Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
English_Vocab_1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acquisitive | able to get/retain ideas or info; concerned with acquiring wealth/property |
| belabor | to work excessively; to overwork |
| insatiable | so great cannot be satisfied |
| eschew | to avoid, shun,or forgo |
| invidious | offensive, hateful,or malicious |
| germane | relevant |
| substantiate | to be able to prove or verify |
| reconnaissance | scouting expedition |
| arrogate | to claim without right |
| taciturn | habitually silent, reserved, or uncommunicative |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking foresight |
| overt | open; expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval |
| propriety | appropriate to what is sociably acceptable |
| sacrilege | violation of something sacred |
| summarily | without delay |
| suppliant | asking humbly |
| talisman | an amulet that has scared powers |
| undulate | to move in a wave like manner |
| accost | to confront in an aggressive way |
| animadversion | comment showing strong disapproval or critism |
| avid | intensely eager |
| brackish | salty taste |
| celerity | swiftness or rapidity of motion |
| gambit | a move that involves sacrifice in order to gain a later advantage |
| halcyon | legendary bird |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques |
| incendiary | tending to stir up rebellion |
| maelstrom | whirlpool of great size and violence |
| articulate | to express clearly |
| cavort | to romp or prance around |
| credence | belief or mental acceptance |
| decry | to express strong disapproval of |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal |
| distraught | very agitated as a result of an emotional or mental conflict |
| eulogy | a formal statement of high praise |
| evince | to display clearly |
| exhume | to remove from the grave or bring to the light |
| feckless | lacking in spirit, strength, or desire |
| murky | lacking in clarity |
| nefarious | wicked |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind |
| primordial | old |
| propinquity | nearness in time or place |
| unwonted | not usual or expected |
| utopian | ideal world |
| verbiage | language that is too wordy |
| verdan | green in tint or color |
| viscous | gummy or gluey |
Created by:
CitrusJerk
Popular SAT sets