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SAT Word List 2

  1. Ambivalence
    lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided
  2. Cantankerous
    bad-tempered; quarrelsome
  3. Impecunious
    having no money
  4. Precipice
    steep slope
  5. Salubrious
    health-giving
  6. Precipitous
    done in a hurry
  7. Truncate
    cut short
  8. Salutary
    something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial
  9. Ameliorate
    make better
  10. Capitulate
    surrender; give in to
  11. Impoverished
    destitute; poor
  12. Ossify
    1. turn to bone; 2. become fixed and rigid
  13. Preclude
    prevent or make impossible
  14. Sanctimonious
    hypocritically holy
  15. Tumult
    uproar; noise
  16. Amelioration
    improvement
  17. Carping
    constant criticism
  18. Lummox
    clumsy person
  19. Precocious
    developing early
  20. Sanction
    give approval to
  21. Turpitude
    depravity
  22. Despondent
    having no hope; miserable
  23. Expatriate
    refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country
  24. Inadvertent
    not intentional
  25. Sanguinary
    bloodthirsty; bloody
  26. Tyro
    novice; beginner
  27. Amity
    friendship
  28. Castigate
    scold strongly
  29. Expedient
    convenient; practical
  30. Predicament
    dilemma; difficult situation
  31. Sanguine
    optimistic; cheerful
  32. Ubiquitous
    found everywhere; omnipresent
  33. Amorphous
    lacking in shape
  34. Catharsis
    purging of pent-up emotions
  35. Incarceration
    putting in prison
  36. Machinations
    plots and plans
  37. Overwrought
    worked up; in an emotional state
  38. Preeminent
    famous; outstanding
  39. Sardonic
    mocking
  40. Unalloyed
    undiluted; total
  41. Caucus
    type of private political meeting
  42. Exposition
    clear explanation
  43. Incessant
    without stopping
  44. Maelstrom
    whirlpool; storm in the ocean
  45. Prerogative
    right or privilege
  46. Savantv
    person with knowledge
  47. Unctuous
    oily; using excessive flattery
  48. Analogous
    comparable
  49. Caustic
    burning
  50. Extol
    praise
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SAT Word List 2
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50 SAT Words
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