Week 13 SAT Vocab

Taciturn

(adj) habitually quiet; uncommunicative

Sinecure

(n) an office or position that provides an income for little or no work

Cosmopolitan

(adj) worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture

Lugubrious

(adj) sad, mournful, melancholic

Fecund

(adj) intellectually productive or inventive; fertile

Ostentatious

(adj) showy; intended to attract notice

Guile

(n) treacherous cunning; skillful deciet

Sanguine

(adj) cheerfully confident; optimistic

Scintillating

(adj) sparkling; shining; brilliantly clever

Pristine

(adj) remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization

Rampant

(adj) unrestrained; unchecked

Pernicious

(adj) highly injurious; destructive; deadly

Oblivious

(adj) lacking conscious awareness; unmindful; unaware

Refractory

(adj) hard to manage (of a group)

Garrluous

(adj) annoyingly talkative; speaking incessantly; babbling

Convival

(adj) sociable; fond of feasting, drinking, and good company

Precipitation

(n) the quality or state of being precipitate : hastiness