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SAT Vocab Words
Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absolution | (n) forgiveness or passing over of offenses. EX: going to church. |
| affirmative | (adj) answering yes. EX: the military. |
| coddle | (verb) to treat as a baby or an invalid. EX: elder person needing help. |
| dissipate | (verb) to disperse or dissapear. |
| finite | (adj) limited. |
| indigant | (adj) having such anger. |
| juxtapose | (v) to place close together or side by side, comparison. |
| narrative | (n) an orderly continuous account of events. |
| poignant | (adj) severly painful or acute to the spirit. EX: quote that speaks to you. |
| relapse | (v) to suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. |
| sear | (v) to burn on the surface. |
| succumb | (v) to cease to resist or to give in. |
| travesty | (n) a debased likeness or imitation of something. |
| vogue | (n) the prevalent way of fashion. |
| writhe | (v) to twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. |
| abstrain | (v) to keep oneself back |
| affluence | (n) a profuse or abundant(huge) supply of riches. |
| coerce | (v) to force |
| distraught | (adj) distracted and bewildered. |
| fluctuate | (v) to change from one thing to another. |
| indulgence | (n) the yielding to passion in oneself or another. |
| laborous | (adj) requiring much work. |
| nefarious | (adj) evil |
| ponder | (v) to reflect upon. |
| relevant | (adj) bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand. |
| seclude | (v) removing yourself |
| suggestive | (adj) stimulating to thought or reflection. |
| treachery | (n) violation of allegiance or confidence.EX: mean girls |
| voracious | (adj) eating in large quantities. |
| fanatic | (n) a person with an extreme ethusiasm for a topic. |
| abstinence | (n) self denial |
| aghast | (adj) struck with terror and amzement. |
| collaborate | (v) to cooperate or talk with others. |
| divergent | (adj) tending in different directions. |
| forebode | (v) to be a warning sign of evil. |
| inept | (adj) not fit or suitable. |
| lackadaisical | (adj) being without spirit. |
| negate | (v) to deny the truth. |
| potent | (adj) physically powerful |
| reliance | (n) dependence |
| seethe | (v) to be violently excited. |
| sumptuous | (adj) rich and costly. |
| tremulous | (adj) characterized by unsteadiness |
| vulnerable | (adj) capable of receiving injuries |
| zealot | (n) one who embraces a cause |
| abstruse | (adj) dealing with difficult matters. |
| agitate | (v) to move( the feelings or thoughts) |
| complacent | (adj) pleased or satisfied with oneself. |
| divulge | (v) to tell or make known. |
| formidable | (adj) difficult to accomplish |
| inevitable | (adj) unavoidable |
| laggard | (adj) falling behind |
| negligent | (adj) apt to omit what ought to be none. |
| precede | (v) to happen first |
| relinquish | (v) to give up using of having |
| seize | (v) to catch or take hold of suddenly |
| supercilious | (adj) exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. |
| trite | (adj) made commonplace by frequent repitition.EX: yolo |
| electric | (adj) selecting from a variety of systems. |
| foliage | (n) leaves of a plant |
Created by:
1991
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