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samantha
sat words 1-50
| words | definition |
|---|---|
| dubious | uncertain,skeptical,doubtful,questionable. |
| singular | unique,special,remarkable,exceptional. |
| sanctimonious | phony holy,exaggerated religious feeling,hypocritical devotion or piousness,often "holier than thou" |
| preempt | to supercede,to replace by prior arrangement |
| frenetic | frantic or frenzied,it describes how one acts when both desperately rushed and disorganized |
| immutable | unchangeable,permanent,steadfast |
| affinity | is a natural or proclivity,a sense of kinship with something or someone,a strong sense of liking |
| transient | on the move, just passing through, not staying long |
| vindictive | to be spiteful, venegful, malicious, wanting to take revenge |
| exigent | urgent,pressing requiring immediate action |
| facile | easily done, glib, lacking depth |
| precedent | is a something that comes before something else and serves as an example of or justification for it |
| concord | harmony, agreement,a peaceful similarity of attitudess |
| willful | haedstrong, stubborn determined to have one's own way |
| precipitate | is to bring about,to set off, to cause to happen |
| fauna | refers to animals |
| rigorous | exacting, strict, harsh, demanding of precision |
| illicit | forbidden, illegal, improper, taboo |
| reprove | to criticize or correct |
| capitulate | is to surrender, cave in to pressure, to collapse |
| robust | strong, hardy, vigorous |
| coalesce | to merge, to fuse, to blend together, to combine |
| superficial | is to be shallow, concerned with only the obivous, not deep or probing |
| scrutinze | to examine carefully, to study in detail |
| aptitude | is a natural ability, a talent, an inclination towards something that 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 of heaven; earthly |
| harbinger | is a forerunner, something that precedes something else and let's us know it is coming |
| circumspect | cautious, guarded, vigilant |
| approbation | is praise, approval, admiration |
| static | not moving, stationary, lacking movement or growth |
| anarchy | lawlessness, the absense of goverment 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 eaiser |
| impervious | unable to be penetrated, and thus protected from being influenced or touched by an outside force |
| apartheid | is a rigid policy of racial segregation |
| edify | to uplift, to benefit or instruct, especially morally |
| fetter | literally means to restrain, to shackle |
| connoisseur | is someone who has refined taste in a given area, someone whose experience with something has made him or her an expert |
| compelling | forceful, having a powerful pull |
| paradox | is a self-contradiction |
| despot | is a tyrant, a king or dictator with absolute power who uses it oppressively |
| erudite | scholary, extremely learned, intellectual |
| deprecate | is to deplore, to express strong disapproval of |
| vocation | is a calling , a profession or business that one has a strong inclination toward |
| auspicious | promising |
| languish | to experience prolonged inactivity in a way that weakens or depresses |
| credulous | gullible, eager to believe, na? |
| decorous | proper, dignified, in good taste, well-behaved, 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 | is a rite, overused saying, a cliche usually offered as advice or wisdom |
| destitute | extremely, poor, impoverished, lacking in what is required for basic sustenance |
| extrovert | is an outgoing, gregarious person |
| ephemeral | short lived, fleeting |
| callow | immature, unsophisticated due to youthfulness, inexperienced |
| malleable | easy to shape or mold |
| legacy | to something inherited or passed down |
| discriminate | to make a distinction |
| monolithic | both the idea of massiveness and the idea of being all of one piece |
| abject | hopeless, wretched, miserable |
| vitriolic | caustic, full of bitterness, extremely nasty |
| beset | to be besieged, surrounded on all sides, attacked by |
| renounce | something means to give up, to deny or forsake it |
| matriculate | to enroll, especially in a college or university |
| convivial | festive, friendly, good natural, jovial |
| venerate | to honor, to deeply 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 | is 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 pervert |
| uniform | consistent, standard, without variation |
| coherent | to be understandable, 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 | is excessive praise, adoration, hero worship |
| discern | to distinguish, to to differentiate from something else, to perceive |
| genteel | refined, polite, aristocratic, well bred, cultivated |
| demagogue | is a rabble-rouser, a leader who tries to stir up others by playing on their emotions, rather than appealing to their reason, someone who uses people's prejudices and fears to move them to actions |
| comprehensive | is to be complete, to be conclusive, to cover a large scope, to leave nothing out |
| integral | essential, in the sense of being inseparable from |
| obtuse | is to be dense, slow to catch on, unobservant, not tuned in |
| decimate | to destroy most of, to annihilate |
| lethargy | sluggishness, laziness, drowsiness, indifference |
| provincial | simple and unsophisticated |
| relinquish | is to release, to let go of, to surrender, to stop doing |
| noxious | is often used to describe odors and something that is noxious may make you sick to your stomach, the actual meaning of the word is poisonous or very harmful |
| desiccate | to dry out, to remove the moisture from |
| peccadillo | is a minor offense, a meaningless fault, a pretty violation |
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