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SAT VOCAB
i am an arist
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | hate |
| bigot | narrow-minded person |
| counterfeit | fake |
| enfranchise | give voting rights to |
| hamper | hinder |
| kindle | to start a fire |
| noxious | harmful |
| placid | peaceful |
| remuneration | payment for work done |
| talisman | lucky charm |
| abrasive | rough, coarse |
| bilk | cheat, defraud. (Bilk of) |
| covert | hidden |
| engender | cause |
| hangar | storage area for planes |
| nuance | something subtle |
| plagiarism | taking credit for someone else's work |
| knotty | complex |
| renown | fame |
| tangent | off of main subject |
| enthralled | amazed |
| pinioned | tied down |
| encumbered | burdened |
| eradicate | wipe out |
| unanimity | state of being unanimous. all |
| thwarted | prevented |
| inculcate | instill, integrate |
| esoteric | obscure |
| germane | relevant |
| incongruous | not matching |
| ambience | atmosphere |
| grandiose | grand, pompous OR more complicated than necessary |
| haphazard | random |
| foolhardy | reckless |
| temerity | rashness, reckless boldness |
| trepidation | fear/hesitation |
| pellucid | transparently clear |
| rancid | stale, unpleasant taste/smell |
| dwindle | grow less, waste away |
| atrophy | pathological term- wasting away of a body pat |
| succinct | short, to the point |
| laconic | using few words |
| sonorous | full of sound |
| voluble | talking a lot |
| vacuous | meaningless |
| sublime | magnificently inspiring |
| abasement | humiliation |
| billowing | swelling, fluttering, waving |
| cower | recoil in fear |
| enhance | improve |
| harangue | noisy, attacking speech |
| labyrinth | amaze |
| nullify | to counter |
| plaintiff | person who accuses someone else ( in court) |
| replete | full |
| abrogate | deny, cancel, repeal |
| credible | believable |
| enigma | mystery |
| harbingers | indicators, warning |
| nuzzle | cuddle |
| plaudit | statement giving strong praise |
| reprehensible | shameful |
| absolution | forgiveness, release, pardon |
| creditable | praiseworthy |
| ensconce | establish firmly in a position |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| plausible | believable, reasonable |
| reprieve | postponement of a sentence |
| tawdry | of little value |
| abstain | go without, withdraw |
| blighted | destroyed |
| credulous | gullible |
| enshroud | cover |
| lachrymose | sad, tearful |
| obfuscate | make something difficult to understand |
| plethora | excess |
| repudiate | shun |
| eschew | shun |
| diabolical | evil (diablo) |
| truculent | savagely brutal |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult/injury, big-hearted |
| fatuous | silly |
| voluminous | of many volumes (usually with encyclopedias and stuff) or of AMPLE SIZE, many |
| proclivity | natural tendency |
| extol | to laud, to praise |
| bombast | n. pretentious speech adj. pretentious (bombastic) |
| abstemious | self denying; refraining from indulging (babushka Yana lmao) |
| blithe | free spirited, carefree |
| crepuscular | active at dawn and dusk |
| headstrong | stubborn |
| objective | unbiased |
| pliable | flexible |
| rescind | repeal, retract |
| temper | to soften, moderate |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| blunderbuss | 1. ancient weapon (type of gun) 2. clumsy person |
| envenom | cause bitterness |
| hedonism | self indulgence |
| oblique | indirect |
| resignation | acceptance of fate |
| tenacious | stubborn, holding to a firm postion |
| finagle | cheat, trick |
| swindle | cheat someone out of money |
| overhaul | restore to good conditions, make necessary repairs |
| winnow | 1. drive/ blow out of small particles like dirt, chaff. 2. distinguish from a clutter of things |
| supplant | take the place of another |
| spurn | scorn, reject |
| copious | abundant, plentiful |
| conflagration | destructive fire |
| consolidate | bring together in a unified whole |
| accolade | tribute, honor |
| bolster | to support, prop up |
| cryptic | puzzling, enigmatic |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| obliterate | destroy |
| tentative | not certain |
| curtail | cut short |
| epicure | person who appreciates good food and drink |
| heed | listen to |
| lampoon | ridicule |
| tenuous | flimsy and not solid |
| acrid | sharp smell or taste |
| boorish | ill-mannered |
| epistle | a letter |
| heresy | against orthodox opinion |
| poignant | deeply moving |
| respite | intermission, break |
| terse | concise |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| debility | weakness |
| hiatus | interruption, pause |
| epistolary | concerned with letters; through correspondence carried by letters - "epistolary friendship" |
| obscured | hidden |
| poised | calm, collected, self-possessed |
| resplendent | shining, glowing |
| acuity | sharpness (mental/visual) |
| braggart | someone who boasts |
| debunking | exposing false claims/myths |
| epitomized | characterized, personified |
| hidebound | rigid in opinions |
| languish | get weaker |
| obsequious | submissive |
| polemical | causing debate |
| adamant | forceful, inflexible |
| brawny | muscular |
| decathlon | athletic competition with ten events |
| equivocate | speak ambiguously without telling the truth |
| larceny | theft |
| ponderous | weighty, slow and heavy |
| retention | preservation |
| timorous | cowardly |
| adroit | skillful |
| err | make a mistake |
| largess | generosity |
| obsolete | no longer valid |
| pontificate | speak pompously, opinionatedly |
| reticent | restrained |
| tirade | stream of verbal abuse |
| adulation | strong admiration, worship |
| bristle | to show irritation |
| decoy | lure, trap, trick |
| histrionic | exaggerated, theatrical |
| obstreperous | noisy |
| portend | foretell |
| retraction | withdrawal |
| adversity | hardship |
| broach | start to discuss, approach |
| deference | respect |
| hoary | old |
| obtuse | mentally dull |
| portent | omen, warning sign |
| tome | large book |
| brusque | blunt, abrupt |
| defoliate | cause leaves to fall off |
| espouse | support, take up |
| hone | sharpen, increase |
| lax | careless, not strict |
| obviate | avoid, make unnecessary |
| poseur | someone who puts up an act |
| riddled | full of (usually full of holes) |
| torpid | inactive, lazy, stagnant |
| bulwark | fortification, barricade, wall |
| defunct | extinct, no longer in existance |
| posterity | future generations |
| rife | common |
| torpor | inactivity |
| eulogy | praise |
| legion | in large numbers |
| officious | intrusive |
| posthumous | after death |
| totter | to walk unsteadily |
| burgeon | grow, flourish, put fourth new shoots |
| deleterious | harmful |
| ogle | stare at, observe in an obvious manner |
| postulate | hypothesize, propose |
| tractable | obedient, dutiful |
| burnish | polish |
| euphony | pleasant sounds |
| levity | joking about serious matters |
| deliberate | think over deeply |
| olfactory | concerned with sense of smell |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| rotund | round |
| delineation | definition, explanation, outlining |
| libertarian | someone who opposes tyranny |
| potent | powerful |
| ruminate | ponder, think over something |
| transcribe | copy |
| allay | lessen |
| byline | line that tells you who wrote the article |
| demur | hesitate, refuse |
| exacerbate | make worse |
| ignominious | shameful |
| liniment | soothing lotion |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| ruse | trick, stratagem |
| cacophony | loud noises |
| exasperated | annoyed, frustrated |
| ignominy | shame |
| lithe | flexible, supple |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| saccharin | falsely sweet |
| transient | ephemeral, short-lived |
| aloof | distant, cold |
| cajole | coax, flatter/persuade |
| deplete | lessen, use up |
| exceptionable | something bad that we should object to |
| livid | very angry |
| onerous | burdensome |
| preamble | introductory material |
| sacrosanct | holy |
| traverse | to move across |
| miffed | put into an irritable mood |
| jaded | dulled by overindulgence or worn out from overuse |
| surfeit | surplus |
| modicum | moderate amount |
| juxtaposition | state of being side by side or the act of creating this state |
| penurious | frugal, stingy |
| confrontational | ready for confrontation |
| conciliate | to win over, overcome distrust of something, to reconcile |
| confront | face in hostility |
| ancillary | subsidiary |
| deplore | regret |
| exculpate | exonerate |
| illusory | deceptive, false, misleadaing |
| onus | burden |
| precarious | unstable, uncertain; risky |
| callow | immature |
| depravity | moral corruption |
| execrable | very bad |
| immoderate | excessive |
| lofty | snooty, arrogant, haughty |
| sage | wise person |
| deprecate | criticize |
| exegesis | scholarly explanation/interpretation |
| immutable | not changing, permanent |
| longevity | long life |
| precept | guiding principle |
| salacious | lustful, lecherous, erotic |
| candor | frankness, openness |
| deride | make fun of, ridicule |
| impartial | unbiased, neutral |
| ordain | 1. destine 2. confer holy orders on a priest |
| precinct | district of a city |
| sallow | yellowish |
| cantankerous | bad-tempered, quarrelsome, irritated |
| derogatory | uncomplimentary |
| impecunious | having no money |
| ornate | highly decorated |
| salubrious | health-giving |
| truant | someone absent without permission |
| shirker | someone absent without permission |
| ambulatory | able to walk around (used with hospital patients) |
| capacious | spacious |
| desecrate | to damage/pollute a holy place |
| impious | wicked, profane |
| orthodox | conventional or pious |
| precipitous | done in a hurry or steep |
| lurid | revolting |
| salutary | something which teaches you a lesson |
| truncate | cut short |
| capitulate | surrender |
| lukewarm | 1. unenthusiastic 2. neither hot nor cold |
| ossify | 1. cause to harden like a bone or convert into a bone 2. become fixed and rigid in habits |
| preclude | to prevent/make impossible |
| sanctimonious | making a hypocritical show of holiness, falsely righteous |
| carping | constant criticism |
| desist | to stop, not continue further |
| lummox | clumsy person |
| ostentatious | showy |
| sanction | give approval to |
| turpitude | depravity, immorality |
| littoral | pertaining to the shore of an ocean/ or a littoral area |
| ostensible | outwardly appearing as something (pretended) or evident/easily seen |
| ramify | to spread into branches |
| leonine | resembling a lion |
| derisive | mocking, contemptuous |
| ennui | feeling of weariness and discontent |
| gargantuan | giant |
| treatise | writing of the principles of a subject |
| contour | outline of a figure/body, edge/line that defines figure |
| despondent | miserable with no hope |
| inadvertent | unintentional |
| predecessor | one who came before |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty, bloody |
| tyro | noob, novice |
| amity | friendship |
| castigate | scold strongly, to punish in order to correct |
| destitution | poverty, hardship |
| expedient | convenient, practical, proper under circumstances |
| incantation | chant, prayer |
| overt | obvious, not hidden |
| predicament | dilemma, difficult situation |
| sanguine | optimistic, cheerful |
| ubiquitous | omnipresent, found everywhere |
| peripheral | pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the |
| febrile | marked by fever, feverish |
| desiccate | to dry thoroughly |
| whet | to sharpen, to stimulate |
| raucous | harsh, rowdy |
| amicable | showing goodwill, characterized by |
| incontrovertible | not arguable |
| indiscriminate | not discriminate, or carelessly (indiscriminately buying groceries, clothes, etc.) |
| intransigent | not capable of being persuaded |
| catharsis | emotional cleanse |
| deter | put off, prevent |
| expedite | make faster |
| incarceration | putting in prison |
| machinations | plots and plans |
| overwrought | worked up about |
| preeminent | famous, outstanding |
| sardonic | mocking |
| unalloyed | undiluted, total |
| analgesic | medicine that combats pain |
| caucus | private political meeting |
| exposition | museum exposition/ clear explanation |
| incessant | without stopping |
| maelstrom | whirlpool/storm in the ocean |
| palatable | good to eat or agreeable to the mind/feelings |
| rapt | deeply absorbed/engrossed |
| prerogative | right, privilege |
| savant | person with knowledge |
| unctuous | oily or using excessive flattery |
| sycophant | fawning parasite |
| analogous | comparable |
| caustic | burning |
| detrimental | harmful |
| incipient | just beginning |
| palisade | fence made of posts |
| prescient | having fore-knowledge of something |
| scale | to climb |
| cavalcade | procession of vehicles |
| extradite | deport from foreign country to home country |
| magnate | powerful businessman |
| palliative | remedy that improves but doesn't cure |
| presentiment | feeling that something might happen |
| underscore | emphasize |
| maim | to cripple |
| celerity | speed |
| dexterous | skillful/adroit in use of hands/body |
| incoherent | not clear |
| maladroit | not skillful; clumsy |
| scrupulous | careful, diligent, painstaking |
| unequivocal | clear, obvious |
| censorious | disapproving, critical |
| dichotomy | division into 2 parts |
| palpable | easily felt, easily perceived |
| scrutinize | examine carefully |
| unfetter | set free |
| annex (n) | building which is an extent to a building |
| didactic | instructive |
| extrinsic | irrelevant, on the outside |
| inconsequential | unimportant |
| malediction | curse |
| panacea | remedy for all ills |
| prevaricate | speak misleadingly, evasively |
| scuttle | sink |
| unfrock | to remove a priest from his position |
| cerebral | intellectual |
| inconspicuous | not easily seen |
| malefactor | wrong-doer |
| paradigm | 1. example 2. model 3. way of looking at things |
| seminary | institution where priests are trained |
| unprecedented | never happening before |
| anomaly | irregularity, something that doesn't fit in |
| certitude | certainty |
| falter | waver, hesitate |
| indelible | not able to be wiped out |
| malinger, malingerer | to deliberately avoid work, shirk |
| jocular | characterized by joking |
| paradox | contradictory statement |
| antagonism | strong opposition to something (not necessarily villainous or whatever) |
| sentinel | guard |
| unwitting | not deliberate, unconscious |
| paragon | perfect example |
| chary | wary of, cautious of |
| dilatory | slow; falling back on your work |
| malleable | can be shaped |
| paramount | of supreme importance |
| prodigal | wasteful, extravagant |
| sequester | isolate |
| upbraid | scold, tell off |
| antediluvian | outdated, prehistoric |
| chastise | punish |
| indolence | laziness |
| mallet | wooden hammer or stick used for polo |
| prodigious | very large |
| serendipity | fortunate coincidence, unsought discovery |
| uproarious | hilarious |
| chicanery | trickery |
| dilettante | person who dabbles in a subject without serious study |
| inductee | novice |
| parched | dried up or thirsty |
| upshot | outcome |
| anthropocentrism | putting man at the center of a philosophy |
| chimerical | unstable; changeable |
| pariah | outcast from society |
| serrated | jagged |
| antiquated | old-fashioned |
| choleric | easily angered |
| diorama | model of a scene |
| fecund | fertile |
| inebriation | intoxicated |
| marshal | to gather together |
| parity | equality |
| servile | overly submissive |
| usurp | to take someone's position (usually by force) |
| chronicler | person who records historical information |
| dirge | mournful song |
| felicitous | apt |
| ineffable | unable to be expressed in words |
| utilitarian | useful |
| martinet | person who believes in strict discipline |
| circuitous | indirect |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin, precarious |
| circumscribe | limit |
| discord | disagreement |
| finesse | skill |
| parsimonious | economical, thrifty, frugal |
| proponents | supporters, promoters |
| smelt | to refine an ore |
| circumspect | cautious |
| discordancy | cacophony; harshness |
| fitful | not continuous, stopping and starting |
| inexorable | restless |
| maverick | a loner |
| parsimony | stinginess |
| Smorgasbord | Swedish buffet of cold dishes |
| vagrant | person wandering without a home |
| circumvent | avoid |
| flagrant | clearly wrong |
| inexpedient | not advisable/appropriate |
| partisan | biased, committed to one group |
| proscribe | forbid |
| solace | comfort for grief |
| vapid | dull |
| clairvoyant | psychic, mystic |
| infallible | perfect, cannot make mistakes |
| meander | walk from side to side |
| prosody | study of versification (composing verses) |
| solicit | to ask/ seek for |
| variegated | multicolored, speckled |
| arcane | obscure; known by few people |
| clamor | shout |
| discursiveness | indirectness |
| flaunt | show off |
| mellow | soft, melodious, ripe |
| prostration | 1.lying face down 2. be overcome by weakness |
| Somnambulist | sleepwalker |
| flippant | joking about serious matters |
| menagerie | collection of animals |
| patronize | condescend to, act ignorantly |
| soothsayer | fortune teller |
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