<p>affluent-abundant</p>
<p>This post contains affluent SAT vocabs.</p>
<p>effluent</p>
<p>effluent- waste</p>
<p>The river contained effluent, making it unpleasant to look at.</p>
<p>paradigm</p>
<p>Paradigm- archetype</p>
<p>Serendipity</p>
<p>Serendipity- Lucky</p>
<p>I had a taste of serendipity when I won the lottery.</p>
<p>Cantankerous</p>
<p>Cantankerous - Contentious</p>
<p>The cantankerous consumer vituperated customer service, demanding a refund.</p>
<p>Petroliferous</p>
<p>Petroliferous- resourceful</p>
<p>The rock was very petroliferous, containing petroleum. </p>
<p>Vindicate</p>
<p>Vindicate-Justify, Defend</p>
<p>The innocent defendant was vindicated by the wise words of his lawyer.</p>
<p>Remuneration</p>
<p>Remuneration- Pay</p>
<p>I received remuneration for my tutoring service.</p>
<p>Antediluvian</p>
<p>Antediluvian-ancient (literally, “before the flood”)</p>
<p>The student’s antediluvian biology textbook was hardly a useful thing to study from, as it did not even include information on ecology.</p>
<p>Juggernaut</p>
<p>Juggernaut- Force</p>
<p>The tornado was a juggernaut among the small town. </p>
<p>Chimerical</p>
<p>Chimerical- created by imagination
Maudlin</p>
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<p>Maudlin-sentimental</p>
<p>Parents are particularly maudlin at graduation ceremonies, when they realize that their sons and daughters are about to go off on their own.</p>
<p>Unctuous</p>
<p>Unctuous- oily</p>
<p>The unctuous man tried to cheat me out of my jewelry by flattering me.</p>
<p>complaisant</p>
<p>complaisant - willing to please others</p>
<p>Faced with the prospect of having friends for the first time in her life, the girl was extremely complaisant.</p>
<p>diaphanous</p>
<p>Diaphanous- thin, see-through</p>
<p>Back in her grandma’s day, the diaphanous bikini would have been scandalous.</p>
<p>Zweitgeist (feel free to correct my German)</p>
<p>(it’s actually an English word)</p>
<p>Oh, and remember to identify the connotations of the word; I spotted some definitions that were a little iffy.</p>
<p>“Forgot how to have fun while doing the Gifted IB.”</p>
<p>If you mean zeitgeist, then:</p>
<p>Zeitgeist - the trend or tendencies of an epoch or era and its influences</p>
<p>The gathering at Times Square for New Year’s reflects the 21st century’s zeitgeist of ‘togetherness’. (I tried.)</p>
<p>Seraglios</p>
<p>Seraglio- A Muslim woman’s apartment </p>
<p>When I visited the Middle East, I stayed in a seraglio. </p>
<p>Intransigent</p>
<p>intransigent- (adj.) uncompromising, stubborn, unyielding </p>
<p>The intransigent girl refused to compromise with us on the group project because both parties believed in opposing methods.</p>
<p>sanguine</p>
<p>Sanguine- optimistic</p>
<p>The sanguine guidance counselor happily told all students they would get into Ivy league schools.</p>
<p>Bovine</p>
<p>bovine- stupid,dumb</p>
<p>My bovine blond friend started her new day by shouting " I want to pee"</p>
<p>-lachrymose</p>