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Page 1: Vocab for SAT ACT

Abstruse

Accolade

Accost

Acerbic

Acquiesce

Acrid

Acrimonious

Acumen

Adamant

Adherent

Admonish

Adroit

Adulation

Adulterate

Adverse

Aesthetic

Affable

Affectation

Affinity

Affluent

Agrarian

Aggregate

Alacrity

Allege

Alloy

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Altruism

Ambience

Ameliorate

Amenable

Amenity

Amiable

Amnesty

Amorous

Anachronism

Anecdote

Animosity

Anomaly

Antecedent

Antipathy

Antithesis

Apartheid

Aphorism

Apocryphal

Apotheosis

Apprehensive

Approbation

Appropriate(N)

Aptitude

Arbiter

Arbitrary

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Arcane

Archetype

Ardent

Arduous

Artful

Artifice

Ascendancy

Ascetic

Assiduous

Assimilate

Assuage

Astute

Attrition

Audacity

Auspicious

Austere

Autocratic

Avow

Avuncular

Awry

Axiom

Banal

Bane

Bastion

Beget

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Belabor

Beleaguer

Belie

Belittle

Belligerent

Bemused

Benevolent

Bequest

Bereaved

Beset

Blasphemy

Blatant

Blight

Blithe

Bourgeois

Brevity

Broach

Bucolic

Bureaucracy

Burgeon

Burlesque

Cacophony

Cadence

Cajole

Candor

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Capitulate

Capricious

Caricature

Castigate

Categorical

Catharsis

Catholic

Censure

Cerebral

Chagrin

Charlatan

Chastise

Chicanery

Chimera

Choleric

Chronic

Chronicle

Circuitous

Circumlocution

Circumscribe

Circumspect

Circumvent

Clemency

Coalesce

Coerce

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Cogent

Cognitive

Cognizant

Coherent

Colloquial

Collusion

Commensurate

Compelling

Compendium

Complacent

Complicity

Comprehensive

Comprise

Conciliatory

Concord

Condone

Conducive

Confluence

Congenial

Conjecture

Conjure

Connoisseur

Consecrate

Consensus

Consonant

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Construe

Consummate

Contentious

Contiguous

Contingent

Contrite

Contrived

Convivial

Copious

Corollary

Corroborate

Cosmopolitan

Countenance

Coup

Covenant

Covert

Covet

Criterion

Culminate

Culpable

Cursory

Curtail

Cynic

Daunt

Dearth

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Debacle

Debauchery

Debilitate

Decadent

Decorous

Deference

Definitive

Degenerate

Deleterious

Delineate

Delude

Deluge

Demagogue

Denizen

Depravity

Deprecate

Deride

Derogatory

Desiccate

Despondent

Despot

Destitute

Desultory

Dialectical

Dictum

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Didactic

Diffident

Digress

Dilettante

Discern

Discreet

Discrete

Discriminate

Disdain

Disinterested

Disparage

Disparate

Disseminate

Dissolution

Distend

Docile

Doctrinaire

Dogmatic

Duplicity

Ebullient

Eccentric

Eclectic

Edify

Efface

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Effusion

Egalitarian

Egocentric

Egregious

Elicit

Elliptical

Eminent

Emulate

Encroach

Endemic

Enervate

Enfranchise

Engender

Enigma

Enormity

Ephemeral

Epigram

Epitome

Equanimity

Equitable

Equivocal

Erudite

Esoteric

Espouse

Ethereal

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Euphemism

Evanescent

Exacerbate

Exacting

Exasperate

Exemplify

Exhaustive

Exhort

Exigency

Existential

Exonerate

Expatriate

Expedient

Expedite

Extol

Extraneous

Extrapolate

Extricate

Exult

Fabrication

Facetious

Facile

Faction

Farcical

Fastidious

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Fatalist

Factuous

Fauna

Fecund

Felicity

Fervor

Fetter

Fidelity

Finesse

Flout

Foible

Foment

Forbear

Forego

Forsake

Fortuitious

Founder(sink)

Fraternal

Frenetic

Frugal

Garrulous

Genteel

Gesticulate

Glut

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Grandiloquent

Grandiose

Gratuitous

Gregarious

Guile

hackneyed

Hapless

Hedonism

Hermetic

Heyday

Histrionic

Homily

Homogeneous

Husbandry

Hypothetical

Iconoclast

Idiosyncrasy

Idyllic

Ignominy

Illicit

Immutable

Impetuous

Impugn

Inane

Inaugurate

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Incandescent

Incantation

Incense(v)

Incessant

Incipient

Incisive

Incongruous

Incorrigible

Increment

Indigent

Indolent

Indulgent

Ineffable

Inept

Inert

Inexorable

Infatuated

Infinitesimal

Ingenuous

Injunction

Innocuous

Inordinate

Insatiable

insinuate

Insipid

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Instigate

Insular

Insurgent

Intractable

Intransigent

Intrinsic

Introspective

Inundate

Invective

Irascible

Itinerant

Judicious

Juxtapose

Kinetic

Laconic

Lament

Lampoon

Languish

Largess

Latent

Laud

Legacy(n)

Levity

Libel

Litigate

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Lugubrious

Machination

Magnanimous

Magnate

Malaise

Malfeasance

Malinger

Malleable

Manifest

Manifesto

Marshal

Martial

Martyr

Matriculate

Maudlin

Maverick

Maxim

Mediate

Mellifluous

Mendacious

Mendicant

Mercenary

Mercurial

Microcosm

Milieu

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Misanthropic

Mollify

Monolithic

Moribund

Morose

Mortify

Munificent

Myopia

Nebulous

Nefarious

Neologism

Nepotism

Nihilism

Nominal

Novel(adj)

Noxious

Nuance

Obdurate

Obfuscate

Oblique

oblivion

Obsequious

Obtuse

Officious

Onerous

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Opulent

Orthodox

Ostensible

Ostentatious

Pacify

Painstaking

Palliate

Palpable

Paltry

Panacea

Paradigm

paradox

Parochial

Parsimonious

Partisan

Patent

Paternal

Pathology

Patriarch

Patrician

Patronize

Paucity

Peccadillo

Pedantic

Pedestrian(adj)

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Pejorative

Penchant

Penitent

Pensive

Peremptory

Perennial

Perfidy

Perfunctory

Peripatetic

Periphery

Perjury

Permeate

Pernicious

Perquisite

Pertinent

Perturb

Peruse

Pervade

Petulant

Philanthropy

Philistine

Pious

Pivotal

Placate

Plaintive

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Platitude

Plebeian

Poignant

Polarize

Polemic

Ponderous

Portent

Postulate

Pragmatic

Precedent

Precept

Precipitate(v)

Precipitous

Preclude

Precursor

Predilection

Preeminent

Preempt

Premise

Prepossess

Prerogative

Prodigal

Prodigious

Profane

Profligate

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Profound

Profuse

Proletariat

Proliferate

Prolific

Promulgate

Propensity

Propitious

Proponent

Proprietary

Propriety

Prosaic

Proscribe

Proselytize

Protagonist

Protract

Provident

Provincial

Proximity

Prudent

Purported

Putative

Qualify(v)

Qualitative

Querulous

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Quixotic

Ramification

Rancor

Rapacious

Rebuke

Rebut

Recalcitrant

Reciprocal

Recondite

Recrimination

Redolent

Relegate

Relinquish

Remonstrate

Reparation

Replete

Reprehensible

Reprisal

Reproach

Reprove

Repudiate

Requisite

Resolute

Respite

Reticent

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Revere

Rhetoric

Robust

Rogue

Rudimentary

Ruminate

Rustic

Saccharine

Sacrilege

Sacrosanct

Sagacious

Salient

Salutary

Sanctimonious

Sanguine(adj)

Sardonic

Scintillate

Scrupulous

Sedition

Sensory

Sentient

Sequester

Serendipity

Servile

Singular

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Slander

Sloth

Sobriety

Solicitous

Solvent

Soporific

Sordid

Spawn(v)

Specious

Sporadic

Spurious

Squalor

Squander

Stagnation

Static

Staunch

Steadfast

Stigmatize

Stipulate

Stoic

Stratum

Stricture

Strife

Stringent

Stymie

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Subjugate

Sublime

Subordinate

Substantive

Subtle

Subversive

Succinct

Supercilious

Superficial

Surfeit

Surreptitious

Surrogate

Sycophant

Synthesis

Tacit

Taciturn

Tangential

Tantamount

Tautological

Temerity

Temperate

Tenable

Tenacious

Tenet

Tentative

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Tenuous

Terse

Theology

Tirade

Torpor

Touchstone

Tout

Transcend

Transgress

Transient

Trepidation

Turpitude

Ubiquitous

Unconscionable

unctuous

Unremitting

Unwitting

Urbane

Usurp

Utilitarian

Vacillate

Vapid

Vehement

Venal

Venerate

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Veracity

Verbose

Verisimilitude

Vernacular

Vestige

Viable

Vex

Vicarious

Vicissitude

Vilify

Vindicate

Vindictive

Virtuoso

Virulent

Visionary

Vitiate

Vitriolic

Vocation

Vociferous

Volatile

Volition

Wanton

Willful(adj)

Wistful

Zealous

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