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SAT Words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Impunity | freedom from punishment or pain. |
| Implacable | characterized by a relentless hatred that cannot be appeased; merciless and unforgiving. |
| Impugn | to attack or assail with words; to verbally challenge something as false or wrong. |
| Polemic | a controversial argument often published as an essay or pamphlet attacking a specific opinion or doctrine. |
| Perfidious | characterized by treacherous and deceitful behavior; traitorous. |
| Cursory | performed in a hasty and superficial manner without attention to detail. |
| Galvanize | to energize and stir into action; to arouse. |
| Extempory | to perform without preparation; improvise. |
| Taciturn | reserved and not talkative; laconic. |
| Unambiguous | clear and precise; exhibiting no uncertainty; categorial. |
| Consternation | a sudden and alarming amazement that results in confusion and dismay. |
| Portend | to serve as an omen or warning; to foreshadow danger. |
| Inscrutable | very hard to figure out; incomprehensive. |
| Crystalize | to take a definite form or shape. |
| Puerile | childish and immature. |
| Profligate | characterized by squandering time and money. |
| Foreboding | a strong inner feeling or premonition of future misfortune. |
| Irascible | easily angered; prone to outbursts of temper. |
| Indulgent | characterized by excessive generosity; overly lenient and tolerant. |
| Pedantic | characterized by being showy in displaying one's knowledge; bookish. |
| Week 2 | XDXDXDXDXDXDDD |
| Officious | describes someone who acts more official than the actually are; annoingly meddlesome. |
| Bohemian | describes a person who is known for unconventional behavior; a nonconformist |
| Proscribe | to forbid or prohibit an activity. |
| Facetious (1 of 2 words that contain all vowels lined up in order) | cleverly amusing in tone; not meant to be taken seriously |
| Punctilious | strictly attentive to minute details of conduct; very precise and meticulous. |
| Auspicious | favorable and promising accompanied by good omens and therefore propitious. |
| Evocative | characterized by using the power of IMAGINATION to call forth a memory. |
| Enigma | a riddle shrouded in mystery and thus something that is puzzling |
| Superficial | shallow; lacking intellectual or emotional depth. |
| Precocious | characterized by the exception the exception early development or maturely of a talent. |
| Stigmatize | to brand or mark as inferior |
| Exhort | to spur on |
| Mendacity | a trait of being deliberately untruthful |
| Proscribe | to forbid an activity |
| Resplendent | characterized by great beauty and dazzling diamond like colors |
| Vitriolic | characterized by a harsh and nasty tone |
| Proliferate | to grow rapidly |
| Fortuitous | filled with good fortune |
| Infinitesimal | incalculably small |
| Compunction | a feeling of deep regret caused by a sense of guilt |
| Ameliorate | to improve; to make better |
| Week 3 | BEGONE THOT! |