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SAT Vocabulary

Word List with 25 words
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cascade
to cause to fall in a rush, like water
frivolity
characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
cataclysm
violent upheaval, of a social or political nature
travail
painfully difficult or burdensome work
patriarch
male head of a family or tribal line, a person regarded as the father
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accretion
increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition
ebullience
high spirits; exhilaration; a boiling over; overflow
squalid
foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness
meander
to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
nullify
to render or declare legally void or inoperative
anarchist
one who promotes disorder or excites revolt against an established rule
idyll
poem or prose describing a pastoral, charmingly simple incident
aggrandize
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend
boor
churlish, rude, or unmannerly person; a country bumpkin, rustic or yokel
synchronize
to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another
propinquity
nearness in place; proximity; nearness of relation, kinship
efface
to wipe out; do away with; expunge
circumlocution
roundabout or indirect way of speaking
antagonism
active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly groups
acclaim
to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval
Stoic
school of philosophy that people should be free from passion
agrarian
relating to land, land tenure; composed of or pertaining to farmers
depravity
the state of being corrupted or abused
quaff
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one
antiquity
the quality of being ancient; former ages

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