In case you didn't copy all of this during our quick review:
SAT VOCABULARY LIST #1
1. ALIENATE to turn away feelings or affections
2. ELATED in high spirits; exultantly proud and joyful
3. EPIGRAM a witty saying expressing a single thought
4. FATALISTIC believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate
5. LACKADAISICAL uninterested, listless
6. LICENTIOUS morally unrestrained
7. NUMISMATIST a coin collector
8. OBTRUDE to force oneself into a situation uninvited
9. PAUCITY a scarcity, lack
10. PENSIVE dreamily thoughtful
11. AMALGAMATE to combine
12. ANTIQUATED no longer used or useful; very old
13. BELEAGUER to besiege by encircling (as with an army)
14. CARICATURE an exaggerated portrayal of one’s facial features
15. DALLY to waste time; to dawdle
16. DEMENTED mentally ill; insane
17. FELONIOUS pertaining to or constituting a major crime
18. GORGE to eat or swallow greedily
19. HONE to sharpen; to make sharp
20. OPIATE a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain
What is that old saying about the gift horse?
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