Sat Vocab 61-80

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Prostrate

Back 1

adjective
lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward

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Plethora

Back 2

noun
an excess of (something)

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Palpitate

Back 3

verb
(of the heart) beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly

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Propitious

Back 4

adjective
giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable

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Extricate

Back 5

verb [ trans. ]
free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty

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Guffaw

Back 6

noun
a loud and boisterous laugh.

Front 7

Ignominious

Back 7

adjective
deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

Front 8

Deem

Back 8

verb [ trans. ]
regard or consider in a specified way

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Fiasco

Back 9

noun ( pl. -cos)
a thing that is a complete failure, esp. in a ludicrous or humiliating way

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Pinnacle

Back 10

noun
a high, pointed piece of rock.
• a small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof.
• the most successful point; the culmination

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Voluble

Back 11

adjective
speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently

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Perspicuity

Back 12

adjective
(of an account or representation) clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid

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Perjury

Back 13

noun
the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.

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Flagrant

Back 14

adjective
(of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive

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Acquiesce

Back 15

verb [ intrans. ]
accept something reluctantly but without protest

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Amity

Back 16

noun
a friendly relationship

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Preposterous

Back 17

adjective
contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous

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Parody

Back 18

noun
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

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Arduous

Back 19

adjective
involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

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Trepidation

Back 20

noun

a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen