<p>The antediluvian Terra Cotta Warriors were buried more than 2000 years ago.</p>
<p>limpid</p>
<p>His limpid prose in the SAT essay granted him a 800 on the Writing portion</p>
<p>Consternation</p>
<p>Americans are put into a state of consternation by the actions of the government.</p>
<p>prevaricate</p>
<p>Don't prevaricate me. I dont get easily fooled.</p>
<p>recondite</p>
<p>The SAT critical reading passages are so recondite that I managed only a 200 on the CR.</p>
<p>Lugubrious</p>
<p>The mans words were seemingly potent, but his choice of words made his speech recondite. Therefore i decided to kick him in the face.</p>
<p>Sermonize</p>
<p>Edit: I hate you.</p>
<p>The boys lugubrious demeanor brought tears to my eyes, so i kicked him in the face and told him to lighten up.</p>
<p>^LOL. Don't be hatin', man.</p>
<p>Quix decided to sermonize me about morals, but I told him that morals had no place in a cruel world where the only fair thing was fair, unbiased chance; I therefore flipped a coin, decided that the coin toss didn't matter, and kicked him in the face anyway.</p>
<p>Reprehensible</p>
<p>Some people's questionable responses are not reprehensible in the least as they often are too mentally unable to decipher their own words.</p>
<p>propitiate</p>
<p>The Mayans propitiated their gods with human sacrifice</p>
<p>Extirpate</p>
<p>The surgeon extirpated my swelling appendix before it burst.</p>
<p>lethargic</p>
<p>A glass of beer can make me lethargic: I will not feel like doing anything. </p>
<p>** hypochondriac **</p>
<p>People who have OCD are often described as hypochondriacs</p>
<p>Pervasive</p>
<p>In 2003, SARS was very pervasive in China, causing thousands of death.</p>
<p>gainsay</p>
<p>There's no point in gainsaying it. Everyone knows you've stolen the pie, Tom.</p>
<p>parochial</p>
<p>Mccains plan on battling rising oil prices is parochial, focusing only on drilling for more oil and not allocating funds to create alternative energy sources. </p>
<p>finagled</p>
<p>My friend finagled his way through AP english; using sparknotes all the time.</p>
<p>equivocal</p>
<p>Sometimes the questions in the CR section are equivocal and ambiguous.</p>
<p>pillory</p>
<p>Jack was pilloried by his friends last night; They hung him upside down naked on a lamp post.</p>
<p>cacophony</p>
<p>A cacophony of honking car horns can be heard during rush hour on a busy New York street.</p>
<p>Colloquial</p>
<p>This author usually uses colloquial language to depict the workers in his realistic novels. </p>
<p>vacillate</p>