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2nd 9wks SAT Vocab
Vocab #5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prodigious (adj) | amazing or wonderful impressive, very big |
| insidious (adj) | causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed |
| accrue (v) | things that accumulate over time |
| chicanery (n) | the use of trickery to achieve a political financial or legal purpose |
| remiss (adj) | lacking care or attention to duty, negligent |
| semblance (n) | the outward appearance or apparent form of something especially when the reality is different |
| waive (v) | to refrain from claiming or insisting on give up forgot, not collecting it |
| propitiate (v) | to make someone pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired |
| inexplicable (adj) | not able to be explained |
| malleable (adj) | capable of being stretched or bent into different shapes |
| polygamist (n) | state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time |
| polyglot (n) | several versions of the same text in many languages |
| minuscule (adj) | extremely tiny |
| misanthrope (n) | a person who does not like other people, bad to all mankind |
| misogynist (n) | hatred of women |
| gamy (greek) | marriage |
| curr (Latin) | runs |
| migr (latin) | moving- wander |
| medi (latin) | middle |
| trib (latin) | pay |