Hot Words For The Sat

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laconic

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using few words in speech

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pithy

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brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

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quiescent

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quiet; still; inactive

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reticent

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not talking much; reserved

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taciturn

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silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed

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terse

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using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness

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bombastic

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using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others

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garrulous

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talkative; loquacious

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voluble

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talking a great deal with ease; glib

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ostentatious

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having to do with showing off; pretentious

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pretentious

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claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand

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supercilious

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looking down on others; proud and scornful

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banal

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dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed

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insipid

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lacking flavor or taste; unexciting

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prosaic

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dull; commonplace

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vapid

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lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale

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allay

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to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain

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assuage

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to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify

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conciliate

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to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile

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mollify

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to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent

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affable

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easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable

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congenial

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compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic

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convivial

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sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company

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gregarious

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sociable, outgoing

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captious

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made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

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polemical

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inclined to argue or debate; controversial

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largess

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generous giving

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munificent

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very generous

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prodigal

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wasteful; lavish

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austere

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having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance (spartan?)

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mercenary (adj)

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greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making

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parsimonious

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overly thrifty or miserly

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penurious

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stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution

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conflagration

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a huge fire, an inferno

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baneful

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causing ruin, harmful, pernicious

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deleterious

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harmful to one's health or overall welfare; pernicious

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iniquitous

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showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious

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odious

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loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way

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pernicious

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very destructive or harmful; usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way

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carp

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to find fault; to be critical (harp)

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castigate

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to scold or punish severely

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deprecate

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to show mild disapproval

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impugn

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to oppose or attack someone or something as false or refutable

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upbraid

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to chide; to scold bitterly

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aloof

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uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant

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phlegmatic

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hard to get excited or emotional; calm; slow-moving

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stolid

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lacking emotion or not showing any emotion; stoical

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languor

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a weak or lifeless feeling

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lassitude

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a tired feeling, usually resulting from depression or too much work

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soporific

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sleep-inducing; sleepy

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torpid

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lacking energy; relating to inactivity; feeling sluggish