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SAT 4 51-100
Johnson's Vocab List #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Implacable | incapable of being appeased |
| incessant | uninterrupted |
| indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
| Inimitable | limitless |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| jollity | merriment |
| kindle | to start a fire |
| malleable | capable of being shaped, influenced, or altered |
| mortify | to humiliate, to would pride, to experience shame |
| mutability | the degree to which something is subject and likely to change |
| naive | unsophisticated, inexperienced |
| obdurate | extremely stubborn, unwilling to accept advice |
| odious | deserving of hate or contempt |
| parochial | limited in range or scope, narrow, provincial |
| parody | humorous or ridiculous imitation |
| parsimony | stringiness, frugality; excessive economy |
| penchant | a strong inclination |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| peripheral | on the edge, not important |
| perspicacious | having clear insight, shrewd, very perceptive; astute, sagacious |
| platitude | trite remark, banal statement |
| pliable | easily manipulated or able to be bent freely without bending |
| ponderous | very heavy, unwielding from weight |
| portent | a sign or forewarning |
| prodigious | extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous |
| profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
| profligate | a wasteful person; extremely wasteful given to licentiousness |