11th Grade Fall Vocabulary/SAT
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adroit | adj. skillful, clever |
| Adulterate | v. to make impure, to contaminate Adj. impure |
| Adventitious | adj. accidental, nonessential |
| Aegis | n. a shield; protection; sponsorship |
| Aesthetic | adj. pertaining to beauty |
| Affectation | n. a phony attitude; pose |
| Affinity | n. an attraction to |
| Affluence | n. wealth, richness |
| Agape | adj. open-mouthed; surprised; agog |
| Aggrandize | v. to enlarge; to expand |
| Altruism | n. a concern for others; generosity |
| Ambiguous | adj. open to more than one interpretation |
| Amoral | adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong |
| Amorphous | adj. shapeless; formless; vague |
| Animosity | n. hatred |
| Antipathy | n. intense dislike |
| Antithesis | n. an exact opposite; and opposite extreme |
| Badinage | n. playful, teasing talk v. to banter; to tease with playful talk |
| Banal | adj. common, ordinary |
| Baroque | adj. overly decorated |
| Bauble | n. showy but useless thing |
| Bedlam | n. a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion |
| Beguile | v. to deceive; to charm; to enchant |
| Besiege | v. to overwhelm; to surround and attack |
| Besmirch | v. to make dirty; to stain |
| Bestial | adj. savage, brutal |
| Bilious | adj. bad tempered; cross |
| Blanch | v. to whiten; to make pale |
| Bland | adj. mild, tasteless, dull |
| Blandishment | n. flattery |
| Bombast | n. impressive but meaningless language |
| Bona fide | adj. in good faith |
| Boor | n. a rude or impolite person |
| Bovine | adj. pertaining to cows or cattle |
| Bowdlerize | v. to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. |
| Brevity | n. briefness; short duration |
| Bucolic | adj. pertaining to the countryside; rural, rustic |
| Cajole | v. to coax, to persuade, to wheedle |
| Callow | adj. young and inexperienced |
| Carcinogen | n. causing cancer |
| Carnal | adj. sensual, sexual |
| Carrion | n. decaying flesh |
| Cataclysm | n. a violent change |
| Cataract | n. large waterfall n. abnormity of the eye |
| Caveat | n. a warning |
| Celibate | n. unmarried adj. abstaining from sex |
| Censure | v. to criticize sharply |
| Cessation | n. a stopping; a discontinuance |
| Chaff | n. worthless matter |
| Chagrin | n. embarrassment; a complete loss of courage |
| Chimerical | adj. imaginary; fantastic |
| Coalesce | v. to blend; to merge |
| Debacle | n. a complete failure; a total collapse |
| Debauchery | n. corruption; self-indulgence |
| Deference | n. respect; consideration |
| Defile | v. to pollute, to corrupt |
| Deign | v. to lower oneself before an inferior |
| Delineate | v. to describe, to depict |
| Demeanor | n. behavior, manner of conducting oneself |
| Denouement | n. an outcome, result |
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