Here's the vocabulary we had to look up in my English class. My teacher said that these are also good SATŪ words, so check it out.

1. ponderous: very heavy; dull
2. edifice: large building
3. inauspicious: unfavorable; unlucky
4. physiognomies: face; external features
5. indubitably: unquestionably
6. venerable: worthy of respect or reverence
7. ignominious: shameful
8. cloister: monastery; convent
9. visage: face; aspect
10. manifest: clearly evident
11. sagacity: intellegence
12. eminent: conspicuous; lofty; prominent
13. mien: demeanor; aspect; appearance; bearing
14. pervaded: pass through; permeate
15. amenable: open to suggestions
16. efficacy: effectual
17. lurid: sensatonal; shining with an unusual glare
18. repugnance: offensive
19. exhortation: arouse; appeal strongly
20. cabalistic: clique united for intrigue; plot
21. eldritch: strange or unearthly
22. expatiating: speaking or writing at length
23. behest: an athoritative command
24. imbibes: drink; absorb
25. adduced: to cite as an example or means of proof
26. averred: stated to be true; affirmed
27. appellation*: name; title
28. vindicate: clear of suspicion
29. exemplary: commendable
30. emaciated: wasted away phyisicaly
31. despondent: become disheartened
32. inopportune: inappropriate; ill timed
33. emissary: an agent sent on a mission
34. mollified: to soften
35. vicissitude: changes or variations occuring irregularly in the course of something
36. irrefragible: that cannot be refuted
37. obeisance: a gesture of respect or reverence
38. plebeian: on of the common people
39. effervescence: bubbling up; foaming
40. depredations: plunderings; robberies
41. probity: complete honesty
42. Necromancy: the art claiming to fortell the future by alleged communication with the dead
43. indefatigable: tireless

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