English SAT Vocabulary 2
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- complacent
- pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation
- ostentatious
- a conspicious or pretentious show in an attempt to impress others or attract notice
- laconic
- using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
- terse
- neatly or effectively concise, or abrutly concise
- loquacious
- characterized by excessive talk; wordy
- vacuous
- empty, lacking ideas or intelligence, purposeless
- garrulous
- excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner
- hackneyed
- overfamiliar through overuse
- trite
- lacking in effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition
- mitigate
- to make less severe
- levity
- lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness
- pugnacious
- inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent
- prodigal
- wastefully or recklessly extravagant
- inception
- beginning; start; commencement
- audacious
- extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless
- brevity
- shortness in duration
- grandiloquent
- speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic
- voluble
- characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent
- prosaic
- dull, unimaginative
- munificent
- very generous
- frugal
- economical in use or expenditure
- spurious
- not genuine, counterfeit, of illegitimate birth
- contemptuous
- showing contempt or disdain, scornful
- presumptuous
- going beyond what is right or proper, excessively forward
- pithy
- brief, forceful and meaningful in expression, full of vigor
- colloquial
- using informal or conversational style
- prattle
- to talk in a foolish or simple minded way, to chatter or babble
- banal
- devoid of freshness or orginality
- verbose
- wordy, too many words
- insipid
- without distinctive, interesting or stimulating qualities
- placate
- to appease or pacify
- antagonism
- an active hostility or opposition
- altruistic
- unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others
- squander
- to spend or use wastefully or extravagently
- lithe
- flexible, supple
- coalesce
- to blend together or come together
- disdainful
- scornful
- pretentious
- making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious
- quiescent
- being at rest; quiet; still
- diffuse
- to spread
- rant
- to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently
- insolent
- boldly rude or disrespectful
- eloquence
- the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness
- mundane
- common or ordinary
- allay
- to rest, calm, or quiet
- affable
- showing warmth and friendliness
- bellicose
- inclined or eager to fight, belligerent
- lavish
- using or giving in great amounts
- austere
- Severe or stern in disposition or appearance
- misanthrope
- a hater of humankind
- debunk
- to expose a claim as being pretentious or false