Compiled by Arvelys Torrellas
Words frequently found on the SAT:
1. assuage (v.) — to pacify; to satisfy; to lessen.
2. audacious (adj.) — rash; quick, fast; bold.
3. bellicose (adj.) — war-like; belligerent.
4. feral (adj.) — wild, savage.
5. insidious (adj.) — alluring but dangerous; treacherous.
6. perfidy (n.) — disloyalty or treachery.
7. pernicious (adj.) — very destructive, deadly; fatal.
8. placate (v.) — calm; pacify.
9. pugnacious (adj.) — inclined to fight; quarrelsome; bellicose.
10. sanguine (adj.) — confident; cheerful, optimistic; blood red.
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