SAT Part 6
Terms
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- rancourous
- antagonistic; hostile; spiteful
- rarefy
- make thin; purify; make less dense
- raucous
- harsh; annoying; piercing; shrill
- reactionary
- opposing progress; characterized by reaction
- recalcitrant
- headstrong; disobedient; stubborn
- recant
- rescind; retract; take back
- reconciliation
- settlement or resolution
- redundant
- excessive; repitious; unnecessary
- panegyric
- elaborate praise; public compliment
- raze
- demolish; level; topple
- ramble
- meander; roam
- paragon
- model or standard of excellence
- pariah
- outcast; misfit; refugee
- ostentatious
- conspicuous; showy
- ostracize
- exclude; isolate; bar; shun
- palpable
- noticable; obvious; apparent
- paltry
- minor; petty; insignificant
- parochial
- religious; restricted
- parsimony
- miserliness; unusually excessive frugality
- partisan
- fan or supporter; enthusiast supporting a particular cause or issue
- pastiche
- hodgepodge; literary or musical piece imitating other works
- paucity
- scarcity; shortage; dearth
- peccadillo
- small sin or fault
- pedantic
- stuff or dogmatic; meticulous; academic
- peevish
- irritable; grouchy; ill-tempered
- pejorative
- degrading; derogatory; negative
- percipient
- able to perceive or see things as they actually are
- perfidy
- deliberate breach of faith or trust; treachery
- peripheral
- marginal; outer; surrounding
- perspicacious
- astute; keen; perceptive
- philistine
- barbarian; person lacking artistic judgment
- pique
- irritate; miff; offend
- pithy
-
1. substantial; profound
2. Brief; concise - placid
- sincere; tranquil; composed; sedate
- plaintive
- sad; mournful; pathetic
- platitude
-
1. triteness
2. cliche; trivial remark - plaudit
- enthusiastic expression
- pliable
- limber; malleable; flexible
- poignant
- intense; powerful; biting; piercing
- polemical
- controversial; argumentative; debatable
- polyphony
- music with two or more melodies blended together
- porous
- permeable; absorbent; having holes
- posthumous
- arising or continuing after someone's death
- potable
- drinkable
- prattle
- gab, babble
- precocious
- showing premature development
- precursor
- forerunner
- prescient
- showing foresight; predicting events before they occur
- primeval
- belonging to the primitive age
- primordial
- belongning to a primitive age; first in time
- proclivity
- tendency; inclination; propensity
- procrastinate
- exceptional; impressive; of huge quantity; immense
- proficient
- skillful; masterful; expert
- progeny
- heir; descendent; offspring
- prolific
- fruitful; abundant; fertile
- prosaic
- common; routine; ordinary
- protean
- taking many forms; changeable; variable
- protract
- elongate; lengthen; prolong
- prudent
- careful; cautious; judicious
- puerile
- juvenile; immature; childish
- pugilism
- boxing
- pugnacity
- eagerness to fight; belligerence
- pulchritude
- beauty; physical appeal
- pulverize
- grind; crush; smash
- quagmire
- marsh; quicksand; swamp
- quandary
- dilemma; mire; entanglement
- querulous
- difficult; testy; disagreeable
- quibble
- argue or bicker
- quixotic
- romantic; whimsical; unrealistic
- rabid
- berserk; diseased; sick
- opulent
- affluent; well-to-do; plentiful