SAT word list 2023-2024

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aggrandizement

increase power in advancement

<p>increase power in advancement</p>
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hamlet

small village, cluster of homes in the countryside

<p>small village, cluster of homes in the countryside</p>
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trepedation

a trembling, agitating fear

<p>a trembling, agitating fear</p>
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euphemism

The use of "Nice" words instead of mean ones. (Ex: With child rather than pregnant or passed away instead of died)

<p>The use of "Nice" words instead of mean ones. (Ex: With child rather than pregnant or passed away instead of died)</p>
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(v) to hamper

to get in the way of

<p>to get in the way of</p>
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(v) to relegate

to put away or aside

<p>to put away or aside</p>
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(v) to emenate

to flow out

<p>to flow out</p>
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Truculent

Savage, cruel, defiant

<p>Savage, cruel, defiant</p>
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sinuous

Winding, bending in and out

<p>Winding, bending in and out</p>
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nostalgic

homesickness, longing for the past

<p>homesickness, longing for the past</p>
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Figment

Something imagined, an invention of your mind

<p>Something imagined, an invention of your mind</p>
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Invocation

Prayer

<p>Prayer</p>
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Obsequies

Funeral rites

<p>Funeral rites</p>
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Alabaster

White, translucent, hard substance

<p>White, translucent, hard substance</p>
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(v) To extol

To glorify, to praise highly

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(v) To precipitate

To cause, to happen before expected

<p>To cause, to happen before expected</p>
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(v) To carp

To nag in a nit picky way

<p>To nag in a nit picky way</p>
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Extrinsic

External, outward, not inherent

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Culpable

Blameworthy, deserving of blame

<p>Blameworthy, deserving of blame</p>
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Inextricable

Not solvable, incapable of being disentangled.

<p>Not solvable, incapable of being disentangled.</p>
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Chicanery

Trickery, sharp deception

<p>Trickery, sharp deception</p>
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Fiasco

Total or ridiculous failure

<p>Total or ridiculous failure</p>
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mummery

ceremonies regarded as ridiculous, hypocritical

<p>ceremonies regarded as ridiculous, hypocritical</p>
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advisement

careful consideration

<p>careful consideration</p>
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(v) to capitulate

to surrender on certain terms

<p>to surrender on certain terms</p>
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(v) to coerce

to force (someone or something)

<p>to force (someone or something)</p>
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(v) to alienate

to set apart by ill will

<p>to set apart by ill will</p>
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Mordant

Sarcastic, biting, caustic

<p>Sarcastic, biting, caustic</p>
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inexortable

relentless, not moving by pleas

<p>relentless, not moving by pleas</p>
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serapie

angelic, heavenly

<p>angelic, heavenly</p>
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gamet

entire range, extent of

<p>entire range, extent of</p>
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compendium

brief form, summary, or sylabus

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bombast

impressive but meaningless language

<p>impressive but meaningless language</p>
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platitude

a tired, trite old saying

<p>a tired, trite old saying</p>
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to gainsay

to deny, to contradict

<p>to deny, to contradict</p>
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to commute

to substitute a lesser thing for a greater

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to hoot

to shout in disapproval

<p>to shout in disapproval</p>
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futile

useless, unimportant

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commmendatory

worthy of praise or of regard

<p>worthy of praise or of regard</p>
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loquacious

talkative, given to continual talking

<p>talkative, given to continual talking</p>