SAT Vocabulary — Group 5

Showing intense and passionate feeling or enthusiasm.

Conspicuously and shockingly obvious, especially in doing something wrong.

Happening by lucky chance rather than by design or planning.

Lacking seriousness or importance, often concerned with trivial pleasure instead.

Careful and economical in spending money or using resources.

Talking excessively, especially about unimportant or trivial things.

Warm, friendly, and cheerful in manner.

Fond of company; sociable and enjoying the presence of others.

Easily fooled or tricked because of being too trusting.

So overused that it has lost all originality and impact; clichéd.

Peculiar to a specific individual, reflecting a personal quirk rather than any general pattern.

Not favoring one side over another, treating every party with equal fairness.

Acting on sudden impulse with little thought for what might happen next.

Impossible to calm down or satisfy; relentlessly unforgiving.

Done on the spur of the moment, without any advance planning or rehearsal.

Continuing on and on without any pause, often to an irritating degree.

To stir people up until they take some strong or unruly action.

So set in a bad habit that no amount of correction or punishment seems to fix it.

Angry because something feels unjust or beneath one's dignity.

Habitually lazy; inclined to avoid effort or activity.

Lacking basic skill at a task, so clumsy that the results are obviously poor.

Present in a person from birth rather than learned later through practice.

Harmless; unlikely to cause offense or damage.

Causing harm gradually and quietly, so that the damage isn't noticed until it's already serious.

Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior toward someone owed respect.