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Wordsmyth
SAT Dictionary
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August
08/20/07 ECLECTIC - choosing from
a variety of sources
08/21/07 AESTHETIC - appealing to the sense of beauty
08/22/07 PARADOX - a seemingly contradictory statement that
nonetheless expresses a truth
08/23/07 ANOMALOUS - deviating from the general rule
08/24/07 ALLEVIATE - to lessen, to relieve
08/27/07 VENERATE -to hold in great esteem, to honor
08/28/07 DESICCATED - arid, parched, very dry
08/29/07 LACONIC - close-mouthed, silent, using few words
08/30/07 ELUSIVE - hard to catch, evasive
08/31/07 DILATORY -to delay, to be tardy.
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September
09/03/07 NO SCHOOL-Labor Day
09/04/07 MEAGER -scanty, sparse, not abundant
09/05/07 SOMBER -
09/06/07 FLOURISH - to prosper, thrive
09/07/07 RECALCITRANT - stubborn
09/10/07 REVERE - to honor, admire
09/11/07 VORACIOUS - not easily satisfied
09/12/07 CURTAIL - to cut short
09/13/07 NO SCHOOL- Rosh Hashanah
09/14/07 REBUKE - to scold sharply
09/17/07 INSATIABLE - cannot be satisfied
09/18/07 CURATOR - person in charge of a museum
09/19/07 EGOIST - person overly concerned with self
09/20/07 INDOLENT - lethargic, lacking energy
09/21/07 NO SCHOOL- Professional development
09/24/07 ENERVATED - lacking vitality
09/25/07 ZEALOT - person filled with enthusiasm
09/26/07 PACIFIST - person who promotes peace
09/27/07 TACITURN --speaking few words, concise
09/28/07 PERFIDIOUS -devious, deceitful, treacherous
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October
10/01/07 ADVOCATE -supporter,
proponent
10/02/07 SCOUNDREL - a rascal, a disreputable person
10/03/07 SAVANT - a learned person
10/04/07 JINGOIST - a extreme nationalist
10/05/07 BENEFACTOR - a helping, generous person
10/08/07 OCCLUDE - to shut or block
10/09/07 RECLUSE - person who seeks seclusion, a hermit
10/10/07 SEER - one who can predict future events
10/11/07 PRAGMATIST - one who is practical, logical, down to
earth
10/12/07 CASTIGATE- To put down, to scold
10/15/07 VIRTUOSO - a person with great artistic talent
10/16/07 REVELER - person who engages in merrymaking
10/17/07 PRODIGY - a person with great talent
10/18/07 GRADING/PLANNING
10/19/07 NO SCHOOL- MSTA CONVENTION
10/22/07 LETHARGIC - lacking energy
10/23/07 EXTOL - to praise
10/24/07 BANAL - trite, ordinary
10/25/07 MOLLIFY - to lessen, soothe
10/26/07 OBSTINATE -stubborn
10/29/07 INTRANSIGENT -stubborn, difficult to deal with
10/30/07 TACIT - without words
10/31/07 DILETTANTE -a dabbler, one with superficial interest
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November
11/01/07 HEDONIST - a person who seeks
pleasure
11/02/07 MENDICANT - a beggar
11/05/07 DERIDE - to use ridicule to put someone down
11/06/07 DEPLORABLE - wretched, awful, miserable
11/07/07 DEPLETE - to exhaust
11/08/07 DEVOID - lacking content, empty
11/09/07 DESPONDENT -feeling very down discouraged
11/12/07 PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
11/13/07 AMBIVALENT - lacks conviction, uncertain
11/14/07 AMBIGUOUS -lacks clarity, unclear
11/15/07 TRIVIAL -insignificant, lacking importance
11/16/07 RASH - impetuous and lacking restraint
11/19/07 NONDESCRIPT - ordinary, lacking a distinction
11/20/07 DESOLATE - empty, lacking inhabitants
11/21/07 THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/22/07 THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/23/07 THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/26/07 INEPT - lacking skill
11/27/07 SUPERFICIAL - shallow, lacking depth
11/28/07 PRECARIOUS - lacks stability, unstable
11/29/07 DIFFIDENT - lacks self-confidence, shy
11/30/07 SOPHOMORIC -immature, lacking sophistication
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December
(prefix: SUPER – above, SUM
– highest, SUB – under, SYN – together)
12/03/07 AMORPHOUS -lacks shape or form
12/04/07 MERCURIAL - very changeable
12/05/07 ADEPT - skillful
12/06/07 EXASPERATING - very annoying, irksome
12/07/07 OMINOUS - very threatening
12/10/07 EXCRUCIATING - extremely painful
12/11/07 FASTIDIOUS - excessively neat
12/12/07 FRENZIED - very excited, animated, active
12/13/07 METICULOUS - exact, very precise
12/14/07 ASSIDUOUS - diligent, hardworking
12/17/07 GARISH -
12/18/07 AUSPICIOUS - very favorable
12/19/07 ARDUOUS - very difficult, very demanding
12/20/07 DEPRECIATE -to go down in value.
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January
01/01/08 NO SCHOOL- NEW YEARS
01/02/08 VISCOUS -thick and syrupy
01/03/08 CALLOUS - lacks sensitivity
01/04/08 DERIVATIVE -derived from and lacking originality
01/07/08 ENLIGHTEN -to inform, instruct, edify
01/08/08 PAINSTAKING - extremely careful
01/09/08 VENAL - dishonest, corrupt, mercenary
01/10/08 EXACTITUDE -very precise
01/11/08 ERRATIC - unpredictable, changeable, lacking
consistency
01/14/08 REPUGNANT - very disgusting, repulsive
01/15/08 DESTITUTE -very poor, indigent, lacking financial
resources
01/16/08 DISCERNING - very insightful
01/17/08 DESPICABLE - vile, very contemptible act
01/18/08 VIGILANT - watchful, very alert
01/21/08 NO SCHOOL- MLK BIRTHDAY
01/22/08 CENSURE - an official reprimand
01/23/08 GERMANE - relevant, pertinent
01/24/08 STIPULATE - to specify, to set forth
01/25/08 PLAUSIBLE - believable, credible
01/28/08 EXPURGATE - to delete or remove
01/29/08 INCORRIGIBLE - cannot be reformed
01/30/08 CORROBORATE -to support with evidence
01/31/08 ANACHRONISM -a chronological misplacing of events or
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February
02/01/08 ENUMERATE -to ascertain the number
of, to count
02/04/08 EPISTOLARY -a series of letters
02/05/08 DOGMA -doctrine, set of beliefs
02/06/08 BELLIGERENT - warlike, overly aggressive
02/07/08 ABDICATE -to renounce, resign, vacate
02/08/08 WATERSHED - an important event, turning point
02/11/08 INTREPID - brave, courageous
02/12/08 NO SCHOOL- PRIMARY ELECTIONS
02/13/08 AMELIORATE - to make better
02/14/08 EXACERBATE - to make worse
02/15/08 QUERULOUS -complaining
02/18/08 NO SCHOOL- PRESIDENT"S DAY
02/19/08 VICARIOUSLY - to live through another's experience
02/20/08 RECTITUDE - high standards or personal conduct
02/21/08 DECORUM -proper behavior, good manners in public
02/22/08 INEXORABLE - relentless, unstoppable
02/25/08 UBIQUITOUS - omnipresent, something that is everywhere
02/26/08 EXHORT - to urge or force someone to do something
02/27/08 TRAVAIL - hard, distasteful work
02/28/08 INEFFABLE -cannot be expressed or put into words
02/29/08 QUELL - to put down, squelch
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March
03/03/08 EGREGIOUS - a very bad error
03/04/08 IMMACULATE - very clean
03/05/08 TRANSLUCENT -will allow light to pass through
03/06/08 IMPERMEABLE - cannot pass through
03/07/08 DISSEMINATE - to spread, distribute
03/10/08 ELUCIDATE - to make clear
03/11/08 INCIPIENT - in the early stages, embryonic
03/12/08 SPURIOUS - false, unproven
03/13/08 DEMAGOGUE - one who arouses popular prejudices/passions
03/14/08 GRADING/PLANNING
03/15/08 SPRING BREAK
03/24/08 NO SCHOOL EASTER
03/25/08 DEMYSTIFY - to make less baffling
03/26/08 LEXICON - a wordlist, vocabulary
03/27/08 AMENABLE - agreeable, willing to do something
03/28/08 ATROPHY -to waste away, wither
03/31/08 LABYRINTH - a maze.
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April
04/01/08 DISINGENUOUS - not
sincere, not straightforward
04/02/08 DOCILE - easy to manage
04/03/08 TRACTABLE - easy to manage
04/04/08 APOCRYPHAL - not genuine, fictional
04/07/08 TRUNCATE - to shorten by cutting, to cut off
04/08/08 CONTENTIOUS - quarrelsome, disagreeable
04/09/08 NEOPHYTE - novice, beginner
04/10/08 DOLEFUL - sad, mournful
04/11/08 INGRATE - ungrateful person
04/14/08 PROCLIVITY - inclination, tendency
04/15/08 URBANE - courteous, refined, suave
04/16/08 ONEROUS - burdensome
04/17/08 BILK - to cheat, defraud
04/18/08 MALEDICTION - a curse (opposite of benediction)
04/21/08 CLANDESTINE - secretive, concealed for a darker purpose
04/22/08 ERUDITE - learned, scholarly
04/23/08 DEFUNCT - no longer existing, dead
04/24/08 PROCURE - to obtain
04/25/08 RUMINATE - to contemplate, reflect upon
04/28/08 INIMICAL- hostile
04/29/08 CIRCUMLOCUTION - roundabout, lengthy way to say
something
04/30/08 TRANSCEND - to rise above, go beyond
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May
05/02/08 SOMNOLENT - drowsy, sleepy, inducing
sleep
05/05/08 BROACH - to mention or suggest for the first time
05/06/08 LUGUBRIOUS -sorrowful, mournful
05/07/08 QUIXOTIC - overly idealistic, impractical
05/08/08 CLEMENCY - merciful leniency
05/09/08 MUNIFICENT - generous, giving
05/12/08 PROCLIVITY - inclination, tendency
05/13/08 URBANE - courteous, refined, suave
05/14/08 ONEROUS - burdensome
05/15/08 BILK - to cheat, defraud
05/16/08 MALEDICTION - a curse (opposite of benediction)
05/19/08 QUANDARY - a state of doubt or perplexity
05/20/08 ERUDITE - learned, scholarly
05/21/08 DEFUNCT - no longer existing, dead
05/22/08 PROCURE - to obtain
05/23/08 RUMINATE - to contemplate, reflect upon
05/26/08 NO SCHOOL- MEMORIAL DAY
05/27/08 CIRCUMLOCUTION - roundabout, lengthy way to say
something
05/28/08 TRANSCEND - to rise above, go beyond
05/29/08 LUGUBRIOUS -sorrowful, mournful
05/30/08 QUIXOTIC - overly idealistic, impractical
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June
06/02/08 TENUOUS - weak, flimsy,
shaky
06/03/08 ASTUTE -shrewd, smart, keen-minded
06/04/08 INKLING - hint or vague idea
06/05/08 BOORISH - lacking refinement, crude
06/06/08 VAPID - dull, bland, lacking taste
06/07/08 EPHEMERAL - lacking permanence, short-lived
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