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SAT 100 Most Common Words
Challenging Words from Kaplan Undergraduate SAT 100 Most Common Words List
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9th Grade
07/30/2011

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Assiduous
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persistent, hard-working
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Conformist
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person who complies with accepted rules and customs
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Demagogue
Definition
leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
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Emulate
Definition
to imitate, follow an example
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Ephemeral
Definition
momentary, transient, fleeting
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Evanescent
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quickly fading, short-lived
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Hackneyed
Definition
cliched, worn out by overuse
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Haughty
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arrogant and condescending
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Hedonist
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a person who pursues pleasure as a goal
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Impetuous
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rash, impulsive, acting without thinking
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Impute
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to attribute an action to particular person or group
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Intrepid
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fearless, adventurous
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Lobbyist
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person who seeks to influence political events
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Mundane
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ordinary, commonplace
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Opulent
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wealthy
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Ostentatious
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showy, displaying wealth
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Perdidious
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faithless, disloyal, untrustworhy
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Precocious
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unusually advanced or talented at an early age
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Pretentious
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pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured
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Prosaic
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relating to prose; dull, postpone, put-off
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Querulous
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complaining, irritable
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Reverence
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worship, profound respect
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Spurious
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lacking authenticity, false
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Superfluous
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extra, more than enough, redundant
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Surreptitious
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secret, stealthy
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