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SAT Word List #1-11
HS English 4 (williams)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| agile | quick, nimble |
| coronation | the act of crowning |
| deprecate | to belittle, to degrade or devalue |
| feral | wild savage |
| emanciated | very thin, sickly looking |
| semaphore | a visual sign |
| vapid | lacking liveliness,dull,empty |
| tranquil | calm;peaceful |
| whimsical | fanciful; playful |
| adulation | extreme or excessive praise |
| aggrandize | to increase or make greater |
| buttress | to support or hold up; something that offers support |
| querulous | whiny; complaining |
| facade | a false front; a deceptive appearance or attitude; the wall of a building |
| induce | to bring about; to stimulate |
| deride | to laugh at mockingly; to scorn |
| circumlocution | indirect and wordy language |
| presumptuous | disrespectfully bold |
| quotidian | daily |
| execrable | loathsome; detestable |
| bane | a burden |
| cacophony | tremendous noise; disharmonious sound |
| efface | to wipe out; obliterate; rub away |
| largess | the generous giving of lavish gifts |
| jubilant | extremely joyful; happy |
| inure | to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation |
| wistful | full of yearning; musingly sad |
| nomadic | wandering from place to place |
| odious | instilling hatred or intense displeasure |
| philanthropic | charitable; giving |
| neophyte | beginner, recent convert, religious novice |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| petulance | the state of being rude in speech or behavior |
| rapport | relation marked by harmony; friendly relationship |
| regurgitate | to flow out |
| stingy | ungenerous; small or inadequate |
| zenith | highest point |
| blight | destructive force, ruined state, plant disease; to ruin something |
| abet | to assist or support in the achievement of a purpose |
| cogent | forceful and convincing to the intellect and reason |
| annex | an addition; to attach to something larger |
| bombastic | grand, pompous language with little real meaning that used to impress others |
| illicit | unlawful; improper |
| pert | impudent, saucy, amusingly bold |
| obstreperous | noisy or unruly |
| prosaic | commonplace; dull, lacking imagination |
| rescind | to revoke or cancel |
| sophomoric | seen as opinionated; immature |
| acrimony | bitterness; harshness of manner or speech |
| heinous | utterly evil, shockingly wicked |
| knell | a solemn sound of a bell, usually indicating death |
| ominous | foreboding or foreshadowing evil; signaling potential danger |
| scathing | sharp; critical; hurtful |
| vindictive | vengeful; hateful |
| ruminate | to think about; to ponder |
| tirade | a long speech marked by harsh or biting language |
| wane | to decrease in size; to dwindle; to lessen |
| admonish | to caution, criticize, or reprove |
| lenient | demonstrating tolerance or gentleness; forgiving |
| extant | remaining; existing; not destroyed or lost |
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