10 SAT words in other sources

1. Word: Decoy. Source: Song "Decoy" by Paramore

2. Word: Quandary. Source: "We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community." Quote by: Barbara Jordan.

3. Word: Perdition Source: Poem "The road to perdition" by Capitan Cur

4. Word: Affable Source: "I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy." Quote by: Alison Moyet.

5. Word: Languish Source: Song "Languishing" by Mariah Carey

6. Word: Placebo Source: Article "Is the placebo powerless? Update of a systematic review
with 52 new randomized trials comparing placebo with no treatment"

7. Word: Quirk Source: "Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks." Quote by: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

8. Word: Stevedore Source: Poem "The Stevedores" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

9.Word: Atheist Source: News article "More atheists shout it from the rooftop" 

10. Word: Morose Source: “So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays." Quote by: N.H. Kleinbaum