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SAT vocab lesson w-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stagnant | inactive; not moving |
| patent | obvious; evident |
| sardonic | bitterly sneering; mocking |
| repugnance | distasteful; offensive |
| prim | overly proper; prudish |
| accolade | an award or honor |
| redress | to set right |
| haggard | appearing tired or thin |
| expound | to explain in detail |
| solace | comfort in a time of distress |
| constrict | to make smaller or narrower |
| dearth | scarcity or lack |
| deplete | to gradually use up |
| diminutive | small; tiny |
| infinitesimal | exceedingly small |
| iota | a very small quantity |
| meager | lacking in quantity or vigor |
| morsel | a small piece, esp. of food |
| scanty | inadequate; minimal |
| scintilla | a small amount |
| omnibus | including or dealing with many items at once |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| omnivorous | able to eat any kind of food |
| panacea | a cure-all or an all-purpose solution |
| pandemic | general, widespread, often of disease |
| pandemonium | a situation of great confusion, esp. because of fear or anger |
| panegyric | elaborate praise, esp. in a formal, public setting |
| panorama | a broad view; comprehensive survey |
| pantheon | all the gods of a people; a group highly respected in a field |
| carrion | dead and decaying flesh |
| den | a shelter or cave, esp. by wild animals |
| dromedary | the single-humped camel of Arabia and Northern Africa |
| equine | characteristic of a horse |
| gosling | young goose |
| lupine | like a wolf; ravenous |
| tusk | a long, protruding tooth, as from an elephant |
| veal | the meat of a calf |
| venison | deer meat |
| vulpine | like a fox; cunning |
| adjourn | to suspend until a later, stated time |
| ardor | passionate intensity of feeling |
| arduous | very hard; laborious |
| bastion | a well-fortified place; a source of protection |
| blight | a plant disease; something that impairs growth, progress, or prosperity |
| categorical | absolute; without any condition |
| combustible | capable of catching fire |
| compel | to cause to occur by pressure; to force |
| corporeal | relating to the body; of a material nature |
| crescendo | a sudden increase, esp. in volume in music |
| dastardly | cowardly and malicious |
| dialect | a variety of language, esp. regional |
| dismantle | to take apart |
| dissociate | to break ties |
| domain | a territory or range of rule or control |
| encroach | to infringe; to intrude |
| enfranchise | to free from slavery; to give the right to vote to |
| extracurricular | not part of the regular course of school |
| facet | any of a number of sides or aspects |
| figurative | based on a figure of speech; not literal |
| forswear | to give up or renounce under oath |
| forte | something at which a person excels |
| heyday | a time of success or popularity |
| hone | to sharpen; make more effective |
| horticulture | science of gardening and planting |
| illicit | unlawful; improper |
| imbecile | a stupid or silly person |
| immerse | to cover completely in a liquid; to engage wholly |
| impoverished | without money; deprived of natural resources |
| ken | understanding |
| lank | long and slender |
| lexicon | a dictionary |
| licentious | not moral; lawless |
| obscurant | one who opposes intellectual advancement or political reform |
| pall | to lose attractiveness |
| pestilence | a usually fatal epidemic disease |
| preliminary | coming before the main event |
| protrude | to thrust forward or out |
| purge | to purify by eliminating unwanted material |
| purloin | to steal, often in violation of a trust |
| rabble | a noisy crowd |
| ramble | to walk or speak aimlessly |
| reconnoiter | to make a preliminary inspection of |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| renegade | someone who rejects something for something else |
| reprobate | a person who lacks morals |
| resilient | able to recover quickly |
| retrench | to reduce |
| rife | prevalent, abundant |
| rural | relating to the country or farming |
| salvo | a simultaneous discharge or release, as of weapons |
| shiftless | lazy |
| sojourn | a brief visit |
| somber | dark and gloomy or dull |
| speculate | to think about the various aspects of a subject, esp. so as to make a prediction |
| stimulate | to rouse or excite to action or increased action |
| tempest | a violent storm |
| tycoon | a wealthy and powerful businessman |
| unilateral | one-sided; unequal |
| volition | a conscious choice or decision |
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