SAT Essay Vocabulary

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 Group 2 - Spelling Practices
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Read [Esc] (1)
call upon; ask for; request earnestly


Spelling Word: invoke
Read [Esc] (2)
one who takes advantage of any chance to achieve an end, with no regard for principles or consequences


Spelling Word: opportunist
Read [Esc] (3)
one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality


Spelling Word: paradigm
Read [Esc] (4)
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious


Spelling Word: polemical
Read [Esc] (5)
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous


Spelling Word: prodigious
Read [Esc] (6)
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual


Spelling Word: prosaic
Read [Esc] (7)
destroy completely; scrape or shave off


Spelling Word: raze
Read [Esc] (8)
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function


Spelling Word: subservient
Read [Esc] (9)
person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man


Spelling Word: toady
Read [Esc] (10)
advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off


Spelling Word: tout