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Wordlist 8, Gps 1-5
SAT Vocabulary from majortests.com
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |