Raging Knowledge: High Frequency Sat Words (3 Of 5)

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juxtaposition

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n/ the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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laconic

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adj/ terse in speech or writing

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languid

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adj/ sluggish from fatigue or weakness

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largess

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n/ the generous giving of lavish gifts

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latent

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adj/ hidden, but capable of being exposed

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legerdemain

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n/ deception, slight-of-hand

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licentious

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adj/ displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints

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limpid

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adj/ clear, transparent

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maelstrom

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n/ a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

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magnanimous

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adj/ noble, generous

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malediction

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n/ a curse

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malevolent

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adj/ wanting harm to befall others

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manifold

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adj/ diverse, varied

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maudlin

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adj/ weakly sentimental

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mawkish

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adj/ characterized by sick sentimentality

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mendacious

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adj/ having a lying, false character

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mercurial

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adj/ characterized by rapid change or temperamentality

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modicum

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n/ a small amount of something

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morass

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n/ a wet swampy bog; figuratively, somthing that traps and confuses

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multifarious

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adj/ having great diversity or variety

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munificence

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n/ generosity in giving

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myriad

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adj/ consisting of a very great number

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nadir

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n/ the lowest point of something

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nascent

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adj/ in the process of being born or coming into existence

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nefarious

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adj/ heinously villainous

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neophyte

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n/ someone who is young or inexperienced

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obdurate

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adj/ unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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obfuscate

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v/ to render incomprehensible

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oblique

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adj/ diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward

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obsequious

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adj/ excessively compliant or submissive

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obstreperous

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adj/ noisy, unruly

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obtuse

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adj/ lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect

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odious

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adj/ instilling hatred or intense displeasure

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officious

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adj/ offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed

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opulent

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adj/ characterized by rich abundance verging on ostentation (ie. too much!)

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palliate

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v/ to reduce the severity of

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pallid

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adj/ lacking color

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panacea

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n/ a remedy for all ills or difficulties

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paragon

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n/ a model of excellence or perfection

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pariah

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n/ an outcast

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parsimony

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n/ frugality, stinginess

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pathos

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n/ an emotion of sympathy

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paucity

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adj/ small in quantity

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pejorative

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adj/ derogatory, uncomplimentary

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pellucid

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adj/ easily intelligible, clear

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penurious

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adj/ miserly, stingy

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perfidious

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adj/ disloyal, unfaithful

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perfunctory

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adj/ showing little interest or enthusiasm

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pernicious

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adj/ extremely destructive or harmful

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perspicacity

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adj/ shrewdness, perceptiveness