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guilande's kool note
sat vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dubious | uncertain, doubtful |
| singular | unique,special,remarkable |
| sanctimonious | fake loving god, phony holy |
| preempt | to replace by prior arrangement |
| frenetic | frantic, |
| immutable | unchangeable |
| affinity | long time |
| transient | on the move |
| vindictive | to be spiteful,wanting to take revenge |
| exigent | urgent,pressing,immediate action |
| facile | easy |
| precedent | something that comes before something else and serves as an example of or justification for it |
| concord | harmony,agreement,a peaceful similarity of attitudes |
| willful | headstrong, stubborn determined to have one's own way |
| precipitate | to bring about |
| precipitate | bring about,to set off, to cause to happen |
| fauna | refers to animals |
| rigorous | strict,harsh, |
| illicit | forbidden, illegal |
| reprove | criticize or correct |
| capitulate | surrender, to collapse |
| robust | strong,hardy,vigorous |
| coalesce | merge or to fuse |
| superficial | shallow, concerned with self |
| scrutinize | examine carefully, to study in detail |
| aptitude | natural ability,a talent |
| obfuscate | means to make unclear, to darken or confuse |
| mundane | ordinary, routine |
| harbinger | forerunner, somethings that precedes something else and let's us know its comeing |
| circumspect | guarded, viligent |
| approbation | praise, approval, |
| static | not moving, stationary, lacking movement or growth |
| anarchy | the absence of goverment or auhtority |
| colloquail | informal, coversational, common |
| hermetic | airtight or tight sealed |
| experdite | to help along, to speed up the process |
| impervious | unable to be penertrated |
| apartheid | rigid policy of racial seregration |
| edify | uplift, to benefit |
| fetter | restrain, shackle |
| connoisseur | expert at a certain subject |
| compelling | forceful, having a powerful pull |
| paradox | self-contradiction |
| despot | tyrant, a king or dictator |
| erudite | scholarly,smart |
| deprecate | deplore, to express strong disapproval |
| vocation | a calling, a profession |
| auspicious | hearting, encourage |
| languish | to experience prolonged in activity in a way that weakness or depresses |
| credulous | gullible, eager to believe |
| decorous | proper, dignified, in a good taste |
| consumate | skillful, complete |
| catergorical | unconditional |
| malaise | sense of lethargy and unease |
| awry | off course, not right |
| platitude | tirte, overused saying |
| destitude | extremly poor,lacking in what is requried for a basic |
| extrovert | outgoing person |
| ephemeral | short lived |
| callow | immature, inexperienced |
| malleable | easy to shape or mold |
| legacy | something inherited |
| discriminate | to make a distinction |
| monolithic | expresses both sides of the idea |
| abject | hopeless, wretched, miserable |
| vitriolic | full of bitterness, nasty |
| beset | surrounded on all sides, attacked by |
| renounce | means to give up, to deny |
| matriculate | enroll,(college and universities) |
| convivial | festive, friendly, good natured |
| venerate | to honor, deeply respect |
| contiguous | adjoining |
| arbitrary | unfair |
| pristine | pure, unspoiled |
| succinct | to the point |
| farcical | crazy |
| nepotism | practice of showing who's favorite |
| cogent | convincing |
| rustic | lacking the comforts, sophistication of a city |
| doctrinaire | to be flexible,believe in something even if not true |
| vitiate | spoil, pollute |
| uniform | standard |
| coherent | understandable |
| transgress | to sin or break a law |
| stagnation | dormant, not moving and no growth |
| onerous | distasteful |
| convert | hidden, secret |
| adulation | hero worship, to much praise |
| discern | to make different from something else |
| genteel | polite, well bred |
| demagogue | someone who uses people's prejudices and fears to move them to action |
| comprehensive | complete, leaving nothing out |
| integral | in the sense of being inseparable from |
| obtuse | not tuned in , slow to catch on to |
| decimate | destroy most of it |
| lethargy | laziness, |
| provincial | simple , unsophisticated |
| relinquish | release, let go of |
| noxious | bad odor |
| desiccate | dry out, to remove moisture from |
| peccadillo | minor offense, meaningless fault |
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