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SAT Vocab #11
SAT vocabulary: spellings, definitions, synonyms, antonyms
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11th Grade
02/03/2010

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Term
prevaricate
Definition
to evade the truth by quibbling or misrepresentation
related forms: prevarication, prevaricator
synonym: equivocate
antonym: substantiate
Term
querulous
Definition

sounding as though complaining

forms: querulously, querulousness

synonyms: fretful, petulant, captious, shining, discontented, peevish, caviling, carping, hypercritical

antonyms: affable, good-natured, complaisant, agreeable

Term
salient
Definition
projecting outwardly; prominent or conspicuous

rf: saliently, salience
s: prominent, outstanding, noticeable, striking, arresting, jutting, protuberant
a: obscure, inconspicuous, receding, recessed
Term
taciturn
Definition
customarily silent

rf: taciturnly, taciturnity
s: reserved, reticent, laconic, close-mouthed, uncommunicative
a: loquacious, garrulous, talkative, voluble, unreserved, communicative
Term
vicarious
Definition
experienced through imaginative participation - the experience of another

fr: vicar, vicariously, vicariousness
s: deputed, delegated
a: actual, first-hand
Term
omniscient
Definition
having unlimited knowledge

rf: omniscience, omnisciently
s: all-seeing, all-knowing
a: ignorant, unaware, unenlightened
Term
aesthetic
Definition
pertaining to a sense of beauty

rf: aesthetically, aesthetics, aesthetician
no synonyms or antonyms!
Term
amity
Definition
friendly relationship

rf: amicable, amicability
s: accord, harmony, concord, friendliness, friendship
a: enmity, hostility, antipathy, discord
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