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Word Lists

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Word Lists
The Word Lists section is a division of the words into groups of 25 words which are then
grouped into 65 lessons. These words are listed in descending order of appearance on past
SAT/PSAT tests. Those words which appeared most often on past tests, some as many as twelve
and thirteen times, appear in the first lessons, while those that appeared only once are listed in
the last lessons. If all lessons cannot be covered, then the first fifteen should be emphasized
since they contain the words that appear multiple times on past SAT/PSAT tests.
The division of the words into 65 lessons makes it easy for teachers to divided the lessons among
different grade levels so that through a course of four or five years the students can be exposed to
all the words.
Another usefulness of the lists lies in the advantage of being able to give the students one sheet
of paper that contains all the words that will be covered in one six weeks period of time.
And effective manner of using this list in the classroom is to challenge students to find these
words in print in their assigned reading or in their leisure reading. They should copy the
sentence from the text, underline the word, and name the source of the material. This helps to
reinforce the importance of learning the words when the students see them in places other than
on the SAT/PSAT tests.

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Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

1.

altruistic

1.

antithesis

1.

abstruse

2.

ambivalent

2.

ascend

2.

affable

3.

angular

3.

austere

3.

audacity

4.

arrogant

4.

autonomous

4.

contrite

5.

aversion

5.

banal

5.

credulous

6.

discern

6.

benign

6.

depravity

7.

disdain

7.

capricious

7.

deprecate

8.

disparage

8.

dawdle

8.

didactic

9.

disparity

9.

defamation

9.

dormant

10.

embellish

10.

esoteric

10.

enigmatic

11.

engender

11.

exacerbate

11.

erudite

12.

innocuous

12.

extol

12.

exotic

13.

insipid

13.

fastidious

13.

fuse

14.

lament

14.

furtive

14.

immutable

15.

laud

15.

gregarious

15.

incorrigible

16.

obscure

16.

hypocrite

16.

loathe

17.

ostentatious

17.

innate

17.

mitigate

18.

prodigal

18.

lethargic

18.

nullify

19.

repudiate

19.

melancholy

19.

pacifistic

20.

reticence

20.

opaque

20.

pretentious

21.

revere

21.

prolific

21.

prologue

22.

serene

22.

reprove

22.

recant

23.

subtle

23.

symmetry

23.

servile

24.

superfluous

24.

tranquil

24.

trepidation

25.

taciturn

25.

venerate

25.

vilify

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Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

1.

aesthetic

1.

acrimonious

1.

antiquated

2.

aloof

2.

ameliorate

2.

arable

3.

archaic

3.

amenable

3.

ascendancy

4.

assuage

4.

amorphous

4.

atrophy

5.

belie

5.

buoyant

5.

clandestine

6.

contentious

6.

cajole

6.

conciliate

7.

daunt

7.

calamity

7.

cursory

8.

debilitate

8.

debase

8.

derision

9.

discord

9.

efface

9.

enmity

10.

dissemination

10.

elucidate

10.

extricate

11.

dogmatic

11.

ephemeral

11.

forbearance

12.

duplicity

12.

ferocity

12.

frivolous

13.

egocentric

13.

flourish

13.

garrulous

14.

euphemism

14.

haughty

14.

impetuous

15.

gluttonous

15.

impervious

15.

industrious

16.

mundane

16.

inane

16.

infamous

17.

ominous

17.

indolence

17.

insolence

18.

petulance

18.

infallible

18.

levity

19.

pompous

19.

inscrutable

19.

oblivion

20.

precocious

20.

languid

20.

paradoxical

21.

slothful

21.

malice

21.

perjury

22.

trivia

22.

oblique

22.

rancor

23.

verbose

23.

opulence

23.

sycophant

24.

virulent

24.

penitent

24.

vacillating

25.

volatile

25.

perfunctory

25.

vivid

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Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

1.

abhor

1.

acquiesce

1.

ambiguous

2.

accolade

2.

affinity

2.

amiable

3.

ascetic

3.

blasphemous

3.

crass

4.

bequeath

4.

buttress

4.

discursive

5.

charlatan

5.

circumspect

5.

docile

6.

conflagration

6.

corroboration

6.

estrange

7.

dearth

7.

deplete

7.

exonerate

8.

diffidence

8.

despotic

8.

gratuitous

9.

effervescent

9.

emaciated

9.

hypothesize

10.

ethereal

10.

empirical

10.

indignation

11.

expunge

11.

extraneous

11.

induce

12.

guile

12.

fallow

12.

intractable

13.

implausible

13.

homogeneous

13.

introspective

14.

incongruity

14.

hyperbole

14.

lucid

15.

insularity

15.

incontrovertible

15.

meticulous

16.

morose

16.

irascible

16.

misanthrope

17.

placate

17.

laconic

17.

munificent

18.

poignant

18.

magnanimity

18.

plagiarize

19.

provincial

19.

obsequious

19.

profuse

20.

reiterate

20.

proliferation

20.

recluse

21.

spontaneous

21.

scrupulous

21.

sated

22.

synthesis

22.

sublime

22.

stupefy

23.

toxic

23.

surreptitious

23.

terse

24.

vigilant

24.

veracity

24.

transient

25.

voluble

25.

zeal

25.

virtuoso

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Lesson 10

Lesson 11

Lesson 12

1.

abstracted

1.

abet

1.

abridge

2.

adulation

2.

agile

2.

alacrity

3.

adversity

3.

antidote

3.

antipathy

4.

burgeon

4.

ascertain

4.

augment

5.

chimera

5.

benevolence

5.

bombastic

6.

culpable

6.

desolate

6.

decry

7.

decadent

7.

din

7.

eclectic

8.

entreaty

8.

dissuade

8.

enhance

9.

fatuous

9.

distend

9.

euphonious

10.

humane

10.

enervation

10.

fervid

11.

indulgent

11.

eulogy

11.

impecunious

12.

ineptness

12.

fitful

12.

ingratiate

13.

ingrate

13.

indelible

13.

luxuriant

14.

inundate

14.

inert

14.

paltry

15.

miser

15.

malevolence

15.

pedantry

16.

nefarious

16.

obliterate

16.

placid

17.

prattle

17.

ornate

17.

preclude

18.

predilection

18.

paucity

18.

promontory

19.

procrastinate

19.

piety

19.

raze

20.

stoic

20.

precarious

20.

secular

21.

suffrage

21.

prosaic

21.

static

22.

summon

22.

quiescent

22.

tact

23.

transparent

23.

scintillating

23.

torpid

24.

turbulence

24.

squalid

24.

vindicated

25.

viable

25.

vexation

25.

vindictive

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Lesson 13

Lesson 14

Lesson 15

1.

allure

1.

adulterate

1.

abate

2.

apathy

2.

animosity

2.

antecedent

3.

auspicious

3.

apocryphal

3.

arid

4.

caricature

4.

avarice

4.

bane

5.

cordial

5.

coalesce

5.

beleaguer

6.

cosmopolitan

6.

collaborate

6.

contempt

7.

deplore

7.

cryptic

7.

cynical

8.

discrepant

8.

desultory

8.

dexterous

9.

ecstasy

9.

dissipation

9.

dour

10.

empathy

10.

edifying

10.

exalt

11.

equivocal

11.

equivocate

11.

felicitous

12.

expeditious

12.

espousing

12.

impeccable

13.

galvanize

13.

hedonist

13.

imperturbable

14.

implacable

14.

indefatigable

14.

malleable

15.

inimitable

15.

interminable

15.

mortify

16.

mutability

16.

naive

16.

obdurate

17.

odious

17.

parody

17.

platitude

18.

parochial

18.

peripheral

18.

profligate

19.

penchant

19.

portent

19.

pugnacious

20.

ponderous

20.

prodigious

20.

savory

21.

protract

21.

profane

21.

spurn

22.

replete

22.

respite

22.

supercilious

23.

soporific

23.

sordid

23.

trite

24.

strident

24.

surfeited

24.

vociferous

25.

treachery

25.

trifling

25.

vulgarity

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Lesson 16

Lesson 17

Lesson 18

1.

acclaim

1.

abstemious

1.

accord

2.

amass

2.

admonish

2.

annulment

3.

anarchist

3.

amity

3.

arduous

4.

banter

4.

bastion

4.

astute

5.

blithe

5.

callous

5.

carping

6.

cacophonous

6.

clemency

6.

covert

7.

commensurate

7.

debunk

7.

desecrate

8.

complacency

8.

diffuse

8.

dilatory

9.

desiccate

9.

dupe

9.

esteem

10.

diminution

10.

exorcise

10.

expatriate

11.

elicit

11.

finesse

11.

fortuitous

12.

incessant

12.

humility

12.

guileless

13.

jollity

13.

imperious

13.

hackneyed

14.

kindle

14.

larceny

14.

illustrious

15.

parsimony

15.

mirth

15.

insatiable

16.

penury

16.

mollify

16.

loquacious

17.

perspicacious

17.

neologism

17.

neurotic

18.

pliable

18.

orthodox

18.

parch

19.

quell

19.

plight

19.

porous

20.

rectify

20.

repertoire

20.

rancid

21.

rue

21.

rupture

21.

reconcile

22.

sluggard

22.

solicitous

22.

saccharine

23.

stealthy

23.

stolid

23.

sonorous

24.

succinct

24.

tempestuous

24.

tentative

25.

voluminous

25.

untenable

25.

utility

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Lesson 19

Lesson 20

Lesson 21

1.

adjunct

1.

affluent

1.

aggregate

2.

anomalous

2.

antiquity

2.

archipelago

3.

belligerent

3.

blandishment

3.

boon

4.

censure

4.

chasten

4.

buffoon

5.

compliance

5.

civility

5.

chicanery

6.

defile

6.

congenial

6.

contaminant

7.

diligent

7.

deft

7.

corrugated

8.

expedient

8.

dispatch

8.

deleterious

9.

flout

9.

embroil

9.

disputatious

10.

galling

10.

expurgate

10.

emend

11.

heralded

11.

garner

11.

fetter

12.

incantation

12.

heretical

12.

giddy

13.

indigenous

13.

iconoclast

13.

heterogeneity

14.

luscious

14.

irreproachable

14.

indomitable

15.

nomadic

15.

mercurial

15.

irresolute

16.

parry

16.

nuance

16.

metaphorically

17.

precipitate

17.

partisan

17.

panacea

18.

pungent

18.

pious

18.

peruse

19.

ratify

19.

raucous

19.

prodigy

20.

sagacious

20.

repugnant

20.

rebuff

21.

slovenly

21.

satiric

21.

resilient

22.

spiteful

22.

sporadic

22.

scapegoat

23.

tangential

23.

succulent

23.

spurious

23.

taper

24.

terrestrial

24.

tractable

25.

vagrant

25.

ungainly

25.

vivacious

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Lesson 22

Lesson 23

Lesson 24

1.

approbation

1.

ambulatory

1.

abase

2.

assent

2.

anarchy

2.

abdicate

3.

boorish

3.

breadth

3.

brazen

4.

circumlocution

4.

cant

4.

caustic

5.

copious

5.

circumscribed

5.

commiserate

6.

delineation

6.

congeal

6.

decorum

7.

dissemble

7.

demagogue

7.

deference

8.

emulate

8.

dissonance

8.

drone

9.

fickle

9.

dubious

9.

enunciate

10.

gravity

10.

engrossed

10.

girth

11.

homely

11.

facilitate

11.

grandiose

12.

indigence

12.

fledgling

12.

inception

13.

jingoist

13.

gilded

13.

ineffable

14.

migratory

14.

graphic

14.

nebulous

15.

obfuscating

15.

introvert

15.

neophyte

16.

proclivity

16.

jocular

16.

obtuse

17.

prostration

17.

malcontent

17.

parable

18.

recalcitrant

18.

misnomer

18.

rant

19.

resolute

19.

obstinate

19.

reproach

20.

sectarian

20.

prevalent

20.

savant

21.

stalwart

21.

prudent

21.

stultifying

22.

tacit

22.

pulverize

22.

syllabus

23.

transcended

23.

recapitulation

23.

troupe

24.

virtuous

24.

steadfastness

24.

unequivocal

25.

whets

25.

tactile

25.

vapid

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Lesson 25

Lesson 26

Lesson 27

1.

arcane

1.

abominable

1.

abyss

2.

artifacts

2.

abscond

2.

acrid

3.

atone

3.

capitulate

3.

acuity

4.

callow

4.

castigate

4.

baleful

5.

clamor

5.

comatose

5.

cataclysm

6.

countenance

6.

consolidate

6.

catharsis

7.

dilettante

7.

despondence

7.

dogma

8.

foreboding

8.

destitution

8.

edifice

9.

hack

9.

eddy

9.

enumerate

10.

impede

10.

enfranchise

10.

grate

11.

indubitable

11.

ennoble

11.

inertia

12.

invective

12.

fecund

12.

inordinate

13.

philanthropist

13.

inebriation

13.

luminous

14.

precursor

14.

inopportune

14.

maudlin

15.

relish

15.

inviolable

15.

novice

16.

rhetoric

16.

nonchalance

16.

pique

17.

rigor

17.

prevarication

17.

propensity

18.

somnambulist

18.

primordial

18.

purse

19.

stymie

19.

punctilious

19.

refute

20.

tepid

20.

remonstrate

20.

remuneration

21.

unkempt

21.

rudimentary

21.

soothsayer

22.

vacuous

22.

sonnet

22.

supple

23.

variegated

23.

tantamount

23.

travail

24.

vehement

24.

turgid

24.

understate

25.

zealot

25.

vestigial

25.

vibrant

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Lesson 28

Lesson 29

Lesson 30

1.

abeyance

1.

adherent

1.

affront

2.

burly

2.

advent

2.

alcove

3.

cavalier

3.

cache

3.

blanch

4.

chagrin

4.

celestial

4.

champion

5.

coagulate

5.

certitudes

5.

compress

6.

compilation

6.

chide

6.

convivial

7.

contest

7.

converge

7.

dilation

8.

defoliate

8.

dictum

8.

elegiac

9.

effigy

9.

effusion

9.

exculpate

10.

eon

10.

exacting

10.

fiasco

11.

fervent

11.

excise

11.

heedless

12.

ingenuity

12.

fetid

12.

incisive

13.

insidious

13.

harbor

13.

instigation

14.

myopic

14.

impermeable

14.

interloper

15.

plethora

15.

incipient

15.

labyrinthine

16.

propitious

16.

insolvent

16.

molt

17.

protrusion

17.

jettison

17.

pariah

18.

quack

18.

obtrude

18.

philanderer

19.

querulous

19.

quandary

19.

predisposed

20.

rustic

20.

repentant

20.

quench

21.

sovereign

21.

salubrious

21.

reprobate

22.

temperance

22.

squander

22.

salutary

23.

truncate

23.

tenet

23.

tenacious

24.

undulant

24.

validate

24.

tenuous

25.

viscosity

25.

vista

25.

unfrock

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Lesson 31

Lesson 32

Lesson 33

1.

alloy

1.

amenity

1.

anchor

2.

altercation

2.

anathema

2.

antediluvian

3.

blighted

3.

atypical

3.

denigrate

4.

charismatic

4.

balky

4.

doleful

5.

chary

5.

bourgeois

5.

epilogue

6.

convoke

6.

concert

6.

epitaph

7.

despicable

7.

confluence

7.

foible

8.

embed

8.

corpulence

8.

garish

9.

embolden

9.

dirge

9.

homage

10.

florid

10.

disconcerting

10.

importune

11.

hiatus

11.

endemic

11.

intangibles

12.

incurious

12.

focus

12.

lecher

13.

insubordination

13.

hilarity

13.

morbidity

14.

lassitude

14.

indict

14.

ostracize

15.

montage

15.

latent

15.

patronizing

16.

officious

16.

monumental

16.

plenitude

17.

premature

17.

myriad

17.

raconteur

18.

presumptuous

18.

oscillating

18.

resonant

19.

relegate

19.

pithy

19.

sentinel

20.

rescind

20.

premeditated

20.

sequester

21.

saturate

21.

presage

21.

slag

22.

sterile

22.

quixotic

22.

sumptuous

23.

tumultuous

23.

reserve

23.

tinge

24.

unimpeachable

24.

stasis

24.

unpalatable

25.

voracious

25.

warranted

25.

workaday

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Lesson 34

Lesson 35

Lesson 36

1.

addendum

1.

abandon

1.

ardor

2.

anthology

2.

bemuse

2.

assiduous

3.

bellicose

3.

collage

3.

bestial

4.

bizarre

4.

decorousness

4.

concord

5.

cognizant

5.

equilibrium

5.

confound

6.

declaim

6.

ethos

6.

defer

7.

equanimity

7.

explicate

7.

dissected

8.

eschew

8.

fold

8.

evince

9.

exigent

9.

impudent

9.

husband

10.

hone

10.

intensify

10.

impertinent

11.

imbue

11.

interred

11.

inanimate

12.

intemperance

12.

lionize

12.

lithe

13.

intrepid

13.

mosaic

13.

maladroit

14.

levitate

14.

pedestrian

14.

muted

15.

moribund

15.

polarization

15.

paradigm

16.

pluralism

16.

reciprocal

16.

perfidious

17.

portly

17.

rejoinder

17.

potable

18.

resplendent

18.

restive

18.

redundant

19.

retrogress

19.

revile

19.

retinue

20.

snippet

20.

revulsion

20.

sinuous

21.

subvert

21.

sever

21.

subjugate

22.

sybarite

22.

surplus

22.

totter

23.

toady

23.

topple

23.

usurp

24.

upbraid

24.

vanquished

24.

vicarious

25.

willful

25.

whim

25.

woe

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Lesson 38

Lesson 39

1.

assimilate

1.

abrogate

1.

air

2.

begrudge

2.

adamant

2.

augury

3.

bulwark

3.

barbarism

3.

beguile

4.

commodious

4.

colloquial

4.

connoisseur

5.

conglomerate

5.

compatriot

5.

debauchery

6.

dissolution

6.

defuse

6.

declivity

7.

dither

7.

effrontery

7.

diatribe

8.

evocative

8.

egregious

8.

disencumber

9.

frenetic

9.

gambol

9.

ebullient

10.

grisly

10.

hemophilia

10.

fly-by-night

11.

ignoble

11.

immunity

11.

foliage

12.

impel

12.

impale

12.

germinate

13.

intercede

13.

knotty

13.

gratis

14.

lugubrious

14.

libertarian

14.

hues

15.

mutinous

15.

mired

15.

impromptu

16.

paragon

16.

noxious

16.

kudos

17.

perennial

17.

palatable

17.

lachrymose

18.

potent

18.

palliate

18.

legerdemain

19.

pucker

19.

pallor

19.

lurid

20.

retrograde

20.

pernicious

20.

muse

21.

skewed

21.

skulk

21.

Philistine

22.

supersede

22.

tarry

22.

rectitude

23.

translucence

23.

tawdry

23.

rend

24.

verdant

24.

temerity

24.

schism

25.

zany

25.

utopian

25.

uproarious

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Lesson 41

Lesson 42

1.

append

1.

amulet

1.

abnegate

2.

apprise

2.

aviary

2.

chronic

3.

ardent

3.

burnish

3.

forsake

4.

cloister

4.

circumvent

4.

frugal

5.

constrict

5.

epitome

5.

gravitate

6.

disentangle

6.

evanescent

6.

guise

7.

fanaticism

7.

fester

7.

illicit

8.

feint

8.

itinerant

8.

impregnable

9.

ferment

9.

knoll

9.

incensed

10.

forestalled

10.

magnate

10.

indigent

11.

gnarl

11.

mural

11.

insuperable

12.

hoary

12.

omnipotent

12.

intuitive

13.

infernal

13.

overt

13.

irreverent

14.

jaunty

14.

pinnacle

14.

malfeasant

15.

malefactor

15.

preeminence

15.

malign

16.

matriarchy

16.

prurient

16.

maverick

17.

multifarious

17.

puritanical

17.

plunderer

18.

musty

18.

scale

18.

predator

19.

obstreperous

19.

staid

19.

revelry

20.

precipice

20.

subjective

20.

sanguine

21.

precipitous

21.

summary

21.

taut

22.

progeny

22.

tenure

22.

thwart

23.

replicate

23.

unfathomable

23.

timorous

24.

ruminate

24.

valid

24.

vitriolic

25.

unobtrusive

25.

wily

25.

vulnerable

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Lesson 44

Lesson 45

1.

apogee

1.

abrasive

1.

appreciate

2.

betoken

2.

appease

2.

bigot

3.

cite

3.

bewail

3.

chaff

4.

communal

4.

cleft

4.

clich

5.

coterie

5.

countermand

5.

couple

6.

decelerate

6.

defraud

6.

discretion

7.

despairing

7.

disavowal

7.

emollient

8.

disapprobation

8.

eclipse

8.

fatalistic

9.

extemporaneous

9.

ellipsis

9.

gamely

10.

extrinsic

10.

fussbudget

10.

idiosyncrasy

11.

fallible

11.

idolatry

11.

ignominy

12.

gentility

12.

malicious

12.

indices

13.

implicit

13.

mote

13.

infidel

14.

iniquity

14.

optimum

14.

malinger

15.

intrinsic

15.

personification

15.

motley

16.

kinetic

16.

pertinacity

16.

ossify

17.

moratorium

17.

prate

17.

pestilence

18.

opprobrium

18.

precept

18.

preciosity

19.

puerile

19.

repulse

19.

scurry

20.

pulchritude

20.

scribe

20.

sophomoric

21.

reprise

21.

sophistry

21.

surly

22.

scathing

22.

supplication

22.

transgression

23.

supplant

23.

traducer

23.

vent

24.

topicality

24.

venturesome

24.

verify

25.

waver

25.

waylay

25.

wheedle

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Lesson 47

Lesson 48

1.

accrue

1.

acerbic

1.

abject

2.

bilk

2.

arboreal

2.

aperture

3.

coda

3.

articulate

3.

array

4.

coven

4.

befuddled

4.

bolt

5.

dotard

5.

blunderbuss

5.

codicil

6.

emotive

6.

chortle

6.

crescendo

7.

fission

7.

coddle

7.

endow

8.

floe

8.

credible

8.

flower

9.

garnish

9.

encumber

9.

genial

10.

imbibe

10.

enthralling

10.

germane

11.

incarcerate

11.

flaccid

11.

laggard

12.

malodorous

12.

influx

12.

martial

13.

mottled

13.

marshal

13.

nimble

14.

noisome

14.

perishable

14.

palette

15.

ostensible

15.

prcis

15.

philology

16.

pensive

16.

pyromania

16.

precognition

17.

petty

17.

query

17.

quaint

18.

purveyors

18.

requite

18.

refrain

19.

resourceful

19.

scythe

19.

resurge

20.

scuttle

20.

sphinx

20.

searing

21.

solvent

21.

synchronize

21.

splice

22.

spangle

22.

travesty

22.

syncopation

23.

transmutation

23.

trek

23.

trenchant

24.

versatile

24.

verve

24.

vestiges

25.

whelp

25.

winnow

25.

winsome

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Lesson 49

Lesson 50

Lesson 51

1.

adage

1.

adroit

1.

advocacy

2.

bovine

2.

broach

2.

artful

3.

cognate

3.

commission

3.

askew

4.

corporeal

4.

cupidity

4.

bucolic

5.

cumbersome

5.

disjunction

5.

chaste

6.

deterrent

6.

dynamic

6.

compost

7.

disinterment

7.

ensconce

7.

curmudgeon

8.

fluid

8.

facsimile

8.

disrepute

9.

import

9.

fulsome

9.

foliated

10.

inimical

10.

germinal

10.

hydrophobia

11.

insentient

11.

impoundment

11.

junta

12.

integral

12.

insufferable

12.

latitude

13.

lampoon

13.

largess

13.

malediction

14.

masochist

14.

pall

14.

nadir

15.

palisade

15.

phobia

15.

palpable

16.

phlegmatic

16.

premonition

16.

phoenix

17.

preface

17.

quash

17.

pillage

18.

quake

18.

restitution

18.

prepossessing

19.

reputable

19.

retrenchment

19.

rabid

20.

retraction

20.

sedentary

20.

sedulously

21.

seasoned

21.

stand

21.

stark

22.

stagnant

22.

table

22.

tangible

23.

synthetic

23.

turpitude

23.

unassailable

24.

vicissitude

24.

vignette

24.

vile

25.

wispy

25.

wistful

25.

witticism

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Lesson 52

Lesson 53

Lesson 54

1.

asperity

1.

aggrandizement

1.

attenuate

2.

buffeted

2.

astronomical

2.

calcified

3.

compunction

3.

by-line

3.

concomitant

4.

cutlery

4.

concentration

4.

divination

5.

distant

5.

dashiki

5.

epithet

6.

dowager

6.

diurnal

6.

foremost

7.

entrench

7.

enmesh

7.

goad

8.

glacial

8.

epicure

8.

impute

9.

improvidence

9.

ford

9.

influence

10.

intransigent

10.

impugn

10.

inveterate

11.

leaven

11.

legacy

11.

mellifluous

12.

matriculate

12.

maxim

12.

monastic

13.

methodical

13.

nascent

13.

necromancy

14.

narcissistic

14.

papyrus

14.

onus

15.

panache

15.

pigeonhole

15.

parasite

16.

picayune

16.

prestidigitation

16.

potentate

17.

prescient

17.

rarefy

17.

primeval

18.

rail at

18.

rhapsodize

18.

ravenous

19.

retrospection

19.

seminal

19.

ribald

20.

reverie

20.

stilted

20.

sententious

21.

seethe

21.

swatch

21.

stint

22.

stately

22.

tart

22.

theatrical

23.

unctuous

23.

unflappable

23.

unnerve

24.

vim

24.

visceral

24.

visionary

25.

wooden

25.

yoke

25.

zenith

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Lesson 55

Lesson 56

Lesson 57

1.

alchemist

1.

allay

1.

acumen

2.

amalgam

2.

aura

2.

allegory

3.

august

3.

calipers

3.

autocrat

4.

caldron

4.

congenital

4.

conjecture

5.

conduit

5.

defunct

5.

conspicuous

6.

document

6.

dolt

6.

domicile

7.

forensic

7.

epochal

7.

excoriate

8.

inaugural

8.

foment

8.

gaunt

9.

invidious

9.

formidable

9.

incapacitate

10.

mellow

10.

grievous

10.

iridescence

11.

nettle

11.

inauspicious

11.

licentious

12.

pare

12.

iota

12.

menagerie

13.

placebo

13.

melodeon

13.

nihilist

14.

privation

14.

neuter

14.

pastiche

15.

protuberance

15.

parity

15.

plausible

16.

refractory

16.

plaintive

16.

profundity

17.

reprehensible

17.

proffer

17.

refuge

18.

rife

18.

rile

18.

rivulet

19.

serendipity

19.

serrated

19.

serpentine

20.

solace

20.

superb

20.

stoke

21.

stipend

21.

titter

21.

stooped

22.

teeming

22.

unsung

22.

temperate

23.

unremitting

23.

vanguard

23.

trowel

24.

vitiated

24.

vituperation

24.

unwieldy

25.

zephyr

25.

warp

25.

vivify

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Lesson 58

Lesson 59

Lesson 60

1.

aplomb

1.

ambience

1.

balm

2.

automaton

2.

awry

2.

conservatory

3.

berate

3.

catacomb

3.

demur

4.

cascade

4.

consecrate

4.

demure

5.

celerity

5.

demarcation

5.

expiate

6.

circuitous

6.

diorama

6.

fountainhead

7.

delimits

7.

exhume

7.

furrow

8.

discriminating

8.

failing

8.

hallmark

9.

dormer

9.

forte

9.

inclement

10.

execrable

10.

icon

10.

jaded

11.

forswear

11.

inexorable

11.

juxtapose

12.

grotto

12.

itinerary

12.

loiter

13.

limpid

13.

lineage

13.

mince

14.

meritorious

14.

metaphysical

14.

monolithic

15.

pathogenic

15.

noncombatant

15.

obeisance

16.

plumage

16.

peal

16.

peccadillo

17.

progenitor

17.

phalanx

17.

polemicist

18.

regimen

18.

pneumatic

18.

propound

19.

rotund

19.

propinquity

19.

renege

20.

ruffianism

20.

remit

20.

repast

21.

she[herd

21.

rout

21.

rudiment

22.

stratum

22.

shrill

22.

sieve

23.

tensile

23.

strife

23.

tether

24.

unwitting

24.

upshot

24.

urban

25.

vogue

25.

voluptuous

25.

vouchsafe

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Lesson 61

Lesson 62

Lesson 63

1.

afoot

1.

abode

1.

analogous

2.

anachronism

2.

analgesic

2.

baseness

3.

barb

3.

centrifuge

3.

carnal

4.

censorious

4.

contusion

4.

convalescence

5.

disinclination

5.

dereliction

5.

derivative

6.

droll

6.

dross

6.

dub

7.

extant

7.

extradite

7.

extrapolation

8.

fractious

8.

histrionic

8.

fraught

9.

franchise

9.

incorporeal

9.

hermetic

10.

harbingers

10.

jaundiced

10.

incrustation

11.

inconsequential

11.

lexicon

11.

inextricable

12.

jargon

12.

lustrous

12.

jocose

13.

mettle

13.

oculist

13.

maelstrom

14.

obviates

14.

pejorative

14.

mnemonic

15.

opalescent

15.

pontificate

15.

pendant

16.

peevish

16.

pragmatic

16.

portal

17.

perpetuate

17.

proscribe

17.

proselytizer

18.

polyphony

18.

reparation

18.

saboteur

19.

propriety

19.

ruse

19.

sleeper

20.

renunciation

20.

sinecure

20.

subterranean

21.

repress

21.

soliloquy

21.

superlative

22.

scanty

22.

submissive

22.

tome

23.

simper

23.

threadbare

23.

vacuity

24.

sublimate

24.

tidings

24.

wan

25.

urbane

25.

utter

25.

wanderlust

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Lesson 65

1.

ancillary

1.

a cappella

2.

bedlam

2.

aberration

3.

convocation

3.

anecdote

4.

desist

4.

cherubic

5.

ductile

5.

coquette

6.

exude

6.

cosmetology

7.

fruition

7.

despoil

8.

hidebound

8.

dulcet

9.

inculcate

9.

facile

10.

jubilee

10.

fissure

11.

malady

11.

flaunt

12.

materialize

12.

fugitive

13.

mobile

13.

juncture

14.

omnipresent

14.

malapropism

15.

percipient

15.

metamorphosis

16.

posterity

16.

modicum

17.

protagonist

17.

omniscience

18.

sanctify

18.

perdition

19.

sleuth

19.

postscript

20.

sully

20.

protean

21.

tier

21.

repose

22.

vagabond

22.

slough

23.

venal

23.

sunder

24.

wane

24.

titanic

25.

wary

25.

wanton

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