<p>Lets all choose 10 words which we think will be on the June SAT vocab question. The person who gets the most correct wins. I'll start:</p>
<ol>
<li>venal</li>
<li>innocuous </li>
<li>chicanery </li>
<li>iconoclast</li>
<li>ascetic</li>
<li>censure</li>
<li>inscrutable (means mysterious)</li>
<li>punctilious</li>
<li>mettle</li>
<li>flout (not flaunt)</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>polemic</li>
<li>quail (verb)</li>
<li>tepid</li>
<li>tenuous</li>
<li>tepid</li>
<li>assail</li>
<li>pugnacious</li>
<li>pragmatic</li>
<li>ostensible</li>
<li>doggedly</li>
</ol>
<p>Mind giving the definitions alongside them so some of us can study from this :)</p>
<p>tepid means medium, right? not hot or cold.</p>
<ol>
<li>loquacious </li>
<li>salacious</li>
<li>capricious</li>
<li>bombastic</li>
<li>banal</li>
<li>placid</li>
<li>ostentatious</li>
<li>obsequious</li>
<li>equivocal </li>
<li> inauspicious</li>
</ol>
<p>Usually one word from the:</p>
<p>fickle, mercurial, capricious, mutable - group always shows up</p>
<p>also, what do you mean by quail as a verb? Could you use it in a sentence please?</p>
<p>Greedisgood quailed at the possibility of failing the June test.</p>
<p>quailed ~ past participle, past tense of quail
Verb: Feel or show fear or apprehension.</p>
<p>what do i get if i win?</p>
<p>Acceptance letter to harvard you didn’t know?</p>
<p>Bump this thread is more important than anything else</p>
<p>If you guys need to define a lot of words quickly, I recommend using simplevocab.com
it saves a lot of time</p>
<p>I think this thread would be much more helpful if everyone defines the words that they include</p>
<p>My 10</p>
<p>Indictment - Harsh criticism
Holistic - Concerned with the whole
Censure - Criticism
Anthropology - The study of human cultures and traditions
Vacuity - Empty space
Opulent - Luxurious
Propensity - Tendency
Intermittent - Sporadic
Console - Comfort
Blowhard - Egotist</p>
<p>I also defined the other words on this thread, so here they are</p>
<p>Venal - Dishonest, mercenary, corrupt
Innocuous - Harmless
Chicanery - Trickery
Iconoclast - Critic, dissenter
Ascetic - A self-denying person or a monk
Censure - Criticism
Inscrutable - Mysterious, unfathomable
Punctilious - Precise, particular
Mettle - Courage
Flout - Defy
Polemic - Argument (n) or argumentative (adj)
Quail - Recoil, cower
Tepid - Indifferent
Tenuous - Shaky, fragile
Assail - To attack
Pugnacious - Aggressive
Pragmatic - Practical
Ostensible - Alleged, supposed
Doggedly - Determinedly, stubbornly
Loquacious - Talkative
Salacious - Lustful, lewd
Capricious - Impulsive
Bombastic - Grandiose, pretentious
Banal - Lacking originality
Placid - Calm
Ostentatious - Pretentious, showy
Obsequious - Submissive, deferential
Equivocal - Uncertain
Inauspicious - Ominous</p>
<p>Deleterious - harmful
Didactic - instructive
pugnacious- quarrelsome
ostracized- expelled
equanimity- composure
laudable- praiseworthy
adroit- skillful
solicitous- concerned
juxtapose- put side by side
odious- detestable
spurious- false
capricious- unpredictable</p>
<p>are those the direct hits vocab words? ^^</p>
<p>does any one here use Direct hits? No doubt my vocab has increased by a ton, but it doesn’t seem to raise my CR score. Last time I got 5 wrong (on the real SAT), and on the practices I get 5ish wrong as well haha</p>
<p>Not using Direct hits. A few I remember from past SATs.</p>
<p>Capitulate- To surrender
Burgeon- To expand
Evocation- An imaginative recreation
Ubiquitous- Prevalent
Indigenous/Endemic- Native
Ingenious- Clever
Inexorable- Unstoppable
Propitiate- Appease
Cavalier- Arrogant
Profligate- wasteful
Prolific- Productive</p>
<p>ingenuous- gullible</p>