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SAT Vocab 2 (CA)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
| esoteric | known by a select few |
| mosaic | a picture made of small pieces of stone or glass |
| opaque | not transparent, hard to understand |
| paradox | something that seems to contradict itself |
| phenomena | occurrences, facts, or observable circumstances |
| stanza | section of a poem |
| stylized | in a particular style, often an unrealistic one |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| synthesis | the combining of separate parts to form a whole |
| synopsis | plot summary |
| thesis | unproven theory; long research paper |
| marred | impaired the perfection of |
| mobility | ability to move or be moved |
| negate | to destroy the validity of something |
| nullify | to make invalid of something |
| obliterate | to wipe out, remove all traces |
| ominous | signaling something evil is about to happen |
| premonition | a feeling that something is about to happen |
| sluggish | lacking energy |
| speculation | the act of thinking about or pandering something |
| supremacy | the state of being supreme, or having the most power |
| synchronize | to cause to occur at the same time |
| unethical | having bad moral principles |
| unprecedented | without parallel |
| vanquish | overpower an enemy completely |