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SAT Vocabulary Words

Word List with 25 words
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exemplary
worthy of imitation; commendable; serving as a warning or as an illustration or specimen.
divergent
differing or deviating; a mathematical expression having no finite limits.
adversity
a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress; unfortunate event or circumstance.
fraught
filled or laden with, used especially for ships; full of, accompanied by.
vindicate
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like; to afford justification for or justify.
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ephemeral
lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory.
diligent
constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything.
tenacious
characterized by keeping a firm hold; adhesive or sticky.
brazen
shameless or impudent; made of brass or like brass in sound, color, or strength.
precocious
unusually advanced or mature in development, such as the mind and faculties of a child.
amiable
having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable.
superfluous
a
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
deleterious
injurious to health, harmful or injurious.
extraneous
introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign.
spurious
a
not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
anachronism
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially for a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.
abdicate
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner.
fortuitous
happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky or fortunate.
haughty
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious.
chicanery
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
linchpin
something that holds the various elements of a complicated structure together.
contrite
a
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
adverse
unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect.
wastrel
n
a wasteful person; spendthrift.
epigram
n
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.

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