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Walker SAT words&def
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aberration | devaiating from the right path or usual course of action |
| belittle | to make something seem less important |
| cache | a hiding place;something hidden in a place |
| dearth | shortage |
| ebb | to decline |
| facilitate | to make easy; to bring about |
| galvanize | to arouse suddenly; to startle |
| hackneyed | used to often; trite;commonplace |
| iconoclast | a person who attacks cherished beliefs of established institutions |
| Jargon | the specialized vocabulary of memebers of a group |
| kindle | to ignite; to arouse or inspire; to catch fire; to become aroused |
| labyrinth | a maze; a complicated, perplexing arrangement or course of affairs |
| malicious | spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful |
| Nomenclature | a systematic naming in an art or science |
| obliterate | to blout out leaving no traces; to destroy |
| abstinence | the giving up of certain pleasures such as food or drink |
| bequeath | to leave money or property by a will; to pass along |
| cacophony | discord; harsh sound |
| deblilitate | to weaken |
| eclectic | consisting of selections from various sources |
| fallacy | false idea; mistaken belief |
| garbled | confused; mixed up |
| haphazard | not planned; random |
| immaterial | insignificant; unimportant |
| judicious | wise;careful;showing sound judgment;prudent |
| lackluster | lacking brightness; dull; lacking liveliness;vitality, or enthusiasm |
| marred | injured; spoiled;damaged; disfigured |
| nonchalance | carelessness; lack of intrest or concern |
| obscure | not clear or distinct; hidden;remote;not well known |
| painstaking | very careful,diligent, |
| abstract | theortical, not applied or practical;not concrete; hard to understand |
| bizarre | stringly odd in apperance or style; grotesque |
| cajole | to persuade by pleasent words of false promises |
| decadence | decay;decline |
| efface | to wipe out; to erase |
| fastidious | hard to please ; dainty in taste |
| garner | to gather and storeaway; to collect |
| hedonist | one who lives solely for pleasure |
| imminent | about to occur |
| laconic | brief or terse in speech; using few words |