Flashcards: Cario 8th SAT Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 COPIOUS | abundant; plentiful |
| TENACIOUS | tough; stubborn |
| SURREPTITIOUS | acting in secret; sly manner |
| VORACIOUS | eager to consume great amounts of food |
| OFFICIOUS | interfering; offering unwanted advice |
| SPURIOUS | not genuine; false |
| ONEROUS | troublesome or burdensome |
| GREGARIOUS | sociable |
| PIOUS | devout or virtuous; holy |
| SCRUPULOUS | careful of small details, honest |
| ATTRITION | a gradual reduction or weakening |
| EDIFICATION | enlighten; instruct |
| ABLUTION | a cleansing with water |
| ELOCUTION | the art of public speaking |
| WRITHE | to twist or bending in pain |
| PEDESTRIAN | ordinary; moving on feet |
| CARRION | dead and rotting flesh |
| PINION | to bind the wings; to confine |
| AMBIVALENCE | indecision |
| KISMET | fate |
| DEPLOY | to arrange strategically |
| CAVALIER | carefree and nonchalant |
| EGG | to encourage or incite to action |
| METE | to distribute by measure; to allot |
| NULLIFY | to make useless; cancel |
| EMBROIL | to involve in argument or hostile action |
| WAFFLE | to speak or write evasively |
| ASCRIBE | to attribute to a specific cause |
| ENHANCE | to improve; to intensify |
| IMPAIR | to diminish, as in strength |
| TERSE | to the point; concise |
| COERCE | to force someone by threatening |
| DIVERSE | different; varied |
| ABATE | to reduce |
| ABIDE | to remain; continue; stay; endure |
| GAMBIT | to take a risk for some advantage |
| JAUNT | a short pleasure trip |
| FRANK | marked by free and sincere expression |
| LITHE | bending easily and gracefully |
| AESTHETIC | having to do with artistic beauty |
| GULLIBLE | easily cheated or fooled |
| MAWKISH | excessively sentimental |
| RAFFISH | cheaply vulgar in appearance; disreputable |
| CONTINUUM | a continuous whole |
| TRAVAIL | strenuous labor or effort |
| INTREPID | fearless; bold |
| LANGUID | lacking energy; weak |
| EXODUS | a mass departure |
| INFLUX | a mass arrival or incoming |
| ABASH | to make ashamed or uneasy |
| INCESSANT | nonstop |
| LATENT | laying hidden; potential |
| ELOQUENT | extremely expressive in speech |
| DIFFIDENT | lacking self-confidence; timid |
| MALCONTENT | dissatisfied; unhappy person |
| EMINENT | standing out, renowned |
| WINCE | to flinch; to shrink back |
| PRUDENT | cautious; good judgment |
| AUGMENT | to make or become greater |
| EBULLIENCE | enthusiastic |
| RHETORIC | over elaborate language or speech |
| DOGMATIC | an arrogant assertion of opinions |
| PHILIPPIC | insulting language; a tirade |
| PANDEMIC | widespread; general |
| IDYLLIC | something naturally peaceful |
| CRYPTIC | having a hidden meaning |
| CHOLERIC | hot-tempered; quick to anger |
| PECCADILLO | a minor offense |
| EMPHATIC | forcibly expressive |
| LOGISTICS | managing the details of an operation |
| CIRCUMSPECT | cautious |
| ABSTRACT | difficult to understand |
| DEFUNCT | dead or inactive |
| SUCCINCT | brief and to the point |
| PALPABLE | capable of being touched or felt |
| ACCOUNTABLE | responsible |
| OSTENSIBLE | offered as genuine or real |
| PLIABLE | receptive to change; easily bent |
| ADROIT | skillful; deft |
| BAUBLE | a small, inexpensive trinket |
| SKULLDUGGERY | trickery |
| ANCILLARY | providing assistance |
| SEDENTARY | characterized by sitting; little exercise |
| CURSORY | rapid and superficial |
| PREDATORY | victimizing or destroying others |
| SYMMETRY | exact form of sides of a line |
| TAWDRY | gaudy and cheap in appearance |
| AMBULATORY | capable of walking |
| IDOLATRY | excessive devotion to something |
| PECUNIARY | consisting of or relating to money |
| PANORAMA | unbroken view of a wide area |
| SAGA | long story |
| PLETHORA | superabundance |
| GRADIENT | a rate of inclination; a slope |
| ADHERENT | a follower of a leader; supporter |
| VENT | outlet; to release |
| PRESENTIMENT | premonition; a sense that something is going to occur |
| ARMAMENT | military supplies and weapons |
| CORPULENT | fat; obese |
| CIRCUMVENT | to surround; enclose |
| ATONE | to make amends |
| DEVOID | entirely without |
| REPLETE | full to the utmost; gorged |
| MAMMOTH | huge; gigantic |
| BALEFUL | threatening; hurtful |
| DIMINUTION | the act or process of diminishing |
| ETHEREAL | very light, airy; heavenly |
| PURBLIND | having poor vision; nearly blind |
| LACKADAISICAL | showing lack of interest |
| BLAND | lacking flavor or zest; dull |
| CASCADE | a waterfall |
| PALISADE | fortification in the ground; extended cliff |
| FUSILLADE | a rapid outburst or barrage |
| PARABLE | a simple story illustrating a lesson |
| PARADIGM | a pattern that serves as a model |
| PATRIARCH | the leader of a family |
| MALADROIT | clumsy; inept |
| MALAISE | bodily discomfort; beginning of an illness |
| MALICE | intention to harm others |
| MALODOR | a bad odor |
| PARAGON | a model of excellence |
| STRIFE | bitter conflict; fight |
| APPEASE | to soothe; to pacify |
| LAMPOON | light, good humored satire |
| BOON | a timely benefit; a blessing |
| POLTROON | a coward |
| BRAZEN | bold, shameless |
| CONUNDRUM | a dilemma |
| COVERT | secret; hidden; concealed |
| BOOTLEG | to smuggle |
| DIATRIBE | a bitter verbal attack |
| OFFAL | waste parts; rubbish |
| PARLEY | a conference, especially between enemies |
| FRAY | fight or scuffle; brawl |
| LAMBASTE | to assault violently |
| CATACLYSM | a violent upheaval |
| ESCAPADE | an adventurous unconventional act |
| ESCHEW | to avoid or shun |
| RANSACK | to search thoroughly; pillage |
| CAMARADERIE | comradeship; friendship |
| ICONOCLAST | one who attacks popular ideas |
| SAGE | a person of wisdom |
| NEMESIS | an opponent that cannot be beaten |
| DOLT | a stupid person |
| CLONE | an exact duplicate |
| CARNIVORE | a flesh-eating animal |
| DESPOT | an absolute ruler |
| COURIER | a messenger |
| SPECTER | a ghost |
| MOGUL | a very rich and powerful person |
| PRODIGIOUS | enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing |
| BOOR | a rude person; someone that is unrefined |
| PANACHE | dashing elegance of manner or style |
| FORBEARANCE | Patience |
| AGOG | highly excited by eagerness |
| FORTHRIGHT | frank; going straight to the point |
| PROFOUND | intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depth's of one's nature |
| FIASCO | a complete or humiliating failure |
| DOLEFUL | sorrowful; melancholy |
| OPAQUE | Impervious to light; dull; hard to understand |
| BOVINE | relating to or resembling a cow |
| SUPINE | laying on back facing upward |
| ASININE | silly; stupid |
| MARITIME | near the sea |
| SUBLIME | impressive; inspiring awe; majestic |
| SERENE | clear; calm; tranquil |
| FOREBODE | to predict or foretell |
| BOMBASTIC | high sounding |
| WINNOW | to get rid of undesirable parts |
| SPAWN | to produce |
| ANNALS | descriptive record; history |
| TOME | a large book |
| CATARACT | a large waterfall; a flood; an eye abnormality |
| BOOTY | loot; the spoils of war; goods or property seized by force; a valuable prize |
| ANIMATED | having life; alive; filled with activity, vigor, or spirit |
| JETSAM | cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten an imperiled vessel; discarded odds and ends |
| PORTAL | an entrance, door or gate |
| THRONG | a large group of people gathered closely together |
| BARRAGE | a curtain of artillery fire; any overwhelming attack, as of words or blows |
| ELITE | the best or most skilled members of a group |
| FETTER | to restrain; to hamper; a shackle |
| TORPID | dormant; inactive; lethargic |
| TORRID | intensely hot; burning; passionate; rapid |
| PINGUID | Fat |
| DISHEVEL | to make untidy; to disarrange the hair or clothing of |
| NETTLE | to irritate; vex |
| MOTTLE | to mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors |
| PRATTLE | to babble; to talk meaninglessly |
| BALK | to stop short and refuse to proceed |
| CURB | to control or check |
| ASSAIL | to attack violently |
| QUAIL | to shrink with fear; to cower; to lose heart and courage |
| DWELL | to remain for a time; to reside; to focus attention on; to speak or write about at length |
| QUELL | to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force |
| QUAFF | to drink heartily |
| ESTRANGE | to alienate; to treat as a stranger; to turn an affectionate attitude into an indifferent or unfriendly one |
| DISCONCERT | to disturb the composure of; upset; to frustrate (as a plan) by throwing into disorder |
| ANNEX | to add or attach |
| ESPOUSE | to adopt; to support |
| REPROACH | to express disapproval of |
| PACIFIST | one who is in opposition of war or violence |
| BEQUEST | something left to someone in a will |
| MANIFEST | clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious |
| ROTE | a memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without comprehension |
| MORASS | anything that hinders, traps or overwhelms; low-lying, soggy ground |
| REIGN | the exercise or possession of supreme power |
| BROUHAHA | an uproar; hubbub |
| WRATH | extreme or violent rage |
| ZENITH | the peak; the highest point |
| SLAKE | to quench; to satisfy a craving |
| BEDLAM | a place or scene of noisy uproar and confusion |
| PREHENSILE | adapted for grasping or holding |
| DOUR | severe; gloomy; stern |
| TAUT | stretched tight; tidy |
| RIFE | abundant; great in number or amount |
| INDOLENCE | inclination to laziness |
| INCONTROVERTIBLE | not able to be "turned against" or disputed; certain; indisputable |
| BENIGHTED | being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened |
| REQUISITE | essential; necessary |
| SHUNT | to move or turn aside; to evade by putting aside or ignoring |
| RESPITE | delay; postpone; a brief interval of rest |
| PERSONIFY | to think of or represent as having human qualities; to typify |
| FORTE | something in which a person excels |
| ENMITY | hostility; deep-seated hatred |
| CRONY | a close friend or companion |
| BEVY | a group of animals; an assemblage |
| BATTERY | the unlawful beating of a person; act of beating or pounding; any large group of related things |
| ACME | the highest point |
| PSYCHE | the human soul; the mind |
| BANDY | to trade; to give back and forth; to bat to and fro |
| CHASTISE | to discipline; to criticize severely |
| POLARIZE | to break up into opposing factions or groups |
| TANTALIZE | to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach |
| SYNCHRONIZE | to occur at the same time; simultaneous |
| SURMISE | to guess; to infer (something) without sufficient evidence |
| DEMISE | death; the end |
| HIATUS | a gap or an interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break |
| EVINCE | to show or demonstrate clearly |
| CRUX | main point; the heart of the matter |
| APEX | the highest point; peak |
| QUIETUDE | calm; tranquility; peacefulness |
| EXTRUDE | to force out, as through a small opening |
| OBTRUDE | to impose oneself or one's ideas on others; to stick out |
| ADDICT | to devote (oneself) habitually or compulsively; one who is addicted |
| BRINK | Edge |
| EXALT | to raise high; glorify |
| HEARTEN | to give strength, courage, or hope; to encourage |
| KINDLE | to cause to burn or ignite; to arouse or inspire |
| PORTEND | to warn of as an omen; forecast |
| SEETHE | to be agitated, as by rage; to churn and foam as if boiling |
| GASTRONOMY | the art of good eating |
| PROPINQUITY | proximity, nearness; kinship |
| ANIMOSITY | having a feeling of ill-will; bitter hostility |
| CUPIDITY | excessive greed, especially for money |
| DEPRAVITY | extreme wickedness |
| HIERARCHY | categorization of a group according to ability or status |
| PLUCKY | brave and spirited; courageous |
| GRAVITY | seriousness or importance |
| PATRIMONY | an inheritance from a father or an ancestor; anything inherited |
| CANOPY | a covering |
| ACCRUE | to accumulate over time |
| PERPENDICULAR | upright or vertical; being at right angles to the plane of the horizon |
| EXEMPLAR | a model or original; an example |
| DIRE | disastrous; desperate |
| GARNER | to gather or store |
| DETER | to discourage; to keep someone from doing something |
| INURE | to get used to something undesirable; harden |
| NURTURE | to nourish, to feed; to educate; to train; to foster |
| BOLSTER | to support, as in a group; to give a boost; a large pillow |
| HAMPER | to prevent the free movement, action, or progress of; to hinder or impede |
| DOFF | to take off; to remove; to put aside |
| DON | to put on |
| SVELTE | slim, slender |
| OBESE | extremely fat; grossly overweight |
| STALACTITE | a tapering formation hanging from the ceiling of a cave, produced by the dripping of mineral-rich water |
| STALAGMITE | a conical mineral deposit formed on the floor of a cave by the dripping of mineral-rich water |
| DIURNAL | occurring every day; occurring during the daytime |
| NOCTURNAL | of or occurring at night |
| PRISTINE | extremely pure; untouched |
| SQUALID | dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care |
| CAPITULATE | to surrender under certain conditions; to give in |
| VALIDATE | to declare legally valid; legalize |
| EXONERATE | to free from accusation or blame; to free from a responsibility or task |
| EXPATRIATE | to exile, banish; leave one's country (either by force or by desire |
| PALLIATE | to make seem less serious; to mitigate |
| CONFISCATE | to seize |
| ELUCIDATE | to make clear and explain fully |
| INUNDATE | to overwhelm with abundance or excess; flood |
| DEPRECATE | to express disapproval of |
| RUMINATE | to ponder; to reflect upon |
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