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Wordlist 8, Gps 1-5
SAT Vocabulary from majortests.com
Term | Definition |
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athiest | person who does not believe in God |
colloquial | local and informal (used of language) |
dotard | foolish old man |
furrow | grooves |
instigator | troublemaker; person who entices others to do something |
misnomer | wrong name |
percipient | perceptive; insightful |
quaff | drink down quickly |
staunch | loyal; faithful; dependable |
vilification | blackening someone's name |
atrophy | waste away from lack of use |
collusion | plotting and planning |
drawl | speak slowly with words running together |
furtive | hidden and secret |
insurgent | a rebel |
misogynist | hater of women |
perdition | damnation |
quagmire | marsh; bog |
stereotype | fixed image |
vindicate | prove right; remove blame |
attenuate | weaken |
commandeer | take possession of |
drivel | nonsense |
futile | useless; hopeless |
interminable | never-ending |
misrepresentation | deliberately deceiving |
peremptory | in a commanding manner |
quaint | picturesque |
stevedore | dockworker |
virtuoso | an accomplished musician |
augment | increase; make bogger |
complacent | self satisfied; smug |
droll | dryly amusing |
galleon | ancient type of sailing ship |
intermittent | sporadic; irregular |
mitigate | lessen; make less severe |
perfidy | treachery |
quandary | dilemma; puzzle |
stifle | suppress |
virulent | dangerous; harmful |
auspicious | favorable; promising to turn out well |
compliant | easy to control; submissive |
drone | 1. monotonous noise (n); 2. to speak with no emotion (v); 3. male bee (n) |
gambol | frolic; leap; bound |
intransigence | stubbornness |
modicum | small amount |
perfunctory | superficial; cursory |
quarantine | isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
stoic | known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure or pain |
vital | essential; alive; important |