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SAT Vocabulary
SAT Vocabulary pt 25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| replete | filled to satisfaction with food or drink |
| reprehensible | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure |
| repudiate | refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid |
| resolution | a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner |
| rove | move about aimlessly or without any destination |
| sever | set or keep apart |
| ruthless | without mercy or pity |
| spurious | (adj) inauthentic; not bona fide |
| stoic | seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive |
| sinecure | a job that involves minimal duties |
| thearchy | (n) a government ruled by the leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods |
| therapeutic | tending to cure or restore to health |
| thwart | hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire |
| tincture | (n) a typically alcoholic mixture containing a medicine or remedy |
| titular | existing in name only |
| transcendent | exceeding or surpassing usual limits |
| transparent | able to be seen through with clarity |
| treatise | a formal text that treats a particular topic systematically |
| trepidation | a feeling of alarm or dread |
| underworld | (n) a world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as Hades |
| urbane | showing a high degree of refinement |
| usurp | seize and take control without authority |
| utopia | ideally perfect state |
| vagabond | a wanderer with no established residence or means of support |
| verbose | using or containing too many words |