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3000 SAT (acce-deig)
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to believe something to be beneath one's dignity; to condescend |
| decanter | an ornamental glass bottle used for serving wine or liquids |
| debutante | a young woman making her formal entrance in society |
| debilitate | to cripple; to weaken |
| debauchery | excessive sefl-indulgence |
| de facto | in fact; actually existing .esp without lawful authority |
| crag | a steep, rugged rock or cliff |
| crestfallen | dissappointed and sad; downcast or depressed; dejected |
| couture | fashion, esp. high fashion |
| congenital | hereditary |
| comity | social harmony, mutual courtesy |
| collateral | security offered for payment of a deby |
| cohort | a friend or associate |
| coiffure | a hairdo; arrangement of hair |
| cogitate | to think very carefully; to give careful consideration to |
| codger | a mildly eccectric and usually elderly man |
| claque | a group hired to applaud at a performance; anyone who bestows approval motivated by self-interest |
| chintzy | gaudy; cheap; tacky |
| chanteuse | female singer in cabarets and night clubs |
| chalet | a kind of Swiss farmhouse with overlapping eaves |
| carapace | protective covering; shell |
| Byzantine | difficult to understand and complicated; characterized by the architectural style of the Byzantine Empire |
| brouhaha | an uproar; hubbub |
| brogue | accent; regional dialect |
| brazier | a pan for holding coals |
| bouillabaisse | a stew made with several kinds of fish and shellfish; mixture of things |
| bonhomie | good natured; easy friendly disposition |
| bosky | covered with an abundance of trees or scrubs; wooded |
| bloc | coalition of factions; parties with a common interest or purpose |
| bilge | the lowest point of a ship's inner hull; nonsense, rubbish |
| bilious | in a bad mood; extremely unpleasant; ill-tempered |
| bebelot (BEE bul low) | a small object of beauty or rarity |
| behest | an order or command |
| bathos | triteness or triviality in style; overly sentimental, mawkish writing or emotion |
| bamboozle | to cheat, dupe, hoodwink, trick |
| bagatelle | something unimportant or insignificant; trifle |
| avert | to turn aside or away; to prevent; avoid |
| aver | to assert with confidence; to state as true |
| attentuate | to make thin in consistency; to weaken |
| atavistic | having characteristics relating to an earlier type; related to a throwback |
| assay | to try or test; examine or analyze |
| assent | agree to a situation, opinion, or proposal; to concur |
| asperity | roughness or harshness, as of surface, weather, sound, or manner |
| aspersion | an insulting or malicious remark about someone |
| ascertain | to discover; to make certain; to learn unquestionably |
| apropos | appropraite, relevant; opportune; suitable |
| approbation | praise, approval |
| apposite | suitable and right for the occasion; fitting; appropriate |
| anomie | condition of an individual or of society resulting from a breakdown in standards and values |
| annuity | any income paid at fixed intervals |
| annals | descriptive record; history |
| androgynous | having the characteristics and nature of both male and female, neither specific |
| alms | money or goods given as charity to the poor |
| also-ran | one who is defeated in a race, election, or other competition; a loser |
| agog | highly excited by eagerness |
| ague | a malarial fever characterized by drastic changes of hot and cold body temperature |
| aegis | a shield or protection |
| affectation | false behavior intended to impress |
| affidavit | a sworn written statement |
| adumbrate | to sketch, to outline, to give a hint of things to come |
| adduce | to give as proof; to cite |
| acclaim | to give public approval and praise; to approve enthusiastically |
| accede | to yield; give in to a request |
| abase | to lower in position |
| abdicate | to give up |
| abed | in bed; on a bed |
| aberration | deviation from a right course |
| abet | to aid, promote, or encourage |
| abeyance | a state of suspension or temporary inaction |
| abhor | to hate or detest extremely |
| abhorrent | very repugnant |
Created by:
johne331
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