SAT Vocabulary Quiz #9

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ill-tempered and not inclines to talk; gloomy

• obstinate

• perturb

• morose

• respite

• robust

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resistant to guidance or discipline; stubbornly persistent

• omate

• obstinate

• placid

• profusion

• smattering

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marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

• ornate

• hodgepodge

• malleable

• respite

• stolid

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disturb in mind or cause to be worried or alarmed

• placid

• profusion

• proponent

• perturb

• profuse

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not easily irritated

• placid

• plastic

• pugnacious

• monrose

• ornate

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the property of being extremely abundant

• lethargic

• smattering

• robust

• respite

• profusion

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a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

• proponent

• tarnish

• placid

• perturb

• tawdry

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a pause from doing something (as work)

• ornate

• smattering

• retaliate

• respite

• morose

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sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

• placid

• ratatouille

• robust

• urbane

• respite

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a slight or superficial understanding of a subject; a small amount of something

• smothering

• taxing

• obstinate

• morose

• smattering