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SAT Vocabulary

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Vocabulary
Definition
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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