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SAT Words 1-75
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English
11th Grade
05/29/2015
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brevity
 Definition
briefness or conciseness in speaking/writing
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concise
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using few words in speaking or writing
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laconic
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lacking many words in speech
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pithy
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brief and full of meaning
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quiescent
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quiet
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reticent
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not talking much, reserved
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succint
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concise
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taciturn
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silent; close-mouthed
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terse
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concise, to the point of rudeness
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bombastic
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using language in a showy way;

grandiloquent
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circumlocution
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speaking in circles;

beating around the bust
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colloquial
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everyday speech
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diffuse (adj)
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wordy;

to spread (words) out
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digress
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to wander off from the subject
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eloquence
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artful speech
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garrulous
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talkative;

loquacious
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grandiloquent
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using big and fancy words
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loquacious
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very talkative
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prattle
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babble foolishly (baby rattle)
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rhetorical
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speech that persuades
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verbose
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wordy
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voluble
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talking a great deal with ease; VOLUBLE ≠ LOUD
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braggart
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one who boasts or brags
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complacent
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smug
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contemptuous
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lacking respect; scornful;

NOT CONTEMPT
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disdainful

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full of scorn and pride
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egotistical
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self absorbed; conceited
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haughty
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great pride in self, dislike others; REGINA GEORGE from mean girls
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insolent
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rude
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narcissistic
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feel superior
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ostentatious
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showing off; "AUSTIN SHOWS OFF"
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presumptuous
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too forward or bold
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pretentious
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pretend to have great importance (Noah)
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supercilious
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looking down on others; think you are superior
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banal
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stale from overuse; Anal became banal for the old couple
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derivative
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something coming from something else
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hackneyed
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made common by overuse
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insipid
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vanilla
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lackluster
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lacking luster or anything special
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mundane
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ordinary; commonplace
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pedestrian (adj.)
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ordinary; commonplace
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platitude
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dullness
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prosaic
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dull;  A gray, dull, boring, prosaic mosaic
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trite
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stale from overuse
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vapid
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stale; not zesty
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allay (v)
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to calm
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alleviate
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to relieve from pain
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ameliorate
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make better; lessen pain
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appease
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to pacify
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assuage (v)
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to alleviate
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conciliate
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to win a person over persuasively
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mitigate
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to lessen severity
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mollify
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pacify
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placate (v)
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to soothe
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quell
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pacify
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affable
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friendly
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amiable
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friendly
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amicable
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showing good will
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congenial
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sympathetic to needs
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convivial
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sociable
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cordial
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friendly
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gregarious
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sociable
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jocular
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joking
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levity
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lightheartedness
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animosty
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hatred
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antagonism
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hatred or hostility
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bellicose
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war-like; eager to fight (bellum,bello)
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belligerent
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taking part in war ("belligerent.. killin' s**t")
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cantankerous
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bad tempered; quarelsome
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captious
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made for the sake of quarreling
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contentious
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belligerent
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disputatious
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likely to dispute
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polemical
 Definition
inclined to argue (momma)
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pugnacious
 Definition
belligerent (pugnare=to fight)
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