SAT vocab from Hightower
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 loath | unwilling |
| mutinous | rebellious |
| obsequious | submissive, servile |
| tarry | lethargic |
| transient | ephemeral |
| upbraid | find fault in |
| voluble | talkative |
| voracious | having a big appetite |
| whet | to make sharper, hone |
| acquittal | declaration of innocence |
| covetous | avarice, greedy |
| deference | courtesy |
| dissident | unorthodox |
| dissipate | squander, deplete, misuse |
| condone | forgive |
| consolidation | unification, strengthen |
| expedite | accelerate, speed up |
| expurgate | clean, remove offensive part |
| fallacious | false, misleading |
| fetid | having a foul, disgusting odor |
| impecunious | poor |
| impetuous | characterized by sudden or rash action |
| importune | demand with urgency |
| infallible | sure and trustworthy |
| inscrutable | incapable of being investigated, not easily understood |
| repudiate | disown something, reject, deny |
| sobriety | moderation, seriousness, refraining |
| staid | calm composed, sober |
| panacae | remedy for all diseases |
| perjury | false testimony while under oath |
| reticent | silent, reserved |
| pervasive | spreading throughout |
| remunerative | producing a good profit |
| resonant | echoing |
| revelry | boisterous festivity |
| rectitude | uprightness, honorable and honest |
| prate | idle or foolish and irrelevant talk |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| promulgate | put a law into effect by formal declaration |
| rejoinder | reply |
| hackneyed | cliche |
| balk | stop |
| perdition | hell |
| imperceptible | can't perceived |
| implacable | can't be soothed |
| magnamious | generous |
| mawkish | lovey-dovey |
| boon | to be thankful for |
| vacillate | undecisive |
| inconsequential | not important |
| inept | no skills |
| chagrin | humiliate |
| vicissitude | able to change |
| premise | accussation where a conclusion is made from. type of argument |
| wallow | delight in |
| dawdle | waste time |
| whittle | cut, shorten |
| lampoon | satire |
| effrontery | brave, insult, rude |
| estranged | make hostile |
| erroneous | mistake |
| eschew | avoid |
| abrade | rub down |
| absolve | free from guilt |
| acrimony | ill will |
| spendthrift | bad with money |
| transcendent | rise above, surpass |
| leaven | yeast |
| fastidious | hard to please |
| forthright | brave |
| circumspect | careful |
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| garble | distort |
| wile | guile |
| wilder | get lost |
| quandary | bad situation |
| rabid | evil |
| deterrent | obstacle |
| disparate | different |
| divulge | reveal |
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