SAT Set #15 Vocabulary Flashcard – Extracted Questions

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Grandiloquence

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The use of pompous or extravagant language, often to impress others, but lacking in real substance.

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Nominal

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Existing in name only; very small or insignificant in amount.

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Obsolete

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No longer in use; out of date or no longer relevant.

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Quotidian

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Relating to everyday life; daily.

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Fatuous

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Silly and pointless; lacking intelligence.

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Maverick

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An independent-minded person who does not conform to the norms.

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Laudatory

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Expressing praise or commendation.

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Paradigm

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A typical example or pattern of something; a model.

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Immutable

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Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

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Substance

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The essential nature or most important part of something.