click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Avalos Week 10
SAT Words #51-100
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty |
| Caustic | biting in wit |
| Dilate | to make larger, expand |
| Emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
| Fervid | intensely emotional, feverish |
| Permeate | to penetrate |
| Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity |
| Taciturn | silent, not talkative |
| Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |
| Waver | to fluctuate between choices |
| Aggrandize | to increase in power, influence and reputation. |
| Chaos | great disorder or confused situation |
| Dilatory | intended to delay |
| Engender | to produce, cause, or bring about |
| Imperturbable | not capable of being disturbed |
| Lament | to express sorrow, to grieve |
| Obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
| Pervade | to be present throughout, to permeate |
| Repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| Tirade | long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
| Alacrity | speed or quickness |
| Alleviate | to make more bearable |
| Burnish | to polish |
| Chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to |
| Dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
| Dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| Enigma | a puzzle, a mystery |
| Gullible | easily deceived |
| Meticulous | extremely careful about details |
| Philanthropy | charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| Amalgamate | to combine, to mix together |
| Chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
| Disabuse | to set right, free from error |
| Enumerate | to count, list, itemize |
| Impervious | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
| Lassitude | state of diminished energy |
| Occlude | to stop up, prevent the passage of |
| Phlegmatic | calm and unemotional in temperament |
| Quiescent | motionless |
| Torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| Ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain, can be interpreted several ways |
| Ameliorate | to make better; to improve |
| Circumspect | cautious, aware of potential consequences |
| Discern | to perceive or recognize |
| Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
| Latent | potential that is not readily apparent |
| Onerous | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
| Reticent | silent, reserved |
| Sublime | lofty or grand |
| Transitory | temporary, lasting a brief time |