SAT 3
Terms
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- variegated
- having streaks, marks or patches of a different color or colors, varicolored
- archaic
- characteristic of an earlier time, antiquated, old
- vigilant
- on the alert, watchful
- tenacity
- persistence
- dirge
- a funeral hymn or lament
- expedient
- appropriate to a purpose, convenient, speedy
- brevity
- the quality or state of bring brief in duration
- aural
- of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
- conspicuous
- easy to notice, obvious
- superfluous
- extra, unnecessary
- madicum
- a small, moderate, or token amount
- pernicious
- extremely or irrevocably harmful, deadly
- subterfuge
- a deceptive stratagem or device
- strident
- loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
- averse
- strongly disinclined
- soporific
- inducing or tending to induce sleep
- tenuous
- having little substance or strength, shaky
- dogmatic
- stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
- quiescent
- quiet, still, or at rest, inactive
- profundity
- great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
- mercenary
- motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain
- meticulous
- extremely careful and precise
- eclectic
- made up of a variety of sources or styles
- sanguine
- cheerfully confident, optimistic
- tawdry
- gaudy and cheap
- synergy
- combined action or operation
- docile
- submissive to instruction, willing to be taught
- maverick
- one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
- surreptitious
- secretive, sneaky
- banal
- drearily commonplace, predictable, trite
- tangential
- merely touching or slightly connected, only superficially relevant
- prodigious
- enormous
- insipid
- uninteresting, unchallenging, lacking taste or savor
- temporal
- of, relating to, or limited by time
- aesthetic
- having to do with the appreciation of beauty
- flippant
- disrespectfully humorous or casual
- bolster
- to hearten, support, or prop up
- cantankerous
- ill tempered and quarrelsome, disagreeable
- insolent
- insulting in manner or speech
- portent
- indication of something important of calamitous about to occur, omen
- placid
- calm or quiet, undisturbed
- rancorous
- marked by bitter, deep seated ill will
- hackneyed
- worn out through overuse, trite
- redouble
- to make twice as great, to double
- demure
- modest and reserved
- alacrity
- promptness in response, cheerul readiness, eagerness
- temperate
- moderate, restrained
- amiable
- friendly, agreeable, goodnatured
- debacle
- disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure, fiasco
- onerous
- troublesome or oppressive, burdensome
- stratify
- to layer or separate into layers
- jocular
- characterized by or given to joking
- nefarious
- flagrantly wicked, vicious
- deleterious
- having a harmful effect
- transient
- passing quickly in time or space
- redolent
- fragrant, aromatic, suggestive
- concurr
- to agree
- scintillating
- brilliant
- belligerent
- eager to fight, hostile or aggressive
- juxtapose
- to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
- paucity
- smallness in number, scarcity
- incongruous
- lacking in harmony, incompatible
- obstinate
- stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
- vapid
- lacking liveliness, animation, or interest, dull
- ingenuous
- lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness
- contentious
- quarellsome
- byzantine
- extremely complicated or devious
- intransigence
- refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
- copious
- plentiful, having a large quantity
- ephemeral
- lasting for only a brief time
- anachronistic
- the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
- prescience
- knowledge of actions or events before they occur, foreknowledge, foresight
- proliferate
- to grow or increase rapidly
- distend
- to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
- cacophony
- discordant, unpleasant noise
- prosaic
- unimaginative, dull
- fastidious
- carefully attentive to detail, difficult to please
- debilitate
- impair the strength of, weaken
- squander
- to spend wastefully
- augment
- to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity, to supplement
- verdant
- green with vegetation
- dilatory
- habitually late
- concord
- agreement
- benign
- kind and gentle
- grandiose
- great in scope or intent, grand
- dearth
- scarce supply, lack
- extraneous
- irrelevant, inessential
- arboreal
- relating to or resembling a tree or trees
- repugnant
- arousing disgust or aversion, offensive or repulsive
- burgeon
- to grown and flourish
- diffidence
- timidity or shyness
- invocation
- a call for assistance, support, or inspiration
- austere
- without decoration, strict
- affable
- easygoing, friendly
- exacerbate
- to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of, aggravate
- innocuous
- having no adverse effect, harmless
- sonorous
- producing a deep or full sound
- diligent
- marked by painstaking effort, hardworking
- tumultuous
- noisy and disorderly