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Jeniffer stack
SAT words 1-50
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Dubious | uncertain, skeptical, doubtful, questionable |
| Singular | unique, special, remarkable, and exceptional |
| Sanctimonious | phony holy, exaggerated replace by prior arrangement |
| frenetic | frantic or frenzied |
| Immutable | unchangeable, permanent, stead fast |
| preempt | to supercede, to replace by prior arrangement |
| Transient | on the move, passing through |
| Vindictive | spiteful, vengeful, malicious, wanting to take revenge |
| Exigent | urgent passing, requiring immediate action |
| Facile | easily done glib |
| Despot | A king; absolute power that uses it oppressively |
| Impervious | unable to be penetrated from being influenced or touched by an outside force |
| Compelling | forceful, having a powerful pull |
| Laguish | Experience prolonged inactivity in away that weakens of depresses |
| Scrutinize | Examine carefully; to study in detail |
| Erudite | Scholarly, Extremely learned, intellectual |
| Aptitude | Natural ability; talent |
| Hermetic | air tight or tightly, unaffected by anything outside it self |
| Superficial | shallow, at surface, unimportant |
| Precipitate | to set off, to cause to happen, bring about |
| Illicit | forbidden, illegal, improper, taboo |
| Precedent | that comes before something else and serves as an example of or justification for it |
| Rigorous | exacting, strict, harsh, demanding of precision |
| Decorous | proper, dignified, well behave |
| Credulous | Gullible, eager to believe |
| Auspicious | promising, bonding well, heartening, encouraging |
| Affinity | Natural attraction, proclivity, or a strong sense of liking |
| Harbinger | a fore runner, something that precedes something else and let's us know it is coming |
| Fetter | restrain, to shackle |
| Obfuscate | make unclear, to darken or confuse, to muddle |
| Willful | headstrong, stubborn determined to have one's own way |
| Vocation | a calling, profession or business that one has a strong inclination toward |
| Reprove | criticize or correct |
| Deprecate | Express strong disapproval of deplore |
| Capitulate | Surrender, cave into pressure; earthly |
| Concord | harmony, agreement, peaceful similarity of attitudes |
| Colloquial | inform, conversational, common |
| Expedite | facilitate, help along, speed progress, make easier |
| fauna | refers to animals. Goes with "flora" which means flower |
| Static | *not moving, stationary, lacking movement or growth*Electrical change caused by friction*Hassle, hard time |
| coalesce | to merge, to fuse, to blend together, to combine |
| mundane | ordinary, routine, commonplace, not special, of this world, not of heaven; earthly |
| circumspect | cautious, guarded, vigilant |
| Approbation | praise, approval, admiration |
| Anarchy | lawlessness, the absence of government or authority; a state of chaos |
| Apartheid | a rigid policy of racial segregation |
| Edify | uplift, to benefit or instruct, especially morally |
| Connoisseur | someone who has refined taste in a given area, someone whose experience with something has made him o her an expert |
| Paradox | a self-contradiction |
| Robust | strong, hardly, vigorous |