant: indisputable; agreeable

Term
tacit
Definition

indicated but not expressed; implied silently

 

syn: hunted; suggested; unspoken

 

ant: explicit; frank

Term
largesse
Definition

generosity

 

syn: magnanimity; munificence

 

ant: stinginess

Term
indolent
Definition

lazy

 

syn: torpid; idle; lethargic

 

ant industrious; busy; productive

Term
circumlocation
Definition

unnecessarily wory or evasice language

 

syn: discursiveness; indirectness; evasion

 

ant: conciseness; brevity

Term
depredate
Definition

to plunder and pillage

 

syn: piffer; ransack; ravage

 

ant: donate; improve; enhance

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