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SAT Vocabulary List 4-10 |
noun – loud applause, approval |
Jonas Salk won great acclaim for his medical discoveries. |
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2. blithe |
adjective – happy and cheerful, gay. |
Lori’s blithe attitude toward her terrible predicament was bizarre indeed. |
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3. callous |
adjective – unfeeling |
insensitive. It was a surprise to see the tears flowing from someone we had considered to be callous. |
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4. deference
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noun – great respect. |
Out of deference to my father, we never smoked in the house. |
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5. effervescent
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adjective – lively, giving off bubbles |
Because I do not enjoy carbonated drinks, I do not like the effervescent quality of ginger ale. |
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6. fervor
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noun – intense emotion, great warmth of feeling. |
Alicia does her volunteer work with tremendous fervor. |
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7. garrulous |
adjective – talkative. |
Nothing galvanizes me into leaving a beauty parlor as much as a garrulous hairdresser. |
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8. heretic |
noun – a person who upholds religious doctrines contrary to the established beliefs of his church. |
Severely chastised for being a heretic, brother Vincent was asked to leave the monastery. |
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9. immutable
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adjective – never changing. |
My father’s immutable optimism can be traced back to the pleasant atmosphere in my grandmother’s home. |
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10. lampoon |
noun – strong, satirical writing, usually attacking or ridiculing someone. |
The college quarterly featured a lampoon of fraternity hazing. |
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11. meandering
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verb – winding back and forth |
rambling. Meandering through the crowded streets of a foreign city is my idea of a tourist’s delight.
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12. officious |
adjective – meddling, giving unnecessary or unwanted advice or services. |
Mr. Klar’s officious manner helped him gain friends easily but lose them in short order. |
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13. parsimonious
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adjective – too thrifty, stingy |
Dickens’ Scrooge, before his metamorphosis, is regarded as the prototype of the parsimonious man. |
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14. querulous |
adjective – peevish, faultfinding |
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15. rancor |
noun – deep spite or malice, strong hate or bitter feeling. |
A forgiving heart will save you from the corrosive effects of rancor. |
