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SAT Vocabulary
Week 16 - 22
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Language - English
10th Grade
01/26/2011

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Term
indigenous
Definition

NOUN.

 

native

Term
gregarious
Definition

ADJECTIVE.

 

sociable, enjoying the company of others

Term
habitat
Definition

NOUN.

 

natural environment

Term
cursory
Definition

ADJECTIVE.

 

hasty, not thorough

Term
interloper
Definition

NOUN.

 

an unauthorized person

Term
prolific
Definition

ADJECTIVE.

 

producing abundantly, fertile

Term
bulwark
Definition

NOUN.

 

protection

Term
sedentary
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


largely inactive, accustomed to sitting

Term
frugal
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


thrifty

Term
antithesis
Definition

NOUN.

 

exact opposite

Term
altruistic
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


unselfish

Term
embellish
Definition

VERB.

 

adorn, touch up

Term
cache
Definition

NOUN.


secret hiding place

Term
coterie
Definition

NOUN.

 

small group having something in common, small exclusive group

Term
cupidity
Definition

NOUN.


greed

Term
temerity
Definition

NOUN.


foolish boldness

Term
amorous
Definition

NOUN.


full of love

Term
progeny
Definition

NOUN.

 

descendants

Term
saturate
Definition

NOUN.


soak, fill up completely

Term
virtuosity
Definition

NOUN.


great technical skill

Term
perpetrate
Definition

VERB.

 

commit

Term
consummate
Definition

VERB.


complete, of the highest degree; perfect

Term
subterfuge
Definition

NOUN.


misleading; deception or a trick

Term
concoct
Definition

VERB.


devise

Term
fallacious
Definition

NOUN.

 

ruse, trick; false or misleading

Term
manifold
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


complex, many

Term
assiduous
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


devoted, attentive; busy

Term
impeccable
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


faultless

Term
fraught
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


filled

Term
resourceful
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


able to meet any situation

Term
murky
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


dark, obscure

Term
component
Definition

NOUN.


element, part

Term
hoax
Definition

NOUN.


deception, a trick

Term
labyrinth
Definition

NOUN.


arrangement of winding passages

Term
evaluate
Definition

VERB.


review, find the value of

Term
exult
Definition

VERB.


rejoice greatly

Term
attest
Definition

VERB.


to certify, confirm as accurate

Term
gullible
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


easily cheated or fooled

Term
deploy
Definition

VERB.


to position forces according to a plan, spread out in battle formation

Term
enigma
Definition

NOUN.


riddle, puzzle

Term
megalomania
Definition

NOUN.


abnormal desire for wealth and power

Term
profligate
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


wasteful

Term
strife
Definition

NOUN.


unrest, disagreement

Term
legion
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


a large number

Term
coup
Definition

NOUN.


revolution, overthrow

Term
amnesty
Definition

NOUN.


a general pardon

Term
expatriate
Definition

NOUN.


an exile; person throw out of the country

Term
exonerate
Definition

VERB.


to free from guilt

Term
fiat
Definition

NOUN.


an official order; a decree

Term
mendacious
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


lying; untrue; false

Term
parsimonious
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


miserly

Term
pecuniary
Definition

ADJECTIVE.

 

financial

Term
dismantle
Definition

VERB.


to strip of covering, take apart; disassemble

Term
sumptuous
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


lavish

Term
underwrite
Definition

VERB.


agree to finance

Term
restrictive
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


harsh, confining

Term
balk
Definition

VERB.

 

to refuse to move

Term
blunt
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


plain spoken

Term
nostalgia
Definition

NOUN.


yearning for the past

Term
rife
Definition

NOUN.


widespread

Term
reviled
Definition

VERB.


scolded

Term
derogatory
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


belittling, disparaging

Term
indict
Definition

VERB.


accuse

Term
nebulous
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


unclear, vague

Term
pesky
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


annoying

Term
redolent
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


fragrant

Term
repose
Definition

NOUN.


state of rest

Term
omnivorous
Definition

ADJECTIVE.

 

eating any kind of food

Term
disparate
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


different

Term
abstemious
Definition

NOUN.


moderate in eating or drinking

Term
extant
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


still existing

Term
vicissitudes
Definition

NOUN.


difficulties

Term
edifice
Definition

NOUN.


a building

Term
sultry
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


extremely hot and moist, torrid

Term
trenchant
Definition

ADJECTIVE.


keen, incisive

Term
puissant
Definition

NOUN.


powerful

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