Elite SAT: 125-250 Cumulative
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 facetious | playfully humorous |
| argot | specialized vocabulary usually associated with a profession |
| elude | to escape from as by daring or skill |
| desiccate | to dry |
| supersede | to replace |
| gauche | socially awkward |
| sublime | of high spiritual or moral worth |
| intrepid | bold or fearless |
| prerogative | an exclusive right or privilege, esp heredity |
| recumbent | lying down in position of comfort |
| windfall | unexpected good fortune |
| impervious | resistant to penetration |
| equanimity | evenness of temper |
| lurid | causing shock or horror |
| cabal | small group of secret plotters |
| abscond | to go away hastily |
| fete | lavish entertainment |
| exude | to give off to emit, to radiate |
| concerted | planned or accomplished together |
| flank | the side |
| expunge | to erase |
| recondite | not easily understood |
| preclude | to make impossible, to prevent the occurrence of |
| herald | to bear news, to announce |
| broach | to raise for discussion |
| vanguard | the leading position in an army |
| hermetic | completely sealed, esp from entry or escape of air |
| duplicity | deception; deceitfulness; double-dealing |
| adage | a familiar saying or proverb |
| aptitude | an inherent capacity for learning, understanding, or performing |
| procure | to obtain or acuire |
| rote | mechanical memorization, often without full understanding |
| itinerant | travelling from place to place, esp for work |
| incur | to acquire or sustain something undesirable |
| accede | to agree to something |
| caveat | a warning |
| behoove | to be necessary or proper for |
| enmity | the bitter attitude or feelings of an enemy and/or of mutual enemies |
| plight | sad situation |
| improvident | not preparing for the future; incautious |
| bathos | excessive or trivial sentimentality; an abrupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a laughable effect |
| venerable | worth of honor, dignity, and respect due to age, etc |
| shroud | to conceal; n. something that covers |
| abet | to encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing |
| aback | taken by surprise |
| adduce | to show as an example or means of providing something |
| fanfare | a showy public display |
| exiguous | scanty; meager; small; slender |
| confluence | joining together of different streams |
| tepid | moderately warm; lacking force or enthusiasm |
| atrophy | wasting away, esp. of body tissue or muscles |
| esteem | high regard; respect; to regard highly |
| efficacy | the power to make the desired effect (mnemonic: something that has EFFiciency) |
| capacious | able to contain much (mnemonic: capacious is like spacious) |
| hegemony | strong influence; dominance |
| approbation | official approval |
| bromide | commonplace remark intended to calm (mnemonic: bromide is not chemically reactive) |
| temerity | willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets people |
| forebear | ancestors; a person from whom one is descended |
| enormity | wickedness, an evil act |
| avocation | a hobby |
| symposium | a meeting to discuss a topic, esp where the participants form the audience and make the presentations |
| grisly | inspiring horror because of appalling crudity or inhumanity; gruesome |
| fatuous | smugly foolish; complacently stupid |
| construe | to interpret |
| skirt | to lie along the edge of; to pass nearby or around rather than through |
| timorous | full of fear |
| equivocal | capable of multiple interpretations. hint. think of its opposite and how obama uses it |
| heed | to pay attention to |
| ramification | a development or consequence resulting from a course of action |
| eclipse | to overshadow |
| rococo | elaborate or overdone |
| progenitor | a direct ancestor |
| vagary | an erratic notion or action |
| recount | to tell in detail; to remember |
| balk | to stop short |
| parochial | restricted; limited; narrow; local |
| relegate | to assign to an obscure place or condition |
| innate | possessed at birth; inborn |
| fulminate | to issue a strong verbal attack |
| replete | will filled; abundantly supplied |
| tenuous | weak or thin |
| promulgate | to make known by official endorsement |
| heterodox | not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma |
| ilk | kind; sort; class |
| fortitude | strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity |
| connote | to imply something beyond a literal meaning |
| doctrinaire | inflexibility maintaining an idea |
| cede | to formally give or formally surrender |
| inexorable | not be able to be persuaded; unyielding; unalterable |
| expatriate | to send into exile |
| halcyon | calm or peaceful |
| nadir | the lowest point; the bottom |
| neophyte | a beginner; an immature person who is learning |
| curtail | to cut short; to abbreviate |
| exigent | requiring immediate action |
| periphery | a boundary line; a perimeter; an outside surface |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances |
| congenital | present at birth; being an essential characteristic |
| précis | a concise summary of a text |
| commiserate | to express sympathy |
| pique | to arouse interest; to irritate |
| warrant | to justify or to desire |
| intrinsic | relating to the essential nature of something |
| erudite | well educated |
| insipid | uninteresting; having no flavor |
| emolument | payment for an office or employment |
| exult | to rejoice greatly |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient; rebellious; insubordinate |
| redress | to set right; to remedy |
| epithet | a descriptive term for a person or thing |
| canvass | to ask for votes, opinions, etc |
| licentious | not moral; lawless; lewd |
| gregarious | seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group |
| adumbrate | to give a sketchy outline; to foreshadow |
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