Flashcards: SAT words marking period 2 09-10
All 44 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 allay | to soothe, ease |
| compunction | distress caused by feeling guilty |
| denigrate | to belittle, diminish the opinion of |
| quotidian | daily, usual or customary |
| pejorative | derogatory, uncomplimentary |
| fastidious | Paying great attention to detail; difficult to please |
| truncate | To shorten as if by cutting |
| precocious | Mentally advanced for one's age |
| implacable | Incapable of being calmed |
| slovenly | Untidy or unclean |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| convention | social or moral custom; established practice |
| converge | to come together from different directions |
| relish | to savor, enjoy. |
| fulsome | offensively overdone or excessive |
| stymie | to block or thwart |
| forgo | to do without |
| vignette | a brief descriptive passage in writing |
| erudite | wise due to much reading and studying |
| belligerent | ready to fight |
| copious | abundant |
| adulate | to praise or flatter greatly |
| abstruse | hard to comprehend |
| brusque | short, abrupt, dismissive |
| evince | to show clearly, reveal, or prove |
| penchant | a tendency, partiality, or preference |
| taciturn | not inclined to talk |
| parsimonious | overly thrifty, miserly, stingy |
| frivolous | Not having seriousness, silly |
| whimsical | Fanciful, light-hearted |
| amorphous | formless; lacking shape or definition |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness or willingness; enthusiasm |
| spartan | avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined |
| subterfuge | a deceptive device; something used to hide or misrepresent the truth |
| nettlesome | causing irritation |
| bristle | to show irritation |
| nebulous | vague, unclear (cloudy) |
| Defunct | not operating or functioning |
| boorish | ill-mannered |
| gaffe | blunder; social mistake |
| anecdote | a short, humorous account |
| beguile | to trick, deceive |
| convoluted | intricate, complicated |
| verbose | wordy |
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