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PHS SAT Vocab List 1
LA 2 Honors SAT List 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquiesce | (v)to give in and agree peaceably; to assent, comply |
| Chastise | (v)to scold severely or punish; castigate, censure |
| Augment | (v)to increase; to make something greater of bigger |
| Condone | (v)to overlook or pardon an offense; to excuse |
| Amass | (v)to accumulate, collect; to gather, come together |
| Disseminate | (v)to disperse or spread everywhere (knowledge or ideas) as if sowing seeds CUR/CURR/COURS=to run, course |
| Cursory | (adj)sketchy, not thorough; hasty or superficial |
| Precursor | (n)a forerunner that hints at the future; harbinger |
| Coalesce | (v)to mix or come together from separate elements |
| Concur | (v)to agree, assent; to approve; to coincide |
| Digress | (v)to wander off course in speaking or writing |
| Laud | (v) to praise, commend, acclaim, extol |
| Disperse | (v) to spread all over; to disseminate; also, to fan out scatter in a random way MISS/MIT: to send |
| Emit | (v)to voice; to give off, as fumes or anger |
| Mission | (n)a definite job or task; the mission establishment itself (usually religious) |
| Efface | (v) to erase or obliterate; to wear away (as by time) |