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sat week 12
sat week 12 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| corpulent | fat |
| opulent | rich;wealthy |
| opulence | wealth |
| vex | annoy |
| vie | to compete |
| cerebral | of brain; of intelligence |
| odorous | good smelling |
| odoriferous | good smelling |
| redolent | good smelling |
| aromatic | good smelling |
| fragrant | good smelling |
| malodorous | bad smelling |
| fetid | bad smelling |
| rancid | bad smelling |
| noisome | bad smelling |
| forfeit | to seize by authority of law |
| impound | to seize by authority of law |
| confiscate | to seize by authority of law |
| redouble | to increase |
| harangue | to make a long loud talk or speech |
| tirade | a long, angry, scolding speech |
| brook | to tolerate |
| dissolve | 1. bring or come to end 2. disappear; fade away |
| egalitarian | equal |
| swoon | to faint |
| faint | to lose consciousness |
| feint | pretense |
| feign | to pretend |
| inscrutable | mysterious |
| gratuitous | 1. w/ o cause or justification; unwarranted 2. given as free |
| gratuity | tip |
| blunt | 1. [speech] dull; plain 2. [knife] dull; rough |
| brusque | [speech, behavior] abrupt and rough |
| lowly | humble |
| arable | [land] suitable for farming |
| till | to cultivate |
| tillable | [land] that can be cultivated |
| viscous | sticky |
| viscosity | stickiness |
| connoisseur | expert who tells genuineness of artwork, wine, etc |
| articulate | 1. to speak fluently 2. to pronounce clearly fluent |
| homogeneous | of same kind |
| heterogeneous | of different kind |
| demonstrative | showing one's emotion freely |
| effusive | showing one's feeling |
| insufferable | over-proud; unbearably conceited |
| flora | all the plants in a region or area |
| fauna | all the animals in a region or area |
| litigate | to bring lawsuit against |
| litigious | 1. fond of going to law 2. that can be disputed at law |
| compendious | [of authors, books, etc] giving much info briefly |
| calumniate | to slander |
| asperse | to slander |
| detract | to slander |
| vilify | to slander |
| libel | to slander |
| calumny | slandering words or statements |
| aspersion | slandering words or statements |
| detraction | slandering words or statements |
| vilification | slandering words or statements |
| libel | slandering words or statements |
| calumniate | to slander |
| culminate | to compete; to reach the climax or the highest point of |
| detract | to take away value, importance, etc from someone or something |
| detractor | a slander |
| champion | v. to support; to defend n. a supporter; a defender |
| dissident | a dissenter (disagreer) |
| dissent | to disagree |
| depose | to kick out a ruler; dethrone |
| unfrock | to kick out a priest; to dismiss a priest from priesthood |
| disbar | to cancel a lawyer's license |
| evict | to kick out a tenant |
| deport | to kick out alien |
| heretical | holding a view which is different from the conventional, orthodox one |
| heresy | a view which is different from the conventional orthodox one |
| dis affirm | to contradict |
| empirical | based on real world experiences or happenings |
| perverse | willfully bad or wrongdoing |
| scrupulous | moral |
| unscrupulous | immoral; not caring about the means in order to achieve a goal |
| prurient | sexual; physical |
| lustful | sexual; physical |
| lecherous | sexual; physical |
| lewd | sexual; physical |
| lascivious | sexual; physical |
| salacious | sexual; physical |
| voluptuous | sexual; physical |
| carnal | sexual; physical |
| sensual | sexual; physical |
| dissolute | immoral |
| rectify | to set right up |
| rectitude | 1. uprightness 2. integrity |
| probity | integrity (honesty) |
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