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SIHS SAT Weeks 1-5
SAT Review
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| avarice | greed |
| frugal | careful with money |
| soporific | sleepy |
| intimidate | to frighten |
| rigor | harshness |
| acerbic | bitter, sharp in taste or temper |
| dichotomy | division into two parts |
| fervid | passionate |
| goad | prod or urge |
| serendipity | good luck |
| ameliorate | to make better, to lessen pain |
| belligerent | ready to fight |
| sycophant | brown-noser |
| extol | laud, to value highly |
| antidote | something that relieves or prevents |
| listless | lacking interest in something |
| conflagration | inferno |
| coalesce | to have different opinions join together |
| plethora | excess, abundance |
| superflous | overabundant |
| cryptic | secret, having a hidden meaning |
| atrophy | waste away |
| respite | interval of rest |
| pariah | an outcast |
| devoid | entirely without |