SAT Vocabulary
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| Dubious | Uncertain,skeptical,doubtful,questionable
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| Singular | Unique,special,remarkable,exceptional
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| Sanctimonious | Phony holy,exaggerated religious feeling,hypocritical devotion or piousness
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| Preempt | Supercede,to replace by prior arrangement
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| Frensetic | frantic of frenzied,it describe how one acts when both desperately rushed and disorganized.
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| Immutable | unchangeable,permenent,steadfast
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| Affinity | a natural attraction or proclivty,a sense of kinship with something or someone,a strong sense of liking
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| Transient | on the move,just passing through,not saying long
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| Vindictive | to be spiteful,vengeful,malicious,wanting to take revenge
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| Exigent | means urgent,pressing,requiring immediate action.
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| Facile | easily done,glib,lacking depth.
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| Precedent | is a something that comes before something else and serves as example of or justification for it
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| Precedent | is a something that comes before something else and serves as example of or justification for it
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| concord | harmony,agreement,a peaceful similarity of attitude
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| Wilful | headstrong,stubborn determined to have one's own way.
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| precipiate | bring about, to set off,to cause to happen.
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| Fauna | refers to animal
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| Rigorous | exacting,strict,harsh, demanding of precision
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| Illicit | forbidden,illegal,improper,taboo
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| reprove | to critcize or correct
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| Capitulate | to surrender,cave in to pressure,to collapse.
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| Robust | strong,hardy,vigorous.
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| Coalesce | merge,to fuse,to blend together,to combine.
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| Superficial | to be shallow,concerned with only the obvious,not deep or probing
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| scrutinize | examine carefully,to study in detail
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| aptitude | a natural ability,a talent,an inclination towards something hat has not yet been mastered.
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| Obfuscate | to make unclear,to darken or confuse,to muddle.
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| Mundane | ordinary,routine,commonplace,not special, of this world, not heaven;earthly.
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| Harbinger | forerunner,something that precedes something else and let's us know it is coming.
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| Circumspect | cautious,guarded,vigilant.
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| Approbation | praise,approval,admiration.
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| Static | not moving,stationary,lacking movement or growth.
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| Anarchy | lawlessness,the absence of government or authority;a state of chaos.
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| Colloquial | informal,conversational,common
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| Hermetic | airtight or tightly sealed, unaffected by anything outside itself.
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| Expedite | to facilitate,to help along,to speed the progress of,to make easier.
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| Impervious | unable to be penetrated,and thus protected from being influenced or touched by an outside force
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| Apartheid | rigid policy of racial segregation.
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| edify | to uplift,to benefit or instruct, especially morally.
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| Fetter | to restrain, to shackle
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| Connoisseur | someone who has refined taste in given area,someone whose experience with something has made him or her an expert
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| Compelling | forceful,having a powerful pull
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| Paradox | self-contradiction
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| Despot | a tyrant,a king or dictator with absolute power who uses it oppressively.
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| Erudite | scholarly,extremely learned,intellectual
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| Deprecate | to deplore,to express strong disapproval of
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| Vocation | calling,a profession or business that one has a strong inclination toward
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| Auspicious | promising,boding well,heartening,encouraging
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| Languish | to experience prolonged inactivity in a way that weakness or depresses
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| Credulous | gullible,eager to believe
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| Decorous | proper,dignified,in good taste,well-behave,not offensive
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| Consumate | extremely skillful,complete,perfect
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| Categorical | unconditional,absolute,without exception
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| Malaise | is a sense of lethargy and unease,a feeling of being run down,a feeling of being depressed
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| Awry | off course,not right
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| Platitude | trite,overused saying,a cliche usually offered as advice or wisdom
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| Destitute | extremely poor,improverished,lacking in what is required for basic sustenance
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| Extrovert | an outgoing,gregarious person
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| Ephemeral | short lived,fleeting
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| Callow | immatue,unsophisticated due to youthfulness,inexperienced
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| Malleable | easy to shape or mold
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| Legacy | something inherited or passed down
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| Discriminate | to make a destinction
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| Monolithic | express the idea of massiveness and the idea of being all of one piece
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| Abject | hopeless,wrecked,miserable
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| Vitriolic | caustic,full of bitterness,extremely nasty
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| Beset | to be besieged,surrounded on all side s,attacked by
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| renounce | to give it up,to deny or forsake it
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| matriculate | enroll,especially in a college or university
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| Contiguous | festive,friendly,good natured,jovial
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| Venerate | to honor,to treat with respect,to treat with reverence,as though sacred
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| Contiguous | adjoining,touching
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| Arbitrary | unfair,determined by impulse or individual will,having no particular rhyme or reason
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| Pristine | pure,unspoiled,uncorrupted,immaculately clean
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| Succinct | concise,short,and to the point,brief
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| Farcical | absurd,ridiculous,having the characteristics of a farce
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| Nepotism | the practice of showing favoritism to relatives or close friends in business or politics
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| Cogent | persuasive,convincing,pertinent
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| Rustic | rural,countrified,lacking the comforts or the sophistication of a city
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| Doctrinaire | to be dogmatic,to espouse a theory,doctrine,or belief system whether or not it is practical,to be inflexible
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| Vitiate | to pollute,to spoil,to impair,corrupt,or prevent
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| Uniform | consistent,standard,without variation
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| Coherent | is to be undestandable,to make sense
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| Transgress | to violate a law,to offend,to sin
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| Stagnation | to lack of movement that also implies staleness,a lack of progress or growth
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| Onerous | burdensome,oppressive,distasteful
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| Covert | secret,hidden,concealed,disguised
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| Adulation | excessive praise,adoration,hero worship
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| Discern | to distinguish,to differentiate from something else,to perceive
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| Genteel | refined,polite,aristiocratic,well bred,cultivated
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| Demagogue | a rabble-rouser,a leader who tires to stir up others by playing
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