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.
cliché
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.
précis
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 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 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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