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SATvocabulary
words for the Scholastic Aptitude Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abhor | hate |
| Bigot | narrow-minded, prejudiced person -fanatik |
| Counterfeit | fake; false |
| Enfranchise | give voting rights |
| Hamper | hinder; obstruct - pengoj;veshtiresoj |
| Kindle | to start a fire |
| Noxious | harmful; poisonous; lethal |
| Placid | calm; peaceful |
| Remuneration | payment for work done |
| Talisman | lucky charm |
| Abrasive | rough; coarse; harsh - i bezdisshem |
| Bilk | cheat; defraud -genjej |
| Covert | hidden; undercover; purposefully kept secret |
| Engender | cause; to produce; bring into existence |
| Hangar | storage area (like garage) for a plane |
| Knotty | complex; difficult to solve |
| Nuance | something subtle; a fine shade of meaning; slight difference in meaning |
| Plagiarism | taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas |
| Renown | fame;honored; high repute; well known |
| Tangent | going off the main subject; something that does not seem to be connected to what has gone before |
| Abasement | humiliation; degradation; lower in position or rank |
| Billowing | swelling; fluttering; waving- dallgezohet ex. The waves were billowing. |
| Cower | recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from; Fear -strukem |
| Enhance | strengthen; improve; make better or clearer |
| Harangue | Mean , nasty , angry; noisy, attacking speech |
| Labyrinth | a complicated network of winding passages; a maze |
| Nullify | to counter; make unimportant; To make invalid; to repeal |
| plaintiff | in a civil trial, the party bringing the action; petitioner (in court of law) |
| Replete | full; abundantly provided |
| Tangible | can be touched |
| Abrogate | cancel; deny; repeal |
| Blasphemy | a thought word or act that refers to God without respect or reverence;speech which offends religious sentiments |
| Credible | believable |
| Enigma | puzzle; mystery |
| Harbingers | Indicators; Things/people that announce you that something is going to happen before it happens. |
| Labyrinthine | complex, highly convoluted - e nderlikuar |
| Nuzzle | cuddle; snuggle ; Rub or push against gently with the nose and mouth : the foal nuzzled at its mother. |
| Plaudit | praise or respect; statement giving strong praise |
| Reprehensible | shameful; very bad; to criticize; deserving blame, blameworthy |
| Tardy | slow; late; overdue; delayed |
| Absolution | Recognized that God forgive our sins; forgiveness; pardon; release |
| Blatant | adj: obvious, very noticeable; very noisy or loud |
| Creditable | adj. Deserving of limited praise(lavderim); sufficiently good adj. Worthy of belief |
| Ensconce | To shelter or hide; to settle comfortably; establish firmly in a position |
| Hasten | hurry; accelerate; rush |
| Laceration | a cut; |
| Obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action |
| Plausible | can be believed; reasonable |
| Reprieve | an executive action that delays punishment for a crime; a respite (afat); postponement of a sentence |
| Tawdry | Cheap quality; of little value; gaudy(i pashije) |
| Abstain | To vote neither yes or no; desist; go without; withdraw |
| Blighted | verb. to destroy or ruin, especially pertaining to plants ;damaged; destroyed; ruined |
| Credulous | gullible; ready to believe anything |
| Enshroud | cover something up The man enshrouded the gift from him girlfriend. |
| Haughtiness | arrogance; pride |
| Lachrymose | producing tears; sad HIs voice has a LACHRYMOSE quality more appropriate to a funeral than a class reunion. |
| Obfuscate | v. confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; deliberately make something difficult to understand |
| Plethora | excess; an abundance; superfluous amount; surplus |
| Repudiate | refusing to accept / validity of; shun; eschew (shmangem) |
| Tedium | boredom; synonym for monotony (regularity, sameness)or pedestrian |
| Abstemious | self denying; refraining from indulging; temperate (i permbajtur), sober(i matur), moderate |
| Blithe | carefree, unconcerned; free-spirited; |
| Crepuscular | (adj.) of or like twilight; dim 2. becoming active at twilight before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds; active at dawn and dusk (agim dhe muzg) |
| Enunciation | clear pronunciation; accent; articulation; fluency |
| Headstrong | stubborn; willful |
| Lackluster | dull; monotonous; bland - pa gjalleri, pa shkelqim |
| Objective | unbiased; not subjective Goal; making decisions based on evidences |
| Pliable | flexible; yielding; adaptable; not stubborn |
| Rescind | retract; repeal; annul |
| Temper | to moderate; soften; to tone down |
| Abstruse | difficult to understand; obscure |
| Blunderbuss | 1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person(i ngathet); |
| Cringe | (v)to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness |
| Envenom | to cause bitterness(hidherim) and bad feeling to impregnate with venom; make poisonous. |
| Hedonism | self indulgence; pleasure-seeking the love of pleasure as a chief goal in life |
| Laconic | using few words; brief; to the point |
| Oblique | indirect; slanting; neither perpendicular nor parallel to a line or surface |
| Plumage | All the feathers on a birds body- pupla |
| Resignation | acceptance of fate the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable |
| Tenacious | stubborn; resolute; holding firm to a purpose |
| Accolade | tribute; honor; praise A mark of acknowledgement |
| Bolster | support; prop up |
| Cryptic | puzzling; enigmatic having a hidden or ambiguous meaning, mysterious |
| Ephemeral | lasting a short time The lives of mayflies seem EPHEMERAL to us, since the flies average life span is a matter of hours. |
| Hedonist | a pleasure seeker someone motivated by pleasure |
| Lamentation | expression of regret or sorrow(hidherim) The death of her parents left her in severe lamentation |
| Obliterate | destroy; demolish; eradicate "The tidal wave obliterated several island villages." |
| Plummet | fall suddenly and steeply |
| Resolution | determination; the outcome of the conflict in the story |
| Tentative | not certain; experimental in nature; hesitant |
| Acquiesce | to agree to; give in to Although she appeared to acquiesce to her employer's suggestions, I could tell she has reservations about the changes he wanted made. |
| Bombast | arrogant, pompous language Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects |
| Curtail | cut short; to cut; shorten; to limit Sally decides to curtail her spending after she bounced a check. |
| Epicure | Someone who appreciates good food and drink n. a person who enjoys food and drink of a high quality, often having great knowledge of the subject After mixing all of my fruits in one drink, the epicure was disgusted. |
| Heed | listen to ;pay attention to; Listen to a warning and use it to help you do something. My dog heeds our orders. |
| Lampoon | ridicule; spoof(shaka); to satirize (refers to a group/person/institution) "...does this sound like a lampoon of student life?". |
| Oblivious | totally unaware/not concerned; lacking remembrance or memory; |
| Podium | Stand used for presenting. |
| Resonant | echoing; continuing to sound; The sounds from the bell tower were resonant throughout town. |
| Tenuous | flimsy(jobindëse); not solid; Lacking density; little strength; "the tenuous link between interest rates and investment". |
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