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SAT week 4
vocabs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vulnerable | weak; that can be easily attacked |
| impregnable | that cannot be taken by force ; strong |
| invincible | too strong to be defeated |
| unassailable | unattackable |
| tenable | defendable; that can be successfully defended (behavior) |
| lucid | clear |
| limpid | clear |
| diaphanous | clear |
| perspicuous | clear |
| explicit | clear |
| vague | unclear |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| ambivalent | unclear |
| nebulous | unclear |
| implicit | unclear |
| equivocal | unclear |
| turbid | unclear |
| foggy | unclear |
| cloudy | unclear |
| pellucid | very clear and easy to understand |
| elucidate | to make clear for better understanding |
| diaphanous | transparent |
| opaque | 1. not allowing light to pass through 2. hard to perceive or understand |
| opacity | noun for opaque |
| perspicuous | clear |
| perspicuity | clearness |
| perspicacious | [person] quick in judging and understanding |
| perspicacity | ability to judge and understand quickly |
| conspicuous | 1. easily seen or distinguished 2. showy; intended to show off (conspicuous consumption) |
| ambivalent | 1. having too opposite or contrary meanings, feelings, etc 2. unclear |
| sanction | 1. to punish / punishment 2. to approve/ approval |
| nebula | galaxy |
| nebulous | cloudy; unclear; hard to understand |
| equivocate | to use an equivocal language |
| turbid | 1. thick; muddy 2. unclear |
| torpid | dull and slow |
| torpor | dullness; slowness |
| turgid | swollen |
| turgidity | swollenness |
| bloated | swollen |
| distended | swollen |
| inflated | swollen |
| eradicate | to eliminate completely |
| extirpate | to eliminate completely |
| uproot | to eliminate completely |
| enroot | 1. to implant 2. to establish firmly |
| entrench | to establish firmly (entrenched beliefs) |
| contest | to argue |
| altercate | to argue |
| polemicize | to argue |
| content | to argue |
| dispute | to argue |
| rebut | to argue |
| refute | to argue |
| altercate | to argue |
| alternative | other option |
| alternate | every other |
| alter | to change |
| altercation | a noisy quarrel or argument |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel or argument |
| polemic | dispute; argument |
| polemics | study of argumentation |
| polemicist | one who disputes or argues |
| polemical | fond of arguing or disputing |
| contentious | fond of arguing or fighting |
| contention | argument;fight |
| content | to please; satisfy |
| contented | pleased |
| contentment | satisfaction |
| malcontent | dissatisfaction |
| discontent | dissatisfaction |
| continent | able to control oneself, esp sexually; moral |
| continence | self-control |
| polemical | fond of arguing |
| disputatious | fond of arguing |
| pugnacious | fond of arguing |
| pugilism | boxing |
| pugilist | boxer |
| impugn | to challenge by arguing |
| elate | to stimulate; to encourage |
| acquiesce | agree passively w/o protest but not enthusiastically |
| disdain | to dislike; to hate |
| detest | to dislike; to hate |
| despise | to dislike; to hate |
| abhor | to dislike; to hate |
| abominate | to dislike; to hate |
| execrate | to dislike; to hate |
| loathe | to dislike; to hate |
| disdain | dislike; hatred |
| detest | dislike; hatred |
| despise | dislike; hatred |
| abhorrence | dislike; hatred |
| abominate | dislike; hatred |
| execration | dislike; hatred |
| rancor | dislike; hatred |
| venom | dislike; hatred |
| enmity | dislike; hatred |
| animosity | dislike; hatred |
| odium | dislike; hatred |
| abominable | causing or deserving hatred |
| loath | unwilling; reluctant |
| grudging | unwilling; reluctant |
| amity | friendship |
| amiable | friendly; lovable |
| amicable | friendly; lovable |
| affable | friendly; lovable |
| affability | friendliness |
| odious | deserving or causing hatred; wicked |
| paradox | contradiction |
| infamy | wickedness |
| iniquity | wickedness |
| turpitude | wickedness |
| enormity | wickedness |
| inequity | lack of justice; unfairness |
| enormity | wickedness |
| enormousness | hugeness |
| infamous | wicked |
| iniquitous | wicked |
| diabolic | wicked |
| fiendish | wicked |
| flagrant | wicked |
| mendacious | wicked |
| heinous | wicked |
| horrendous | wicked |
| nefarious | wicked |
| ferocious | wicked |
| vile | wicked |
| odious | wicked |
| atrocious | wicked |
| cherub | angel |
| cherubic | angelic |
| seraph | angel |
| seraphic | angelic |
| flagrant | openly wicked ; done in open manner |
| mendacious | wicked; unlawful |
| novel | new; fresh |
| novelty | newness |
| bucolic | of farm or country |
| rustic | of farm or country |
| pastoral | of farm or country |
| treacherous | disloyal; unfaithful |
| treasonous | disloyal; unfaithful |
| infidel | disloyal; unfaithful |
| perfidious | disloyal; unfaithful |
| traitorous | disloyal; unfaithful |
| disaffected | disloyal; unfaithful |
| falsehearted | disloyal; unfaithful |
| treachery | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| treason | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| infidelity | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| perfidy | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| traitorousness | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| disaffection | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| falseheartedness | disloyalty; unfaithfulness |
| infidel | 1. unfaithful 2. an unbeliever |
| fidelity | faithfulness |
| fealty | faithfulness |
| constant | loyal |
| steadfast | loyal |
| perfidious | betraying |
| perfidy | betrayal |
| traitor | conspirator; betrayer |
| collude | to agree or side w/ enemy |
| collusion | conspiracy |
| disaffect | 1. to cause to lose affection to * 2. to be disloyal, esp to govt |
| falsehearted | 1. unfaithful 2. deceitful |
| knavish | deceitful; cunning |
| insidious | deceitful; cunning |
| duplicitous | deceitful; cunning |
| sly | deceitful; cunning |
| wily | deceitful; cunning |
| crafty | deceitful; cunning |
| artful | deceitful; cunning |
| guile | deceitful; cunning |
| knave | a dishonest, dishonorable person |
| ignominious | dishonest; dishonorable |
| base | dishonest; dishonorable |
| knavish | dishonest; dishonorable |
| scurvy | dishonest; dishonorable |
| ignominy | dishonor; dishonesty |
| baseness | dishonor; dishonesty |
| duplicity | deception |
| guile | deceitful; cunning |
| guileless | not deceitful; not cunning |
| beguile | to deceive |
| delude | to cheat; deceive; trick |
| subterfuge | to cheat; deceive; trick (to get out of trouble) |
| inveigle | to cheat; deceive; trick |
| bilk | to cheat; deceive; trick (money) |
| swindle | to cheat; deceive; trick (money) |
| dupe | to cheat; deceive; trick a gulliable person |
| gull | to cheat; deceive; trick |
| jockey | to cheat; deceive; trick |
| delusive | to trick someone by using deception, flattery, etc |
| manipulate | to manage shrewdly (neg) or skillfully (pos) |
| blithe | cheerful; merry; gay |
| effervescent | cheerful; merry; gay |
| buoyant | cheerful; merry; gay |
| exultant | cheerful; merry; gay |
| jocose | cheerful; merry; gay |
| jocund | cheerful; merry; gay |
| jovial | cheerful; merry; gay |
| jaunty | cheerful; merry; gay |
| convivial | cheerful; merry; gay |
| effervesce | 1. to be gay 2. to give off bubble/ gas |
| exult | to rejoice greatly |
| rejoice | to be joyful |
| rejoin | to respond; answer |
| enjoin | to command; to order |
| exalt | to praise highly |
| convivial | fond of drinking and chatting |
| gaiety | cheerfulness; merriment |
| mirth | cheerfulness; merriment |
| revelry | cheerfulness; merriment (noisy) |
| jollity | cheerfulness; merriment |
| revel | to be merry |
| reverie | daydream |
| distort | to twist; misrepresent |
| convolute | to twist; to make complicated [theory, pattern] |
| warp | to twist |
| squirm | to twist |
| writhe | to twist |
| gnarl | to twist |
| sinuous | complicated winding (휘는) |
| intricate | complicated |
| circuitous | complicated |
| complex | complicated |
| labyrinthine | complicated |
| extricate | to free from difficulty, complexity, etc |
| labyrinth | 1. maze 2. confusion |
| tabulate | to put or arrange into table |