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SAT Words 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rancor (n) | deep, bitter resentment (When Eileen challenged me to a fight, I could seethe rancor in her eyes.) |
| rapport (n) | mutual understanding and harmony (When Margaret met her paramour, they felt an instant rapport.) |
| raze (v) | to demolish, level (The old tenement house was razed to make room for the large chain store.) |
| recalcitrant (adj) | defiant, unapologetic (Even when scolded, the recalcitrant young girl simply stomped her foot and refused to finish her lima beans.) |
| recapitulate (v) | to sum up, repeat (Before the final exam, the teacher recapitulated the semester’s material.) |
| rectitude (n) | uprightness, extreme morality (The priest’s rectitude gave him the moral authority to counsel his parishioners.) |
| redoubtable (adj) | formidable (The fortress looked redoubtable set against a stormy sky.) 2. (adj.) commanding respect (The audience greeted the redoubtable speaker with a standing ovation.) |
| relegate (v) | to assign to the proper place (At the astrology conference, Simon was relegated to the Scorpio room.) 2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place |
| remedial (adj) | intended to repair gaps in students’ basic knowledge (After his teacher discovered he couldn’t read, Alex was forced to enroll in remedial English.) |
| remiss (adj) | negligent, failing to take care (The burglar gained entrance because the security guard, remiss in his duties, forgot to lock the door.) |
| repentant (adj) | penitent, sorry (The repentant Dennis apologized profusely for breaking his mother’s vase.) |
| replete (adj) | full, abundant (The unedited version was replete with naughty words.) |
| repose (v) | to rest, lie down (The cat, after eating an entire can of tuna fish, reposed in the sun and took a long nap.) |
| reprehensible (adj) | deserving rebuke (Jean’s cruel and reprehensible attempt to dump her boyfriend on his birthday led to tears and recriminations.) |
| reprobate (adj) | evil, unprincipled (The reprobate criminal sat sneering in the cell.) |
| reprove (v) | to scold, rebuke (Lara reproved her son for sticking each and every one of his fingers into the strawberry pie.) |
| repudiate (v) | to reject, refuse to accept (Kwame made a strong case for an extension of his curfew, but his mother repudiated it with a few biting words.) |
| requisition (n) | a demand for goods, usually made by an authority (During the war, the government made a requisition of supplies.) |
| resplendent (adj) | shiny, glowing (The partygoers were resplendent in diamonds and fancy dress.) |
| restitution (n) | restoration to the rightful owner (Many people feel that descendants of slaves should receive restitution for the sufferings of their ancestors.) |
| restive (adj) | resistant, stubborn, impatient (The restive audience pelted the band with mud and yelled nasty comments.) |
| rhapsodize (v) | to engage in excessive enthusiasm (The critic rhapsodized about the movie, calling it an instant classic.) |
| ribald (adj) | coarsely, crudely humorous (While some giggled at the ribald joke involving a parson’s daughter, most sighed and rolled their eyes.) |
| rife (adj) | abundant (Surprisingly, the famous novelist’s writing was rife with spelling errors.) |
| saccharine (adj) | sickeningly sweet (Tom’s saccharine manner, although intended to make him popular, actually repelled his classmates.) |
| sacrosanct (adj) | holy, something that should not be criticized (In the United States, the Constitution is often thought of as a sacrosanct document.) |
| sagacity (n) | shrewdness, soundness of perspective (With remarkable sagacity, the wise old man predicted and thwarted his children’s plan to ship him off to a nursing home.) |
| salient (adj) | significant, conspicuous (One of the salient differences between Alison and Nancy is that Alison is a foot taller.) |
| sanctimonious (adj) | giving a hypocritical appearance of piety (The sanctimoniousBertrand delivered stern lectures on the Ten Commandments to anyone who would listen, but thought nothing of stealing cars to make some cash on the side.) |
| sanguine (adj) | optimistic, cheery (Polly reacted to any bad news with a sanguine smile and the chirpy cry, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!”) |
| scintillating (adj) | sparkling (The ice skater’s scintillating rhinestone costume nearly blinded the judges.) |
| scrupulous (adj) | painstaking, careful (With scrupulous care, Sam cut a snowflake out of white paper.) |
| scurrilous (adj) | vulgar, coarse (When Bruno heard the scurrilous accusation being made about him, he could not believe it because he always tried to be nice to everyone.) |
| semaphore (n) | a visual signal (Anne and Diana communicated with a semaphore involving candles and window shades.) |
| seminal (adj) | original, important, creating a field (Stephen Greenblatt’s essays onShakespeare proved to be seminal, because they initiated the critical school of NewHistoricism.) |
| servile (adj) | subservient (The servile porter crept around the hotel lobby, bowing and quaking before the guests.) |
| sinuous (adj) | lithe, serpentine (With the sinuous movements of her arms, the dancer mimicked the motion of a snake.) |
| sobriety (n) | sedate, calm (Jason believed that maintaining his sobriety in times of crisis was the key to success in life.) |
| solicitous (adj) | concerned, attentive (Jim, laid up in bed with a nasty virus, enjoyed the solicitous attentions of his mother, who brought him soup and extra blankets.) |
| solipsistic (adj) | believing that oneself is all that exists (Colette’s solipsistic attitude completely ignored the plight of the homeless people on the street.) |
| somnolent (adj) | sleepy, drowsy (The somnolent student kept falling asleep and waking up with a jerk.) |
| sophomoric (adj) | immature, uninformed (The mature senior rolled her eyes at the sophomoric gross-out humor of the underclassman.) |
| spurious (adj) | false but designed to seem plausible (Using a spurious argument, John convinced the others that he had won the board game on a technicality.) |
| staid (adj) | sedate, serious, self-restrained (The staid butler never changed his expression no matter what happened.) |
| stolid (adj) | expressing little sensibility, unemotional (Charles’s stolid reaction to his wife’s funeral differed from the passion he showed at the time of her death.) |
| surfeit (n) | an overabundant supply or indulgence (After partaking of the surfeit of tacos and tamales at the All-You-Can-Eat Taco Tamale Lunch Special, Beth felt rather sick.) |
| surmise (v) | to infer with little evidence (After speaking to only one of the students, the teacher was able to surmise what had caused the fight.) |
| surreptitious (adj) | stealthy (The surreptitious CIA agents were able to get in and out of the house without anyone noticing.) |
| swarthy (adj) | of dark color or complexion (When he got drunk, Robinson’s white skin became rather swarthy.) |
| sycophant (n) | one who flatters for self-gain (Some see the people in the cabinet as the president’s closest advisors, but others see them as sycophants.) |
| tacit (adj) | expressed without words (I interpreted my parents’ refusal to talk as a tacit acceptance of my request.) |
| taciturn (adj) | not inclined to talk (Though Jane never seems to stop talking, her brother is quite taciturn.) |
| tangential (adj) | incidental, peripheral, divergent (I tried to discuss my salary, but the boss kept veering off into tangential topics.) |
| tantamount (adj) | equivalent in value or significance (When it comes to sports, fearing your opponent is tantamount to losing.) |
| temerity (n) | audacity, recklessness (Tom and Huck entered the scary cave armed with nothing but their own temerity.) |
| temperance (n) | moderation in action or thought (Maintaining temperance will ensure that you are able to think rationally and objectively.) |
| tenable (adj) | able to be defended or maintained (The department heads tore down the arguments in other people’s theses, but Johari’s work proved to be quite tenable.) |
| tenuous (adj) | having little substance or strength (Your argument is very tenuous, since it relies so much on speculation and hearsay.) |
| timorous (adj) | timid, fearful (When dealing with the unknown, timorous Tallulahal most always broke into tears.) |
| toady (n) | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors (The other kids referred to the teacher’s pet as the Tenth Grade Toady.) |
| torpid (adj) | lethargic, dormant, lacking motion (The torpid whale floated, wallowing in the water for hours.) |
| tortuous (adj) | winding (The scary thing about driving in mountains are the narrow, tortuous roads.) |
| tractable (adj) | easily controlled (The horse was so tractable, Myra didn’t even need a bridle.) |
| transient (adj) | passing through briefly; passing into and out of existence (Because virtually everyone in Palm Beach is a tourist, the population of the town is quite transient.) |
| transmute (v) | to change or alter in form (Ancient alchemists believed that it was possible to transmute lead into gold.) |
| trenchant (adj) | effective, articulate, clear-cut (The directions that accompanied my new cell phone were trenchant and easy to follow.) |
| trepidation (n) | fear, apprehension (Feeling great trepidation, Anya refused to jump into the pool because she thought she saw a shark in it.) |
| trite (adj) | not original, overused (Keith thought of himself as being very learned, but everyone else thought he was trite because his observations about the world were always the same as David Letterman’s.) |
| truculent (adj) | ready to fight, cruel (This club doesn’t really attract the dangerous types, so why was that bouncer being so truculent?) |
| truncate (v) | to shorten by cutting off (After winning the derby, the jockey truncated the long speech he had planned and thanked only his mom and his horse.) |
| turgid (adj) | swollen, excessively embellished in style or language (The haughty writer did not realize how we all really felt about his turgid prose.) |
| turpitude (n) | depravity, moral corruption (Sir Marcus’s chivalry often contrasted with the turpitude he exhibited with the ladies at the tavern.) |
| ubiquitous (adj) | existing everywhere, widespread (It seems that everyone in the United States has a television. The technology is ubiquitous here.) |
| umbrage (n) | resentment, offense (He called me a lily-livered coward, and I took umbrage at the insult.) |
| unctuous (adj) | smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner (The unctuous receptionist seemed untrustworthy, as if she was only being helpful because she thought we might give her a big tip.) |
| upbraid (v) | to criticize or scold severely (The last thing Lindsay wanted was for Lisa to upbraid her again about missing the rent payment.) |
| utilitarian (adj) | relating to or aiming at usefulness (The beautiful, fragile vase couldn’t hold flowers or serve any other utilitarian purpose.) |
| vacillate (v) | to fluctuate, hesitate (I prefer a definite answer, but my boss kept vacillating between the distinct options available to us.) |
| vacuous (adj) | lack of content or ideas, stupid (Beyonce realized that the lyrics she had just penned were completely vacuous and tried to add more substance.) |
| vapid (adj) | lacking liveliness, dull (The professor’s comments about the poem were surprisingly vapid and dull.) |
| variegated (adj) | diversified, distinctly marked (Each wire in the engineering exam was variegated by color so that the students could figure out which one was which.) |
| venerable (adj) | deserving of respect because of age or achievement (The venerable Supreme Court justice had made several key rulings in landmark cases throughout the years.) |
| venerate (v) | to regard with respect or to honor (The tribute to John Lennon sought to venerate his music, his words, and his legend.) |
| veracity (n) | truthfulness, accuracy (With several agencies regulating the reports, it was difficult for Latifah to argue against its veracity.) |
| verbose (adj) | wordy, impaired by wordiness (It took the verbose teacher two hours to explain the topic, while it should have taken only fifteen minutes.) |
| verdant (adj) | green in tint or color (The verdant leaves on the trees made the world look emerald.) |
| vestige (n) | a mark or trace of something lost or vanished (Do you know if the Mexican tortilla is a vestige of some form of Aztec corn-based flat bread?) |
| vicissitude (n) | event that occurs by chance (The vicissitudes of daily life prevent me from predicting what might happen from one day to the next.) |
| vindicate (v) | to avenge; to free from allegation; to set free (The attorney had no chance of vindicating the defendant with all of the strong evidence presented by the state.) |
| virtuoso (n) | one who excels in an art; a highly skilled musical performer (Even though Lydia has studied piano for many years, she’s only average at it. She’s no virtuoso, that’s for sure.) |
| viscous (adj) | not free flowing, syrupy (The viscous syrup took three minutes to pour out of the bottle.) |
| vitriolic (adj) | having a caustic quality (When angry, the woman would spew vitriolic insults.) |
| vituperate (v) | to berate (Jack ran away as soon as his father found out, knowing he would be vituperated for his unseemly behavior.) |
| vocation (n) | the work in which someone is employed, profession (After growing tired of the superficial world of high-fashion, Edwina decided to devote herself to a new vocation: social work.) |
| vociferous (adj) | loud, boisterous (I’m tired of his vociferous whining so I’m breaking up with him.) |
| wanton (adj) | undisciplined, lewd, lustful (Vicky’s wanton demeanor often made the frat guys next door very excited.) |
| winsome (adj) | charming, pleasing (After such a long, frustrating day, I was grateful forChris’s winsome attitude and childish naivete.) |
| wizened (adj) | dry, shrunken, wrinkled (Agatha’s grandmother, Stephanie, had the most wizened countenance, full of leathery wrinkles.) |
| zealous (adj) | fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something (If he were anymore zealous about getting his promotion, he’d practically live at the office.) |
| zenith (n) | the highest point, culminating point (I was too nice to tell Nelly that she had reached the absolute zenith of her career with that one hit of hers.) |
| zephyr (n) | a gentle breeze (If not for the zephyrs that were blowing and cooling us, our room would’ve been unbearably hot.) |
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