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SAT Vocab 3
Parker
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abeyance (n) | a state of not being presently used; temporary suspension or cessation |
| Abnegate (v) | to deny oneself (as in pleasure); to reject negative influences;renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc) |
| Ancillary (adj) | helping: providing assistance; subordinate |
| Bane (n) | cause of harm; torment; ruin |
| Belie (v) | to contradict or give false impression |
| Bivouac (n) | a temporary shelter or encampment, especially for millitary purposes |
| Castigate (v) | to criticize harshly, usually with the intent of correcting wrongdoing |
| Codger (n) | a midly eccentric and usually elderly man |
| Compunction (n) | a feeling of guilt for what someone has done; regret |
| Deizen (n) | inhabitant |
| Discursive (adj) | rambling on aimlessly (as in speech or writting) |
| Elixir (n) | cure-all; medication concoction |
| Enmity (n) | hostility; deep-seated hatred |
| Fawn (v) | "suck up" to someone; to exibit exaggerated affection |
| Ferret (v) | to force out of hiding |
| Gauche (adj.) | unpolished; ill-bred; unsophisticated; inelegant; unmannerly |
| Grandiloquent (adj.) | attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures. |
| Hiatus (n) | a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break |
| Hirsute (adj) | hairy; covered with hair |
| Impervious (adj) | impenetrable (physical as well as mental) |
| Inchoate (adj) | just begun; in the beginning or initial stages |
| Junket (n) | an excursion by officials to gather facts |
| Kilter (n) | good working condition; a state of readiness |
| Languid (adj) | lacking energy; showing little interest; weak |
| Litany (n) | a long list: recital that involves repetition or incantation; tedious recounting |
| Machination (n) | scheming activity for an evil purpose |
| Mendicant (n) | street beggar |
| Numismatist (n) | a coin collector or specialist |
| Obesiance (n) | a gesture of the body, such as as bow, made to indicate respect or submission |
| Obfuscate (v) | to obscure; to complicate; to confuse |
| Paradignm (n) | a pattern that serves as a model or example |
| Perfidy (n) | treachery; treason; disloyalty; faithlessness |
| Quintessential (adj) | being the most perfect example of something |
| Raiment (n) | clothing; wearing apparel |
| Ratiocination (n) | logical reasoning |
| Reprobate (n) | a morally unprinciple person: a degenerate |
| Salient (adj) | important; readily attracting notice; noticeable |
| Scintilla (n) | a minute amount; spark; trace |
| Supercillious (adj) | arrogant; self-important; pompous |
| Talisman (n) | an object with supposed miraculous powers |
| Teem (v) | to have in abundance; to overrun; to swarm |
| Titular (adj) | in name only; bearing a title; nominal |
| Ubiquitous (adj) | beign or seeming to be everywhere at the same time |
| Umbrage (n) | a sense of injury or insult; offense |
| Vacuous (adj) | empty; devoid of ideas or emotion; not showing purpose, meaning or intelligence |
| Veracious (adj) | speaking the truth; honest |
| Veracity (n) | truthfulness; honesty; candor |
| Vitriolic (adj) | acerbic; scathing; caustic; full of bitterness |
| Whelp (n) | the young offspring on an animal |
| Zephyr (n) | a gentle, mild breeze; a fine light quality |
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