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TiennyBier SAT 1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| appease | to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe |
| arrogant | making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud |
| belligerent | warlike; given to waging war |
| bucolic | of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral |
| catharsis | the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music |
| circumlocution | a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea |
| compunction | a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse |
| congenial | agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character |
| congenital | of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, esp. the uterine environment |
| contrite | caused by or showing sincere remorse |
| convivial | friendly; agreeable |
| debilitate | to make weak or feeble, enfeeble |
| discern | to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend |
| duplicity | deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing |
| efficacious | capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc |
| eloquent | having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech |
| frugal | economical in use or expenditure;prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful |
| insipid | without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid |
| largesse | generous bestowal of gifts |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
| munificent | extremely liberal in giving; very generous |
| nebulous | hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused |
| opinionated | obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic |
| pithy | brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance or meaning; terse; forcible |
| prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant |
| prosaic | commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative |
| thrift | economical management; economy; frugality |
| tout | to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately |
| vapid | lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavour, insipid; flat |
| affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly or cordial |
| miserly | of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly |
| amicable | characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable |
| importunately | urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so |
| vindictiveness | disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful |
| sumptuous | entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly, very expensive and looking very impressive |
| diffident | lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
| rails | to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation often fol. by at or against |
| solicit | to seek for something by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc. |
| squander | to spend or sue money, time, etc. extravagantly or wastefully often fol. by away |
| tenacious | holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold often fol. by of |
| inclination | a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.: |
| ingratiate | to establish oneself in the favour or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort usually fol. by with |
| thrift | economical management; economy; frugality. |
| mercenary | adj. working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal. |
| churl | a rude, boorish, or surly person |
| malignant | disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. |
| amicable | characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: |
| rout | a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder: |
| remonstrate | to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval. |
| polemical | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc. |
| penurious | extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly. |
| pugnacious | Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. Having a strong desire to argue or fight with other people |
| fallacy | a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: |
| sycophant | a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate. |
| benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious: |
| parsimonious | characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: |
| cajole | to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax. |
| propensity | A natural inclination or tendency: a natural tendency that one behaves in a particular way |
| prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant: |
| equanimity | mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium. |
| obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. |
| uterine | of or pertaining to the uterus or womb. |
| erudite | characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: |
| reprehensible | deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. |
| cantankerous | disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: |
| rapture | ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. |
| prosaic | commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: |
| diffident | Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
| affable | pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly or cordial |
| disparaging | to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: |
| malefactor | a person who violates the law; criminal. |
| munificent | extremely liberal in giving; very generous. |
| debacle | a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout: |
| repudiate | to reject as having no authority or binding force: |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: |
| aplomb | imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance. |
| impugn | To challenge as false another's statements, motives, etc.; cast doubt upon. |
| effusive | unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: showing too much emotion |
| circumspect | watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: cautious in what should be said or done and not taking risk |
| animosity | a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: |
| progenitor | a biologically related ancestor: |
| tenacious | Holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold often fol. by of: |
| supercilious | haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. |
| specious | apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: |
| benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: |
| malediction | a curse; imprecation. |
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