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SAT Vocab 4
Princeton Review Words
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11th Grade
03/25/2010

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Ingenuous
Definition
Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness (antonym: disingenuous)
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Subterfuge
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A deceptive stratagem or device
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Surreptitious
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secretive; sneaky
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Dearth
Definition
Scarce supply; lack
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Modicum
Definition
a small, moderate, or token amount
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Paucity
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Smallness in number; scarcity
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Squander
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To spend wastefully
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Temperate
Definition
Moderate; restrained (antonym: intemperate)
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Mercenary
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Motivated solely by a desire for money or a material gain
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Obstinate
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Stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
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Tenacity
Definition
Persistence
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Vigilant
Definition
On the alert; watchful
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Superfluous
Definition
Extra, unnecessary
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Tangential
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Merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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Aural
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Of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
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Cacophony
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Discordant, unpleasant noise
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Dirge
Definition
A funeral hymn or lament
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Eclectic
Definition
Made up of a variety of sources or styles
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Incongruous
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Lacking in harmony; incompatible
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Sonorous
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Producing a deep or full sound
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Strident
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Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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Debacle
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Disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco
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Tumultuous
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Noisy and disorderly
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Anachronistic
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The representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
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Archaic
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Characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old
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Dilatory
Definition
Habitually late
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Ephemeral
Definition
Lasting for only a brief time
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Redolent
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Fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
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Temporal
Definition
Of, relating to, or limited by time
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Onerous
Definition
Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
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Portent
Definition
Indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
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Prescience
Definition
Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight
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Austere
Definition
Without decoration; strict
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Insipid
Definition
Uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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Prosaic
Definition
Unimaginative; dull (antonym: poetic)
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Soporific
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Inducing or tending to induce sleep
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Vapid
Definition
Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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