SAT Vocabulary List from test 3

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It is list of sat vocabulary from test 3

Word	The meaning
Allusion	indirect reference
Ambivalent	undecided; unclear
Analogy	comparison
Anecdote	short account/story
Annihilated	wiped out
Anomalies	oddities; things that don't fit the pattern
Antipodes	places on opposite sides of the globe
Apprehension	worry; nervousness
Arduous	hard and difficult
Articulate	(adj.) able to express something well in words
Assuage	to make less
Auspicious	fortunate; indicative of a successful outcome
Avuncular	acting like an uncle; kindly
Axiom	something that is taken to be true; basic idea that can't be questioned
Banal	dull; unoriginal
Bellicose	aggressive
Benign	kindly
Bereft of	without; deprived of
Bifurcation	division into two
Blatantly	obviously
Cacophonous	very noisy; unpleasant sounding
Cantankerous	irritable and difficult to please
Captivating	fascinating
Chided	scolded
Clairvoyant	able to see into the future/another dimension
Coddled	over-protected; kept warm
Comely	attractive
Complacent	smug; over-confident
Conducive to	suitable for; leading to
Convivial	sociable and friendly
Cornucopia	literally a horn filled with fruits etc; symbol of plenty
Cosmopolitan	composed of varied nationalities
Counterfeiter	faker; someone who makes fake money, for example
Decipher	decode; work out meaning
Deferential	showing respect
Deterrent	something that puts one off; a preventive
Dichotomies	divisions into two parts
Diffident	shy; hesitant
Digression	going off the point
Discriminating	1. able to make fine distinctions between; having good taste, 2. favoring one side/group and acting against another
Docile	placid; easily lead
Elite	the upper levels in a society; the privileged ones
Equitable	fair and equal
Equivocal	ambiguous; something that can be interpreted in more than one way
Exhilarating	exciting
Fathom	1. (v) work out; understand, 2. (n) measure of depth
Fervent	passionate
Filial	concerned with the relationship between child and parent
Foreboding	sense of doom
Funerary	concerned with funerals
Galvanized	1. stirred into action; stimulated, 2. coated with zinc
Grandiose	exaggerated; too great; on a grand scale
Haughty	arrogant
Hilarious	very funny
Hyperbole	over-exaggeration
Impetuous	impulsive
Indecipherable	cannot be decoded; cannot be worked out
Irresolute	lacking firmness; inability to decide or commit
Levity	lack of seriousness; humor
Loquacious	talkative
Mediocre	average
Mellifluous	pleasant-sounding
Metaphor	figurative speech; using implied comparisons
Miscreants	wrong-doers
Mitigated	made less severe
Naive	unsophisticated; simple and inexperienced
Nonchalant	assuming an appearance of not caring; indifferent
Obliterated	wiped out
Ousted	pushed out of a position
Pacifists	people who oppose war
Panacea	remedy for all ills
Paradoxically	counter to what one would think; contradictory
Personification	1. attributing human qualities to something non-human, 2. acting as an example of
Perusal	careful reading
Placid	calm and peaceful
Presumptuous	assuming too much; arrogant
Profiteer	someone who seeks to make unjustified profits
Propagandist	someone who spreads ideas
Proximity	closeness
Qualification	something added to modify an opinion
Reconcile	bring disputing sides together; overcome bad feeling
Respite	break from work etc.
Reticent	shy; unwilling to reveal information
Reverential	showing respect
Revisionists	people who revise; anti-revolutionaries
Sanctimonious	hypocritically holy; making a pretense of religious feeling
Stoic	brave; able to tolerate whatever life throws at you
Symbiotic	mutually advantageous; close relationship
Syncopated	with strongly accented rhythm
Tacit	unspoken; understood even thought not expressed in words
Taunted	teased; mocked
Temperate	mild; moderate
Understatement	making something seem less important than it is
Unqualified	without hesitation; complete and total
Unrelenting	never giving up; non-stop
Unwarranted	unjustified
Watershed	1. area between two river basins, 2. turning point

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