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SAT easy vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ardant | passionate |
| rudimentary | basic, incomplete |
| autonomous | independent |
| flaunt | show off |
| arbitrary | random |
| incidental | secondary |
| deter | prevent |
| discourse | discussion |
| eloquent | fluent |
| redundant | not useful anymore |
| succinct | concise |
| indifferent | lacking interest |
| terse | concise |
| explicit | fully expressed |
| memoir | a biography |
| explicate | explain |
| ambivalent | mixed feelings |
| censure | critical |
| circuitous | indirect |
| deleterious | harmful |
| enervating | To take away physical, mental or moral strength |
| ephemeral | momentary |
| evanescent | short lived as an image |
| thrifty | frugal |
| hackneyed | overused or cliche |
| hedonist | pleasure seeker |
| impetuous | impulsive |
| impute | to help some one |
| opulent | wealthy |
| ostentatious | displaying wealth |
| perfidious | disloyal |
| pretentious | self important |
| prosaic | ordinary |
| rancorous | hateful |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| spurious | phony or false |
| surreptitious | secret |
| transient | temporary |
| venerable | respect do to age |
| vindicate | to clear from blame |
| curt | rudely brief |
| engaging | charming |
| audacious | adventurous |
| amalgam | mixture |
| erratic | irregular, unpredictable |
| augment | enlarge, increase |
| curtail | shorten |
| prevalent | spread throughout |
| pervasive | spread throughout |
| puny | small or weak |
| bountiful | plentiful |
| deficit | lack, shortage |
| rustic | relating to the countryside |
| picturesque | attractive, vivid, expressive |
| antiquated | old |
| innovation, inovative | something new |
| nostalgia | sentimental desire to relive the past |
| antecedent | previously happened |
| provisional | temporary |
| disclose | make information known |
| credulous | gullible |
| exasperating | to become greatly irritated |