SAT Essay Vocabulary

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indolent  Speak Example sentences
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retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
indulgent  Speak Example sentences
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deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
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brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
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yielding; lenient; forbearing or tolerant
instigate  Speak Example sentences
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suffering
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
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one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
jovial  Speak Example sentences
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
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abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
listless  Speak Example sentences
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extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
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ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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yielding; lenient; forbearing or tolerant
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lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
lucrative  Speak Example sentences
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profitable; producing good profit
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known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
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behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
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behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
notoriety  Speak Example sentences
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ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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formal declaration
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known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
nuance  Speak Example sentences
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not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
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brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
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ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
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subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning
paradigm  Speak Example sentences
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behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
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one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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formal declaration
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
paucity  Speak Example sentences
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abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
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obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority
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deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy
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scarcity; smallness of number; fewness