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TiennyBier SAT Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| levity | n lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness |
| prevaricate | vw to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie |
| sententious | a abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims |
| exonerate | vo to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate |
| alacritous | n cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness |
| demure | a characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved. |
| decorous | a characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. |
| maverick | a unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist |
| ignominy | n disgrace; dishonor; public contempt. |
| attenuate | vo to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value |
| defunct | a no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning |
| auspicious | a promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
| vilify | vo to speak ill of; defame; slander. |
| libel | n defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures. |
| dulcet | a pleasant to the ear; melodious |
| calumniate | vo to make false and malicious statements about; slander. |
| deride | to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock. |
| convalesce | vw to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health. |
| tactile | a of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch. |
| placated | vo to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures |
| tacit | a understood without being openly expressed; implied |
| impetuous | a of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive |
| propensity | n a natural inclination or tendency |
| emanciate | vo to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. |
| bifurcate | vo,vw to divide or fork into two branches. |
| gaudy | a brilliantly or excessively showy |
| capitulate | vw to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. |
| grandiloquent | a speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. |
| infidelity | n marital disloyalty; adultery. |
| chary | a cautious or careful; wary |
| perfidy | n deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery |
| asperse | vo to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander. |
| inimical | a adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful |
| ostentatious | a characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others |
| candid | a frank; outspoken; open and sincere |
| curmudgeon | n a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. |
| pertinent | a pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant |
| equivocate | vw to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge |
| prescient | n knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. |
| salutary | a promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome. |
| sedulous | a diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous. |
| virulent | a actively poisonous; intensely noxious |
| halcyon | a happy; joyful; carefree |
| toady | n an obsequious flatterer; sycophant. |
| nadir | n the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith. |
| serendipity | n an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. |
| deprecate | vo to express earnest disapproval of. |
| doctrine | fdsa |
| desultory | fdsa |
| iconoclastic | fdsa |
| dilatory | fdsa |
| paragon |
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