SAT Vocab Chapter 1
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- Sentimental
- emotional, expressing tender feelings
- inevitable
- certain to happen, unavoidable
- pretentious
- showy, making a flashy outward show to attract attention
- verbose
- overly wordy, long-winded, containing more words than needed
- eloquent
- expressed in a strong, clear, graceful, and persuasive way
- aptly
- to the point, suitable, having a natural tendency
- stoically
- not affected or showing no emotion
- grandiloquent
- speaking in a lofty, pompous, or overblown manner
- valedictory
- containing a farewell
- assiduous
- showing careful, constant attention
- exhorbitant
- far beyond what is usual or proper, excessive
- wreaked
- to inflict or bring about
- compensate
- to make up for
- diligence
- steady and careful attention
- prestigious
- honored, distinguished
- abundance
- large amount, more than enough
- quiescent
- in resting state, quiet, not active
- garrulous
- overly talkative
- congregated
- to come together in a crowd, to assemble
- wholesome
- promoting well-being, healthful
- salutary
- promoting a beneficial purpose or effect, good for one's health, producing an improvement, remedial, corrective
- contemplative
- thoughtful, devoted to meditation
- periphery
- boundary or the area just outside a boundary
- impulsive
- acting without plan or forethought
- spontaneous
- occurring naturally without plan or forethought
- masquerade
- to wear a disguise, pose
- instigate
- to cause to happen by stirring up
- frugal
- careful in spending
- ponderous
- large, heavy, bulky, dull, boring
- protracted
- drawn out in time, prolonged
- autonomy
- independence, self-reliance
- monolithic
- made or resembling a large block of stone
- masonry
- stonework, brickwork, made of stone or brick
- prosaic
- unimaginative, ordinary, boring, dull
- staid
- proper, sober, dignified, conservative
- antediluvian
- before the biblical flood
- edifices
- a large or elaborate building
- imposing
- impressive in appearance, manner, or size
- breadth
- width, measure of something from side to side
- industrious
- hardworking, persevering
- mused
- to consider, be absorbed in one's thoughts, contemplate, to ask oneself, wonder