SAT vocab words 261-280

Question 1

luxurious

Answer 1

opulent

Question 2

to change into bone; to become rigid, inflexible

Answer 2

ossify

Question 3

banishment or exclusion by consensus

Answer 3

ostracism

Question 4

to relieve or moderate the intensity of

Answer 4

palliate

Question 5

small, trivial, meager, insignificant

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paltry

Question 6

a seemingly contradictory statement that is nonetheless true

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paradox

Question 7

holding a narrow, restricted point of view - often selfish or prejudiced

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parochial

Question 8

a work that imitates for comic effect or ridicule

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parody

Question 9

obvious

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patent

Question 10

person of noble birth; an aristocrat

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patrician

Question 11

plain, boring, banal

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pedestrian

Question 12

perversely stubborn; characterized by ill temper or moodiness

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peevish

Question 13

having a negative connotation; disparaging, belittling

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perjorative

Question 14

deadly, noxious; highly destructive

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pernicous

Question 15

unyielding; stubbornly holding to some belief

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pertinacious

Question 16

to examine with great detail, read through something very carefully

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peruse

Question 17

to spread throughout

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pervade

Question 18

smug and ignorant with animosity toward art and culture

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philistine

Question 19

of little value or importance; petty, small-minded piety

Answer 19

picayune

Question 20

to arouse anger or resentment, irritate, provoke

Answer 20

pique