100 Words (250 SAT) (P2)

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Juxtaposition

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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Laconic

Using very few words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious.

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Languid

Weak or faint from illness or fatigue; slow and relaxed.

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Largess

Generous giving of gifts or money to others.

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Latent

Existing but not yet developed or obvious; hidden.

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Legerdemain

Skillful use of one's hands when performing tricks; trickery.

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Licentious

Lacking moral discipline or ignoring rules, especially in sexual conduct.

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Limpid

Clear and transparent; easy to understand.

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Maelstrom

A powerful whirlpool; a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil.

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Magnanimous

Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful.

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Malediction

A magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse.

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Malevolent

Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

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Manifold

Many and various.

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Maudlin

Overly sentimental and tearfully emotional.

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Mawkish

Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way.

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Mendacious

Not telling the truth; lying.

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Mercurial

Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

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Modicum

A small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.

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Morass

A complicated or confused situation that is difficult to escape from.

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Multifarious

Many and of various types.

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Munificence

Extreme generosity in giving.

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Myriad

A countless or extremely great number.

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Nascent

Just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

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Nefarious

(typically of an action or activity) Wicked or criminal.

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Neophyte

A person who is new to a subject or activity; a beginner.

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Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

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Obfuscate

To deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand.

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Oblique

Not explicit or direct in addressing a point; slanting.

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Obsequious

Excessively eager to please or obey.

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Obstreperous

Noisy and difficult to control.

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Obtuse

Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

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Odious

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

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Officious

Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way.

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Opulent

Showing great wealth and luxury.

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Ostensible

Apparent or stated, but perhaps not true.

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Palliate

To make a disease or its symptoms less severe without removing the cause.

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Pallid

Pale, typically because of poor health.

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Panacea

A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

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Paragon

A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality.

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Pariah

A social outcast.

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Parsimony

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.

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Pathos

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

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Paucity

The presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities.

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Pejorative

A word or phrase expressing contempt or disapproval.

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Pellucid

Translucently clear.

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Penurious

Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

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Perfidious

Deceitful and untrustworthy.

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Perfunctory

Done without care or interest; superficial.

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Pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

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Perspicacity

The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness.

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Pertinacious

Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action.

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Petulance

The quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

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Pithy

Concise and forcefully expressive.

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Platitude

A remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.

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Plethora

An excess or large amount of something.

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Polemic

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

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Portent

A sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

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Precocious

Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.

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Prescient

Having knowledge of events before they take place.

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Primeval

Of the earliest time in history.

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Probity

The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty.

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Proclivity

A natural tendency to do something.

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Promulgate

To officially announce or make known.

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Propensity

A natural inclination or tendency to behave in a particular way.

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Propitious

Giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable.

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Prosaic

Lacking poetic beauty; commonplace.

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Proscribe

To forbid or prohibit.

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Protean

Able to change frequently or easily; versatile.

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Prurient

Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters.

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Puerile

Childishly silly or trivial.

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Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue or fight.

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Pulchritude

Physical beauty.

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Punctilious

Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

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Quagmire

A difficult, precarious, or entrapping position.

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Querulous

Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.

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Quixotic

Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

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Rancor

Bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing.

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Rebuke

Express sharp disapproval or criticism.

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Recalcitrant

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude.

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Rectitude

Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness.

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Replete

Filled or well-supplied with something.

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Reprobate

A morally unprincipled person.

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Reprove

To reprimand or censure someone.

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Repudiate

To refuse to accept or be associated with.

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Rescind

To revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

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Restive

Unable to keep still or silent; restless.

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Ribald

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way.

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Rife

(especially of something undesirable) Widespread.

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Ruse

A trick or strategy used to deceive someone.

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Sacrosanct

Regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.

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Sagacity

The quality of being wise or having good judgment.

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Salient

Most noticeable or important.

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Sanctimonious

Making a show of being morally superior to others.

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Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation.

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Scurrilous

Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.

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Servile

Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.

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Solicitous

Showing concern or care for someone's well-being.

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Solipsistic

Believing that oneself is all that exists.

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Somnolent

Sleepy or drowsy.

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Spurious

Not being what it pretends to be; false or fake.