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SAT Prep
Vocab Words #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Disparage | usually in a somewhat indirect way |
| Ephemeral | short lived |
| Compliant | yielding |
| Prosaic | dull |
| Profuse | flowing |
| Expedient | providing an immediate advantage |
| Fastidious | demanding |
| Belligerent | waging war |
| Astute | intelligent |
| Languish | to become weak |
| Censure | to condemn severely for doing something bad |
| Stagnation | inactivity |
| Mitigate | to lessen the severity of something |
| Reprehensible | worthy of blame or censure |
| Engender | to create |
| Exemplary | outstanding |
| Neutral | unbiased |
| Relegate | to banish |
| Anecdote | a brief |
| Scanty | inadequate |
| Fallacious | false |
| Acclaim | praise |
| Uniform | consistent |
| Incoherent | jumbled; chaotic |
| Repress | to hold down |
| Articulate | speaking clearly and well |
| Solicit | to ask for |
| Reproach | to scold |
| Condescend | to stoop to someone else's level |
| Orthodox | conventional |
| Indolence | laziness |
| Congenial | agreeably suitable |
| Preclude | to prevent |
| Apprehensive | worried; anxious |
| Elaborate | thorough |
| Arrogant | feeling superior to others |
| Elusive | hard to pin down |
| Efface | to erase |
| Taciturn | untalkative by nature |
| Ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| Acquiesce | to give in |
| Atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| Dubious | doubtful |
| Flagrant | shocking |
| Concise | brief and to the point |