Pertaining to actors; melodramatic.

Prolific; productive; fruitful.

Lush; thick with vegetation; leafy.

Hypnotic; lethargic; causing sleep.

Stuffy or dogmatic; meticulous; academic.

SAT Practice 3 Flashcards

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histrionic

Exaggeration; fanciful statement; enhancement.
Pertaining to actors; melodramatic.
Even-tempered; level-headed; calm.
Moron; fool; dimwit.

2

fecund

Great happiness; bliss.
Capricious; erratic; spasmodic.
Possessing an offensive smell; malodorous; foul; gamey.
Prolific; productive; fruitful.

3

gambol

Confuse; scramble; distort.
Wiliness; deceit; cunning.
Play; frolic; romp.
Gulp; swill; consume to excess.

4

noisome

Noxious to health.
Meddlesome.
Stubborn; intractable.
Extremely loud

5

hoary

Hasty; rash; impulsive.
Poor; destitute; penniless.
Frosted; grey; grizzled.
Airtight; sealed; impenetrable.

6

verdant

Frailty; imperfection; weakness.
Gas; vapor; harmful or irritating smoke.
Young or inexperienced person; young bird.
Lush; thick with vegetation; leafy.

7

wan

Totter; fluctuate.
Stimulate; sharpen; intensify.
Yearning; pensive; sad.
Anemic; colorless; pale.

8

A dishonest, deceitful person; a rogue.

knoll
knoll
naive
knave

9

soporific

Bogus; false.
Discordant; harsh; piercing.
Hypnotic; lethargic; causing sleep.
Egotistic; proud; arrogant.

10

pedantic

Able to perceive or see things as they actually are.
Degrading; derogatory; negative.
Marginal; outer; surrounding.
Stuffy or dogmatic; meticulous; academic.

11

Denounce; censor; attack.

garner
goad
impugn
extricate

12

Diligent; persistent; inexhaustible.

insolvent
inimical
indefatigable
indolence

13

Abuse; criticize; rebuke.

jettison
inveigh
juxtapose
inveterate

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Incorporeal

Commendation; speech giving great tribute.
Pressing; insistent; urgent.
intangible; airy.
Agreeable to the ear.

SAT Practice 3

Questions 14

SAT Practice 3

Questions 14