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Advanced SAT Vocabulary: D - H

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declaim
to speak loudly and vehemently.
demagogue
leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotion or prejudice.
diluvial
pertaining to a flood.
discomfit
to disconcert, to make one lose one’s composure.
dissident
disagreeing with an established religious or political system.
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doctrinaire
rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic.
effluvia
waste; odorous fumes given off by waste.
epochal
momentous, highly significant.
eponymous
giving one’s name to a place, book, restaurant.
equivocate
to avoid committing oneself in what one says, to be deliberately unclear.
ersatz
being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation.
excoriate
to censure scathingly; to express strong disapproval of.
extirpate
to root out, eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly.
extrapolation
using known data and information to determine what will happen in the future, prediction.
extrinsic
external, unessential; originating from the outside.
extrude
to form or shape something by pushing it out, to force out, especially through a small opening.
fallacious
tending to deceive or mislead; based on a fallacy.
febrile
feverish, marked by intense emotion or activity.
feckless
ineffective, worthless.
fictive
fictional, relating to imaginative creation.
filibuster
to use obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speech making, in order to delay something.
fortuitous
by chance, especially by favorable chance.
frenetic
frantic, frenzied.
fulsome
abundant; flattering in an insincere way.
galvanize
to shock; to arouse awareness.
gamely
spiritedly, bravely.
gauche
lacking social refinement.
grandiloquence
pompous talk; fancy but meaningless language.
gregarious
outgoing, sociable.
harangue
to give a long speech.
hegemony
the domination of one state or group over its allies.
heretical
departing from accepted beliefs or standards, oppositional.
histrionics
deliberate display of emotion for effect; exaggerated behavior calculated for effect.
hubris
excessive pride or self-confidence.
husband
to manage economically; to use sparingly.

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