SAT Essay Vocabulary
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SAT Essay Vocabulary
Group 1 - Matching Quizzes
abstruse 
1
 | shy |
| urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal |
| relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional |
| obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
accost
2
| tending to waste time |
| open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead |
| approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request |
| able to float; cheerful and optimistic |
anthropology
3
| deviation, not normal |
| alienate |
| social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings |
| spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely |
apt
4
| difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable |
| approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request |
| likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand |
| principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction |
belie
5
| contradict; give a false impression |
| urgent, dreadful |
| useless; having no useful result; vain |
| anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
chagrin
6
| manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving |
| influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
| difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable |
| anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
churlish
7
| secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
| manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving |
| difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable |
| social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings |
compendious
8
| force to leave; remove from office |
| accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause |
| succinct |
| done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent |
derogatory
9
| shy |
| expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling |
| convoluted, complex |
| deviation, not normal |
diffident
10
| alienate |
| pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning |
| shy |
| rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners |