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SAT Words
Words from 1000 Binder
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bombastic | (adj) excessively confident, pompous, pretentious |
| abrogate | (v) to abolish usually by authority |
| amenable | (adj) willing, compliant |
| antithesis | (n) opposite |
| archetype | (n) typical example of a person or thing |
| arrogate | (v) to take without justification |
| aspersion | (n) false misleading charge meant to hurt someone's reputation |
| canny | (adj) prudent, shrewd, careful |
| circuitous | (adj) roundabout |
| collusion | (n) secret agreement, conspiracy |
| complacency | (n) self-satisfied ignorance of danger |
| complicit | (adj) being an accomplice in a wrongful act |
| confluence | (n) coming, meeting, gathering |
| congruity | (n) quality of being in agreement |
| consign | (v) to give something over to another's care |
| constrain | (v) to forcibly restrict |
| construe | (v) to interpret |
| contravene | (v) to contradict, oppose, violate |
| coup | (n) 1. brilliant and unexpected act 2. overthrow of government and assumption of authority |
| deplore | (v) to feel or express sorrow, disapproval |
| effrontery | (n) insolence, nerve, impudence |
| exculpate | (v) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate |
| expiate | (v) atone, to make amends for |
| expurgate | (v) to remove the offensive or incorrect parts from a book |
| felicitous | (adj) 1. well-suited, apt 2. delightful, pleasing |
| fatuous | (adj) silly, foolish |
| forestall | (v) to thwart, prevent, delay |
| fractious | (adj) irritable, troublesome |
| grievous | (adj) injurious, hurtful, serious or grave in nature |
| immutable | (adj) incapable of changing |
| impassive | (adj) stoic, not susceptible to suffering |
| impecunious | (adj) poor, impoverished |
| incorrigible | (adj) incapable of being corrected, changed |
| incontrovertible | (adj) indisputable |
| inexorable | (adj) incapable of being persuaded or placated |
| ingenuous | (adj)innocent, candid, not devious |
| inimical | (adj) hostile, enemy-like |
| iniquity | (n) sin, wickedness |
| intransigent | (adj)refusing to compromise often on an extreme opinion |
| irrevocable | (adj) unable to be taken back |
| manifold | (adj) diverse, varied |
| modulate | (v) to pass from one state of another |
| multifarious | (adj) having great diversity or variety |
| palliate | (v) to reduce the severity of |
| pellucid | (adj) clear, easily intelligible |
| vituperate | (v) to berate |
| vicissitude | (n) events that occur by chance |
| vapid | (adj) dull, lacking liveliness |
| temerity | (n) audacity, recklessness |
| temperance | (n) moderation in action or thought |
| staid | (adj) sedate, serious, self-restrained |
| stolid | (adj) unemotional, expressing little sensibility |
| scurrilous | (adj) coarse, vulgar |
| semaphore | (n) visual signal |
| sobriety | (n) sedate, calm |
| solipsistic | (adj) believing oneself is all that exists |
| pertinacious | (adj) stubbornly persistent |
| portent | (n) omen |
| poignant | (adj) moving, deeply affecting |
| prescribe | (v) to lay down as a law or rule |
| proscribe | (v) to outlaw, condemn |
| presumptuous | (adj) disrespectfully bold |
| profligate | (adj) dissolute, extravagant |
| propitious | (adj) favorable |
| protean | (adj) capable of changing shape, displaying great variety |
| quixotic | (adj) impractical, idealistic |
| recalcitrant | (adj) defiant, unapologetic |
| renunciation | (n) act of rejecting something |
| requisition | (n) demand for goods usually made by an authority |
| redoubtable | (adj) formidable, commanding respect |
| sacrosanct | (adj) sacred, holy, something that should not be criticized |
| sanguine | (adj) cheery, optimistic |
| sanctimonious | (adj) giving a hypocritical appearance of piety |
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