The SAT word game

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<p>As of now, the first 24 words, in numbered order, are:</p>

<ol>
<li> Neophyte - novice</li>
<li> Somnolent - sleepy</li>
<li> Predilection - preference</li>
<li> Sycophantic - obsessive follower</li>
<li> Flibbertigibbet - scatterbrained</li>
<li> Convivial - social, fond of food and drink</li>
<li> Sesquipedalophobia - disliking polysyllabic words</li>
<li> Grandiloquent - lofty, extravagant</li>
<li> Plebian - vulgar; common</li>
<li>Paraskavedekatriaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th</li>
<li>Ossify - to turn to bone</li>
<li>Schadenfreude - joy obtained from the misery of others</li>
<li>Prelect - to lecture or discourse publicly on</li>
<li>Syzygy - the linear alignment of three celestial bodies</li>
<li>Bacchanal - drunken parties</li>
<li>Staunch - vociferously supportive of something</li>
<li>Pulchritude - beauty</li>
<li>Derelict - run-down</li>
<li>Hackneyed - trite, rehashed</li>
<li>Ecumenical - cooperative/worldly in nature, particularly in regards to religions</li>
<li>Debacle - fiasco; mess</li>
<li>Solipsism - the belief that the only verifiable truth is one?s self</li>
<li>Supercilious - patronizing</li>
</ol>

<p>And the word that is currently the open challenge is:
24. Sententious</p>

<p>For those who don't know the game yet:</p>

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<p>You can use a dictionary to help you, but try to write things in your own words. </p>

<p>NUMBER your word (for example, the next word after 'sententious' will be #25) so we can compile lists of all the words. I'll try to list every 50 words from now on.</p>

<p>Have fun! The current word is:</p>

<ol>
<li>Sententious</li>
</ol>

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<p>ecumenical - seeking worldwide Christian unity</p>

<p>undulate</p>

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<p>Undulate - moving in a wake-like motion</p>

<p>The sine and cosine curves undulate.</p>

<p>Nexus</p>

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<p>Nexus: link, connection</p>

<p>Anthropologists believe that the The Bering Land Bridge served as a nexus between Asia and the New World, allowing for the migration of Asiatic people into what is now Alaska.</p>

<ol>
<li>Charlatan</li>
</ol>

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<p>charlatan - false expert</p>

<p>unequivocal</p>

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<p>ksharp - one of the best counter-strike player in the world</p>

<p>just use ksharp</p>

<p>team3D</p>

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<p>Unequivocal - clear, unmistakable, unquestionable</p>

<p>Example sentence:</p>

<p>A multilingual ambidextrous polymath who could write a letter in Greek with one hand while writing in Latin with the other, 20th U.S President James A. Garfield was an unequivocal genius; he even wrote an original proof for the Pythagorean Theorem. </p>

<ol>
<li>Primogeniture</li>
</ol>

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<p>Primogeniture - oldest son inherits everything</p>

<p>In the olden times, primogeniture was very common.</p>

<p>Diffident</p>

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<p>Diffident - shy, reserved</p>

<p>The diffident student rarely asked questions in his math class and seldom responded when called upon.</p>

<p>Allay</p>

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<p>Allay - to ease or calm</p>

<p>Her teacher's assurances that she was smart enough to get into Harvard did little to allay her anxiety.</p>

<p>iconoclastic</p>

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<p>iconoclastic - challenging tradition</p>

<p>Being a totally iconoclastic person, he refuses to conform with society.</p>

<ol>
<li>foreboding</li>
</ol>

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<p>Foreboding - showing evidence that something bad is going to happen</p>

<p>After spending a month planning her picnic, she looked with dread at the foreboding dark clouds.</p>

<ol>
<li>reprobate</li>
</ol>

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<p>Reprobate = to condemn strongly, criticize</p>

<p>High schoolers across the U.S reprobate the College Board for their recent misscoring of the SAT.</p>

<ol>
<li>importunate</li>
</ol>

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<p>Importunate - asking for something urgently</p>

<p>She quickly brought the importunate customer what he wanted so he would stop being irate.</p>

<ol>
<li>compendious</li>
</ol>

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<p>compendious - summary</p>

<p>The teacher published a compendious book that contained a short summaries of 20th century's most famous books</p>

<p>Guile</p>

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<p>guile - deceit?</p>

<p>His guile led her to be conned out of five thousand dollars... (??)</p>

<p>capricious</p>

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<p>Capricious - fickle, acting on whim</p>

<p>Her capricious bio teacher assigned a huge mid-term after having no tests for the entire year.</p>

<ol>
<li>elephantine</li>
</ol>

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<p>capricious - whimsical, subject to impulse</p>

<p>The capricious choice of the teacher to give bad grades to everyone involved in the recent misunderstanding met harsh criticism.
vindictive</p>

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<p>elephantine - huge (size)</p>

<p>The elephantine student was ridiculed mercilessly.</p>

<p>defenestrate</p>

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<p>defenestrate - to throw someone out of the window</p>

<p>The teacher wanted to defenestrate the rude student in her class.</p>

<p>Jocund</p>