SAT Vocab

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  • Created on: 05-04-13 17:05
shrewd, clever
astute
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very productive
prolific
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
rhetoric
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lacking connection
incoherent
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exhibiting unusually intellectual aptitude at an early age
precocious
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formal proposal
prospectus
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basic; elementary
rudimentary
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practical
pragmatic
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showing excessive emotion; overflowing
effusive
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Dexterous (neat skill or clever); deft
Androit
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keeness, acuracy, quickness of judgement or insight
acumen
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To find out; as through experimentation or investigation
Ascertain
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serious, unemotional
staid
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difficult to understand
Abstruse
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instructive
didactic
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a mild, indirect term substituting for an offensive, blunt term
euphemism
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Shrewd; clear sighted
perspicacious
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careful; prudent; discreet
circumspect
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deep, extensive learning
erudition
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to scatter wildly
disseminate
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excessively concerned with book learning
predantic
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very talkative
loquacius
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guesswork
conjecture
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to imply or communicate stealthily
insinuate
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a clumsy social error
gaffe
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something that comes from another source
derivative
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worldy, widely sophisticated
cosmopolitan
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a puzzle; mystery; or riddle
enigma
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having lost faith or loyalty
disaffected
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intricate; complex
convulated
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emotionally hardened
callous
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self independance/ determination
autonomy
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easily understood, clear
lucid
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
inscrutable
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completely honest; straightforward
candid
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inclined to keep silent; reserved
reticent
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known or understood by only a few
arcane
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esoteric
intended for or understood by a few
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something that seems peculiar to another individual or group
idiosyncrasy
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assimilate
to absorb or be absorbed; to make or become similar
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very productive

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prolific

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the art of using language effectively and persuasively

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lacking connection

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exhibiting unusually intellectual aptitude at an early age

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