SAT Vocab List 2
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50 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 consummate | extremely skillful, complete, perfect |
| categorical | unconditional, absolute, without exception |
| malaise | a sense of lethargy and unease, a feeling of being run down, a feeling of being depressed |
| awry | off course, not right |
| (a) platitude | a trite, overused saying, a cliche usually offered as advice or wisdom |
| destitute | extremely poor, impoverished, lacking in what is required for basic sustenance |
| (an) extrovert | an outgoing, gregarious person |
| ephemeral | short lived, fleeting |
| callow | immature, unsophisticated due to youthfulness, inexperienced |
| malleable | easy to shape or mold |
| legacy | something inherited or passed down |
| (to) discriminate | to make a distinction |
| monolithic | the idea of massiveness and the idea of being all of one piece |
| abject | hopeless, wretched, miserable |
| vitriolic | caustic, full of bitterness, extremely nasty |
| (to be) beset | to be besieged, surrounded on all sides; attacked by |
| (to) renounce (something) | to give it up, to deny or forsake it |
| (to) matriculate | to enroll, especially in a college or university |
| convivial | festive, friendly, good natured, jovial |
| (to) venerate | to honor, to deeply respect, to treat with reverence, as though sacred |
| contiguous | adjoining, touching |
| arbitrary | unfair, determined by impulse or individual will, having no particular rhyme or reason |
| pristine | pure, unspoiled, uncorrupted, immaculately clean |
| succinct | concise, short, and to the point, brief |
| farcical | absurd, ridiculous, having the characteristics of a farce |
| nepotism | the practice of showing favoritism to relatives or close friends in business or politics |
| cogent | persuasive, convincing, pertinent |
| rustic | rural, countrified, lacking the comforts or the sophistication of a city |
| (to be) doctrinaire | to be dogmatic, to espouse a theory, doctrine, or belief system whether or not it is practical to be inflexible |
| (to) vitiate | to pollute, to spoil, to impair, corrupt, or pervert |
| uniform | consistent, standard without variation |
| (to be) coherent | to be understandable, to make sense |
| (to) transgress | to violate a law, to offend, to sin |
| stagnation | to lack of movement that also implies staleness, a lack of progress or growth |
| onerous | burdensome, oppressive, distasteful |
| covert | secret, hidden, concealed, disguised |
| adulation | excessive praise, adoration, hero worship |
| (to) discern | to distinguish, to differentiate from something else, to perceive |
| genteel | refined, polite, aristocratic, well bred, cultivated |
| (a) demagogue | a rabble-rouser, a leader who tries to stir up others by playing on their emotions, rather than appealing to their reason, someone who uses people's prejudices and fears to move them to action |
| (to be) comprehensive | to be complete, to be inclusive, to cover a large scope, to leave nothing out |
| integral | essential, in the sense of being inseparable from |
| (to be) obtuse | to be dense, slow to catch on, unobservant, not tuned in |
| (to) decimate | to destroy most of, to annihilate |
| lethargy | sluggishness, laziness, drowsiness, indifference |
| provincial | simple and unsophisticated |
| (to) relinquish | to release, to let go of, to surrender, to stop doing |
| noxious | poisonous or very harmful |
| (to) desiccate | to dry out, to remove the moisture from |
| (a) peccadillo | a minor offense, a meaningless fault, a petty violation |
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