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SAT

• Vocabulary

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Week 1

• Heterogeneous (adj) consisting of elements that
  are not of the same kind or nature
• Cerebral (adj) Involving intelligence rather
  than emotion or instinct
• Debacle (n) fiasco
• Harangue (v) address forcefully
• Insular (adj) narrowly restricted in outlook or
  scope
• Sycophant (n) a person who pleases another for
  personal gain
• Palliative (n) (adj) remedy that alleviates
  pain/ moderating pain or sorrow
• Corpulence (n) excessive fatness
• Imperious (adj) having or showing arrogant
  superiority to and disdain of those one views as
  unworthy
• Viscous (adj) having a relatively high
  resistance to flow (sticky)

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Week 2

• Cursory (adj)- hasty and without attention to
  detail
• Pragmatic (adj)- practical rather than theory
• Fastidious (adj)- giving careful attention to
  detail
• Vindictive (adj)- revengeful
• Consecrate (v)- ordain, give, vow
• Meticulous (adj)- marked by precise accordance
  with details
• Prosaic (adj)- matter-of-fact, pedestrian,
  commonplace
• Magnanimous (adj)- noble and generous in spirit
• Wistful (adj)- showing pensive sadness
• Floridity (n)- extravagant elaborateness

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Week 3

• 1. Conflagration (n) inferno
• 2. Ornate (adj) rhetoric or decorative
• 3. Quell (v) suppress or crush
• 4. Anachronistic (adj) chronologically misplaced
• 5. Propensity (n) a natural inclination
• 6. Idiosyncratic (adj) peculiar to an individual
• 7. Fidelity (n) reliability
• 8. Dubious (adj) fraught with uncertainty or
  doubt
• 9. Ineffable (adj) unspeakable
• 10. Multifarious (adj) having many aspects

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Week 4

• Arcane (adj) secretive knowledge
• Devious (adj) characterized by insencerity or
  deceit
• Efface (v) erace obliterate
• Nefarious (adj) extremely wicked
• Onerous (adj) taxing wearing
• Curtail (v) place restrictions on
• Disparage (v) express negative opinion on
• Insolent (adj) marked by casual disrespect
• Irreverence (n) disrespectful act
• Esoteric (ad) confined to and understandable by
  only an enlightened inner circle "a compilation
  of esoteric philosophical theories

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Week 5

• 1. Penchant (n)- a strong inclination
• 2. Congenial (adj) -agreeable, suitable, or
  pleasing in nature or character
• 3. Arboreal (adj)- resembling a tree
• 4. Elude (v)- to escape the understanding,
  perception, or appreciation of
• 5. Quixotic (adj)- impulsive and often rashly
  unpredictable.
• 6. Extol (v)- to praise highly
• 7. Furture (n)-something that will exist or
  happen in time to come
• 8. Circumvent (v)- to go around or bypass
• 9. Adroit (adj)- cleverly skillful, resourceful
• 10. Disseminate (v)- to scatter or spread widely

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Week 6

• Cacophony (n)- harsh sound
• Affability (adj)- showing warmth and friendliness
  
• Truculent (adj)-Fierce or cruel
• Obscure (adj)-not clear to the understanding
  hard to perceive
• Retreat (n)-the act of withdrawing
• Dearth (n)-an inadequate supply scarcity
• Hackneyed (adj)-stale banal
• Ameliorate (v)- to make or become better
• Exacerbate (V)-Irritate
• Curative (adj)- serving to cure or heal

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Week 7

• Vigilant (adj)- keenly watchful to detect danger
• Juxtaposition (n)-the state of being close
  together or side by side
• Flabbergasted (v)-To cause to be overcome with
  astonishment
• Temperance (n)-moderation or self-restraint in
  action
• Tangential (adj)-merely touching slightly
  connected
• Alacrity (n)-liveliness briskness
• Phlegmatic (adj)-self-possessed, calm, or
  composed
• Penurious (adj)-poorly or inadequately supplied
• Modicum (n)-a moderate or small amount
• Surfeit (n)-overabundance excess

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Week 8

• 1. Venerable (adj)-impressive or interesting
  because of age, antique appearance
• 2. Censure (n)-strong or vehement expression of
  disapproval
• 3. Amiable (adj)-having or showing pleasant,
  good-natured personal qualities affable
• 4. Procure (verb)-to obtain or get by care,
  effort, or the use of special means
• 5. Defer (v)-to put off (action, consideration,
  etc.) to a future time
• 6. Credibility (n)-The quality, capability, or
  power to elicit belief
• 7. Fickle(adj)-likely to change, esp. due to
  caprice, irresolution, or instability casually
  changeable
• 8. Lithe (adj)-bending readily pliant limber
  supple flexible
• 9. Innocuous (adj)-harmless
• 10. Empathetic (adj)-Ready understanding of
  others state

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Week 9

• Astute (adj)-clever cunning ingenious shrewd
• Indomitable (adj)-that cannot be subdued or
  overcome
• Speculative (adj)-theoretical, rather than
  practical
• Callous (adj)-made hard hardened
• Impetuous (adj)-pertaining to, or characterized
  by sudden or rash action
• Circumscribed (v)-to enclose within bounds limit
  or confine
• Corroborate (v)-to make more certain confirm
• Officious (adj)-obsolete, ready to
  serveobliging.
• Punctilious (adj)-strict or exact in the
  observance of the formalities or amenities of
  conduct or actions.
• Rancor (n)- bitter, rankling resentment or ill
  will hatred malice.

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Week 10

• Serene (adj)-calm, peaceful, or tranquil
  unruffled
• Dilatory (adj)-Wasting time
• Conscientious (adj)-Characterized by care and
  effort
• Dispatch (v)-to send off or away with speed,
• Amalgamate (v)-to mix or merge so as to make a
  combination
• Scrupulous (adj)-having or showing a strict
  regard for what one considers right principled.
• Ascertain (v)-to find out definitely
• Disclose (v)-to find out definitely learn with
  certainty or assurance determine
• Immerse (v)-to plunge into or place under a
  liquid
• alleviate (v)- provide physical relief

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Week 11

• Consumption (n)-the act of consuming, as by use,
  decay, or destruction
• Opulent (adj)-characterized by or exhibiting
• Obsequious (adj)-characterized by or showing
  servile complaisance or deference fawning
• Pathos (n)-the quality or power in an actual life
  experience or in literature, music, speech, or
  other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling
  of pity or compassion.
• Enigmatic (adj)-resembling an enigma perplexing
  mysterious.
• Liberation (n)-attempt to achieve equal rights
• Plaudits (n)-an enthusiastic expression of
  approval
• Cultivate (v)-to prepare and work on (land) in
  order to raise crops.
• Lackadaisical (adj)-without interest, vigor, or
  determination list
• Modicum (n)-Small, moderate amount

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Week 13

• Accost (v)-to confront boldly
• Abrogate (v)-to abolish by formal or official
  means.
• Acerbic (adj)-sour or bitter in taste
• Brazen (v)-face with defiance
• Chronicle (n)-record or narrative description of
  past events
• Coerce (v)-to compel by force,
• Demean (v)-to lower in dignity, honor, or
  standing debase
• Deter (v)-to discourage or restrain from acting
  or proceeding
• Evince (v)-to show clearly
• Exalt (v)- to raise high.
• Goad (n)-a stick with a pointed or electrically
  charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.
  prod.
• Impute (v)-to attribute or ascribe
• Incisive (adj)-penetrating cutting biting
  trenchant
• Iniquity (n)-absence of moral or spiritual values