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SAT Hit Parade 2 and 9

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  1. dilatory
    wasting time
  2. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  3. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  4. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  5. sedentary
    requiring sitting or little activity
  6. soporific
    inducing sleep
  7. stupor
    a state of being half-awake
  8. torpor
    a state of motor and mental inactivity
  9. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  10. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  11. farce
    a comedy characterized by broad satire
  12. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  13. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  14. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  15. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  16. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  17. sonorous
    full and loud and deep
  18. squalor
    sordid dirtiness
  19. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  20. specious
    plausible but false
  21. slander
    words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
  22. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
  23. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  24. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  25. pander
    yield to; give satisfaction to
  26. propriety
    correct behavior
  27. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  28. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  29. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  30. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  31. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  32. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  33. inveterate
    habitual
  34. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  35. pervasive
    spreading or spread throughout
  36. impinge
    infringe upon
  37. laconic
    brief and to the point
  38. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  39. obsolete
    no longer in use
  40. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  41. sanction
    official permission or approval
  42. suppressed
    held in check or kept back with difficulty
  43. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  44. truncated
    cut short in duration
  45. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  46. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  47. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  48. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
  49. tenuous
    lacking substance or significance
  50. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  51. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  52. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  53. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  54. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
Created on 二月 6, 2012 (updated 二月 6, 2012)

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