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Grubbers SAT Vocab
SAT Vocabulary study
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstemious | moderate or sparing in eating or drinking |
| amibivalence | conflicting feeling towards something or someone |
| ambulatory | capable of walking |
| ameliorate | to make better |
| antediluvian | very old-fashioned, primative |
| ascendancy | rising |
| atrophy | waste away and become useless |
| burgeon | flourish, grow rapidly |
| capitulate | surrender |
| capricious | erratic, impulsive |
| coalesce | to blend, merge, fuse |
| cohere | join together |
| salubrious | healthful |
| convivial | sociable, friendly |
| corroborate | strengthen, comfirm |
| corrugated | wrinkled, ridged, or furrowed |
| distend | expand, swell, stretch out |
| ephemical | temporary, shortlived |
| euphorious | having pleasant sound, harmonious |
| evanescent | temporary, floating |
| expedite | speed up, make easy |
| fallow | inactive, unproductive |
| hackneyed | trite, common-placed, overused |
| irascible | easily angered |
| munificent | generous |
| parsimony | stingy |
| paucity | scarcity, lack |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| recalicitrant | disobedient, hard to manage |
| aberration | deviation, abnormality |
| abeyance | temporary postponment |
| abnegate | deny, reject |
| abrogate | abolish, repeal |
| abut | to touch, rest on, or against |
| acclivity | upward slope |
| accoutrement | equipment, outfit |
| acerbic | sharp, bitter in smell or taste |
| acme | highest point |
| acrimonious | harsh in speech or behavior |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| actuate | to put into motion or action |
| acumen | mental keenness or shrewdness |
| addendum | something added as a suplement |
| addendum | something added as a suplement |
| adipose | fatty |
| adroit | skillful, clever |
| adulation | excessive praise or flattery |
| adventitious | accidental, non-essential |
| aegis | shield, protection, or sponsorship |
| affluence | wealth |
| aggrandize | enlarge, expand |
| agoraphobia | fear of open places |
| ague | fever, plague |
| albatross | constant burden |
| alchemy | chemistry of the middle ages |
| alimentary | furnishing food or nourishment |
| allay | relieve or calm |
| alluvial | pertain to the deposits of sands formed by flowing water |
| amalgamate | combine, unite, blend |
| ambient | surrounding, on all sides |
| ambrosial | pleasing to taste or smell |
| ameliorate | improve or make better |
| amenities | social graces, pleasantaries |
| amorphus | shapeless |
| anachronism | something out of place or time |
| analgesic | drug that relieves pain |
| anicillary | helping or subbordinate |
| anent | regarding, concerning |
| anhydrous | without water |
| animadversion | criticism, comment that opposes |
| animus | hostile feeling |
| anneal | heat then cool, to toughen |
| anomolous | abnormal, inconsistent |
| anoxia | lack of oxygen |
| anthropomorphic | attributing human features to objects or gods |
| antipodes | opposite sides of the earth |
| aphasia | loss of the ability to speak |
| apiary | place where bees are kept |
| aplomb | self confidence or poise |
| apogee | farthest point away from the earth |
| apoplexy | sudden loss of consciousness |
| apothegm | brief instruction or saying |
| apotheosis | glorification of a person to the rank of god |
| apposite | appropriate |
| apprise | to inform |
| appurtentance | something added to another more important object |
| armistice | a truce, suspension of hostilities |
| arraign | to accuse |
| arroyo | a deep ditch caused by running water |
| ascetic | one who denies his bodily pleasure and comfort |
| asperity | harshness or roughness |
| aspersion | a damaging remark |
| assiduity | diligence or care |
| assuage | to calm, make less severe |
| astral | a very small planet |
| astringent | substance that contracts blood vessels |
| atavistic | going back to behavior found in a remote ancestor |
| attenuated | decreased or weakened |
| au courant | up to date |
| augur | predict |
| aural | pertaining to the sense of hearing |
| auroral | rosy, pertaining to the dawn |
| automaton | machine or robot |
| autumnal | mature, declining |
| aver | declare, state firmly |
| avoirdupois | heaviness, weight |
| aviary | place where birds are kept |
| avuncular | like an uncle |
| azure | blue |
| bacchanalian | wild with drunkenness |
| badinage | playful teasing talk |
| bagatelle | thing of little value, trifle |
| bastion | strong defense, fort |
| bayou | marshy body of water |
| bedlam | a madhouse, a noisy uproar |
| beleaguer | pester |
| biennial | every two years |
| bilious | bad tempered or cross |
| bilk | cheat, swindle |
| bivouac | a temporary shelter |
| bon mot | witty remark |
| bourgeoisie | middle-class |
| bowdlerize | to censor or remove offensive passages from a play or novel etc |
| brine | salt water |
| bruit | to spread the news |
| bucolic | pertaining to the countryside |
| bumptious | conceited or arrogant |
| cabal | small secret group |
| cadaverous | pale, ghastly, corpse like |
| caesura | pause |
| canard | false story, report, or rumor |
| cant | insincere statements usually made in sing song |
| capatious | spacious or roomy |
| carapace | shell, hard protective covering |
| carcinogenic | causing cancer |
| carte blanche | freedom to use one's own judgement |
| cartel | association of business firms |
| cathartic | cleansing |
| caucus | a private meeting |
| cauterize | to burn |
| cavil | quibble, argue |
| cavort | leap about, frolick |
| cerebration | thinking, using one's brain |
| charlatan | rouge, fake |
| chary | careful, or cautious |
| chicanery | trickery, or deception |
| chirography | art of handwriting |
| clarion | clear, and shrill |
| cognomen | family noem |
| colloquy | conversation |
| concentric | having a common cneter |
| concomitant | accompany, attending |
| condign | deserved or suitable |
| conduit | pipe |
| contretemps | an embarrassing occurance |
| contumely | rudeness |
| contusion | a bruise |
| convalesce | recover from an illness |
| cortege | funeral procession |
| coterie | close circle of friends |
| cozen | trick |
| cynosure | center of attention |
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