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3000 SAT(pere-sent)
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sententious | self-righteous; give to arrogant moralizing; preachy |
| seminary | a school for religious training |
| sedition | willful violation of allegiance to one's country; treason |
| scion (SIE on) | a descendant directly from the same parents or ancestors |
| sallow | lacking color; pale; sickly-looking |
| sally | a sudden onslaught; an excursion or expedition; a clever rejoinder |
| roue (roo AY) | an immoral man, libertine, wanton, profligate |
| riposte | quick sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke |
| rife | abundant; great in number or amount |
| revamp | to renovate; to revise or reconstruct |
| reticulate | cover with a network |
| resurgent | able to rise after defeat |
| requisite | compulsory, essential, manditory; requirement |
| repudiate | disavow, revoke, annul, nullify |
| reprove | to criticize or correct gently; reproach; chide, scold |
| reprobate | a morally unprincipled person; a degenerate |
| reprisal | revenge; retaliation; vendetta; vengeance |
| remand | to remit, send back or consign again |
| rarefied | not ordinary; interesting to a select group only |
| rampart | fortification, a bulwark or defense |
| raiment (RAY munt) | clothing; wearing apparel |
| rakish (RAY kish) | appearing fast, neat appearance, dashing, casual |
| raffish (RAF ish) | cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry; disreputable |
| rabble | disorderly crowd or mob, lower class |
| quisling | person betraying one's own country, helping an invading enemy |
| quip | a witty remark or reply |
| quintessential | being the most perfect or typical example of something |
| quid pro quo | one thing done in return for another |
| putative (PYOO tuh tiv) | commonly accepted |
| purist | someone who strictly observes traditions or conventions |
| pumice | porous form of volcanic glass used as an abrasive |
| puissant (PWIS ahnt) | potent, powerful, mighty |
| provisional | tentative, stopgap, transitional, conditional |
| propulsive | propelling; having a propelling force |
| proliferate | to increase in number and spread rapidly, regenerate |
| proffer | to put before a person for acceptance, offer |
| privation | lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; destitution; poverty |
| pregnant | filled with meaning that has not been expressed |
| prehensile | adapted for grasping or holding |
| predispose | to set up or influence a behavior or condition; to lay the groudwork for |
| predilection | tendency to think favorably of something, partiality, penchant |
| preceptor | teacher, principal of a school, instructor |
| pratfall | a fall on the buttocks; a humiliating defeat or failure |
| pontificate | to act or speak arrogantly; to be conceited, overconfident, egotistical |
| poltroon | a coward |
| pithy | brief, forceful and meaningful in expression; concise |
| philippic (fe LIP ik) | a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, insulting language; a trirade |
| petulant | ill-humored, irratable, cranky |
| perfidy (PUR fuh dee) | treachery, treason, disloyalty, faithlessness |
| peremptory (puh REMP tuh ree) | irrevocable, decisive, final, dictatorial |
Created by:
johne331
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