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More words to use in your SAT essay

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colloquial
a
characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
elaborate
to work out carefully or minutely and develop to perfection; to add details and expand.
contrite
caused by or showing sincere remorse; filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement.
fastidious
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please; painstaking.
facilitate
to make easier or less difficult; help forward an action; to assist the progress of a person.
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detrimental
a
causing detriment damaging; harmful.
assuage
to make less severe or relieve, ease; mitigate; to appease; satisfy, allay, or relieve; to soothe, calm, or mollify.
arduous
laborious or difficult; requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous; hard to endure; full of hardships.
dearth
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack.
prodigious
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force; wonderful or marvelous
contrary
opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed; opposite in direction or position; unfavorable or adverse.
beacon
n
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
paucity
smallness of quantity; scarcity or scantiness; smallness or insufficiency of number
furtive
taken, done or used surreptitiously or by stealth; secret or sly.
devious
departing from the most direct way; without definite course; departing from the proper or accepted way; not straightforward, shifty or crooked.
derision
ridicule; mockery.
fervent
having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm; burning or glowing.
deficient
lacking some element or characteristic; defective.
debase
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate.
consensus
majority of opinion.
vacuous
without contents; empty.
trite
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale.
paradox
n
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
orthodox
a
customary or conventional, as a means or method; established.
mundane
a
common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

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