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Eng2 SATvocab Ch 1-5
For Mrs. Rooks English 2 Pre-AP class. Ch 1-5 in the SAT Vocab book
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| factious | causing disagreement |
| ignoble | dishonorable; shameful |
| boor | a rude or impolite person |
| aegis | a shield; protection |
| perspicacity | keenness of judgment |
| fervent | eager |
| rectify | to correct; to make right |
| enervate | to weaken |
| besiege | to overwhelm |
| ephemeral | lasting a brief time |
| altruism | carrion |
| erotic | pertaining to sexual love |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| opulent | rich; wealthy |
| impotent | powerless |
| antithesis | exact opposite |
| maelstrom | whirlpool or an agitated state of mind |
| emendation | a correction |
| chagrin | embarrassment |
| bauble | a showy but useless thing |
| diaphanous | very sheer and light |
| labyrinth | a maze; a complicated network of winding passages |
| gloat | to brag; to look at or think about with great satisfaction |
| impediment | a barrier |
| bestial | savage; brutal |
| effete | worn out |
| shard | a fragment |
| bland | dull; tasteless |
| nihilism | a rejection of laws |
| pedestrian | ordinary and dull |
| bona fide | in good faith |
| adventitious | accidental |
| fecund | fertile |
| deviate | to stray; to turn aside from a course |
| obfuscate | to confuse; bewilder |
| impale | to pierce with a sharp stake through the body |
| extenuate | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| parochial | narrow; limited (sometimes referred to a point of view) |
| glower | to glare; to stare at angrily |
| edify | to improve someone morally |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| cataclysm | a violent change |
| optimum | best; most favorable |
| importune | to beg; to ask persistently |
| celibate | abstaining from intercourse |
| fortuitous | happening by chance or accident |
| recapitulate | to summarize |
| perfunctory | done with care |
| baroque | overly decorated |
| hedonism | pursuit of pleasure |
| obloquy | strong disapproval |
| debacle | a complete failure |
| quasi | resembling; seeming |
| besmirch | to stain; to make dirty |
| imperative | extremely necessary |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
| demeanor | behavior |
| facetious | comical |
| fop | a fashionable man |
| imprecation | a course |
| non sequitur | something that does not logically follow |
| sanguine | cheerful; optimistic |
| bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. |
| impair | to weaken; cause to become worse |
| panegyric | an expression of praise |
| quandary | a puzzling situation; a dilemma |
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| deference | respect; consideration |
| carnal | relating to physical appetite, especially sexual |
| nebulous | hazy; vague; uncertain |
| rakish | carefree; dashing; jaunty |
| elegy | a sad or mournful poem |
| pedantic | tending to show off one's learning |
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