Marple SAT Vocab 1

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Milquetoast (noun)

A person who is timid or submissive

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Hackneyed (Of a phrase or idea)

Lacking significance through having been overused

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Macabre (verb)

Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with depiction of death and injury

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Assuage (verb)

to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

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Myriad (noun)

A countless or extremely great number

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Naiveté/Naive (noun/adj)

Lack of experience, wisdom or judgement

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Anomaly (noun)

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

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Dearth (noun)

A scarcity or lack of something

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Superfluous (adj)

Unnecessary, more than enough

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Juxtaposition (noun)

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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Nuance (noun/adj)

A subtle difference in a shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

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Volatile (adj)

Liable to change rapidly and unpredictably.

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Fascism (noun)

Authoritarian and nationalistic (racist) right wing system of government. A follower of the political philosophy of Fascism.

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Microcosm (noun)

A community, place, or situation regarded as a smaller version of something much larger.

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Peregrinate (verb)

To travel or wander around from place to place.

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Schlep (verb)

To haul or carry

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Kibitz (verb)

To talk to someone in a friendly and informal way.

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Sobriquet (noun)

A nickname

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