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Diana Stack
SAT Vocabulary
| Vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dubious | Uncertain,skeptical,doubtful,questionable |
| Singular | Unique,special,remarkable,exceptional |
| Sanctimonious | Phony holy,exaggerated religious feeling,hypocritical devotion or piousness |
| Preempt | Supercede,to replace by prior arrangement |
| Frensetic | frantic of frenzied,it describe how one acts when both desperately rushed and disorganized. |
| Immutable | unchangeable,permenent,steadfast |
| Affinity | a natural attraction or proclivty,a sense of kinship with something or someone,a strong sense of liking |
| Transient | on the move,just passing through,not saying long |
| Vindictive | to be spiteful,vengeful,malicious,wanting to take revenge |
| Exigent | means urgent,pressing,requiring immediate action. |
| Facile | easily done,glib,lacking depth. |
| Precedent | is a something that comes before something else and serves as example of or justification for it |
| Precedent | is a something that comes before something else and serves as example of or justification for it |
| concord | harmony,agreement,a peaceful similarity of attitude |
| Wilful | headstrong,stubborn determined to have one's own way. |
| precipiate | bring about, to set off,to cause to happen. |
| Fauna | refers to animal |
| Rigorous | exacting,strict,harsh, demanding of precision |
| Illicit | forbidden,illegal,improper,taboo |
| reprove | to critcize or correct |
| Capitulate | to surrender,cave in to pressure,to collapse. |
| Robust | strong,hardy,vigorous. |
| Coalesce | merge,to fuse,to blend together,to combine. |
| Superficial | to be shallow,concerned with only the obvious,not deep or probing |
| scrutinize | examine carefully,to study in detail |
| aptitude | a natural ability,a talent,an inclination towards something hat has not yet been mastered. |
| Obfuscate | to make unclear,to darken or confuse,to muddle. |
| Mundane | ordinary,routine,commonplace,not special, of this world, not heaven;earthly. |
| Harbinger | forerunner,something that precedes something else and let's us know it is coming. |
| Circumspect | cautious,guarded,vigilant. |
| Approbation | praise,approval,admiration. |
| Static | not moving,stationary,lacking movement or growth. |
| Anarchy | lawlessness,the absence of government or authority;a state of chaos. |
| Colloquial | informal,conversational,common |
| Hermetic | airtight or tightly sealed, unaffected by anything outside itself. |
| Expedite | to facilitate,to help along,to speed the progress of,to make easier. |
| Impervious | unable to be penetrated,and thus protected from being influenced or touched by an outside force |
| Apartheid | rigid policy of racial segregation. |
| edify | to uplift,to benefit or instruct, especially morally. |
| Fetter | to restrain, to shackle |
| Connoisseur | someone who has refined taste in given area,someone whose experience with something has made him or her an expert |
| Compelling | forceful,having a powerful pull |
| Paradox | self-contradiction |
| Despot | a tyrant,a king or dictator with absolute power who uses it oppressively. |
| Erudite | scholarly,extremely learned,intellectual |
| Deprecate | to deplore,to express strong disapproval of |
| Vocation | calling,a profession or business that one has a strong inclination toward |
| Auspicious | promising,boding well,heartening,encouraging |
| Languish | to experience prolonged inactivity in a way that weakness or depresses |
| Credulous | gullible,eager to believe |
| Decorous | proper,dignified,in good taste,well-behave,not offensive |
| Consumate | extremely skillful,complete,perfect |
| Categorical | unconditional,absolute,without exception |
| Malaise | is a sense of lethargy and unease,a feeling of being run down,a feeling of being depressed |
| Awry | off course,not right |
| Platitude | trite,overused saying,a cliche usually offered as advice or wisdom |
| Destitute | extremely poor,improverished,lacking in what is required for basic sustenance |
| Extrovert | an outgoing,gregarious person |
| Ephemeral | short lived,fleeting |
| Callow | immatue,unsophisticated due to youthfulness,inexperienced |
| Malleable | easy to shape or mold |
| Legacy | something inherited or passed down |
| Discriminate | to make a destinction |
| Monolithic | express the idea of massiveness and the idea of being all of one piece |
| Abject | hopeless,wrecked,miserable |
| Vitriolic | caustic,full of bitterness,extremely nasty |
| Beset | to be besieged,surrounded on all side s,attacked by |
| renounce | to give it up,to deny or forsake it |
| matriculate | enroll,especially in a college or university |
| Contiguous | festive,friendly,good natured,jovial |
| Venerate | to honor,to treat with respect,to treat with reverence,as though sacred |
| Contiguous | adjoining,touching |
| Arbitrary | unfair,determined by impulse or individual will,having no particular rhyme or reason |
| Pristine | pure,unspoiled,uncorrupted,immaculately clean |
| Succinct | concise,short,and to the point,brief |
| Farcical | absurd,ridiculous,having the characteristics of a farce |
| Nepotism | the practice of showing favoritism to relatives or close friends in business or politics |
| Cogent | persuasive,convincing,pertinent |
| Rustic | rural,countrified,lacking the comforts or the sophistication of a city |
| Doctrinaire | to be dogmatic,to espouse a theory,doctrine,or belief system whether or not it is practical,to be inflexible |
| Vitiate | to pollute,to spoil,to impair,corrupt,or prevent |
| Uniform | consistent,standard,without variation |
| Coherent | is to be undestandable,to make sense |
| Transgress | to violate a law,to offend,to sin |
| Stagnation | to lack of movement that also implies staleness,a lack of progress or growth |
| Onerous | burdensome,oppressive,distasteful |
| Covert | secret,hidden,concealed,disguised |
| Adulation | excessive praise,adoration,hero worship |
| Discern | to distinguish,to differentiate from something else,to perceive |
| Genteel | refined,polite,aristiocratic,well bred,cultivated |
| Demagogue | a rabble-rouser,a leader who tires to stir up others by playing |
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frederick_diana
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