S.A.T. Prep Vocab List #7
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kelseylrose on October 18, 2010
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44 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 accusation | a statement that a person is guilty of wrongdoing or error |
| annihilate | to destroy completely, so as to leave no trace |
| attest | to state or authenticate that something is true, valid, or geniune |
| bulbous | like or relating to a bulb |
| complacence | a sense of contentment with the current state or situation; not desiring change |
| copious | appearing in large numbers |
| derision | offensive attitude or speech; ridicule |
| disparage | to speak poorly of |
| equivocate | to use words that have multiple meanings, particularly in order to obscure the truth |
| geniality | friendly behavior or attitude |
| impartial | without bias; having no preconceived belief or position |
| ire | anger |
| maudlin | excessively emotional |
| morose | sorrowful or sullen; broodingly gloomy |
| odious | extremely distasteful; detestable |
| palatial | large and glorious, as a palace |
| permissible | able to be permitted; allowable |
| prelude | an introduction or overture; especially to a musical performance |
| proscribe | to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful |
| prostrate | lying face downward in adoration or submission |
| provincial | limited in outlook, narrow, unsophisticated |
| proxy | a person authorized to act for someone else |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name, used particularly by writers to conceal identity |
| pugilism | boxing |
| puissant | powerful |
| punctilious | concerned with precise details about codes or conventions |
| pundit | one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner |
| purport | to profess, suppose, claim |
| quiescent | inactive or at rest |
| reprisal | retaliation; an act of revenge or retribution |
| sequester | to confine and isolate |
| surmise | to guess, imagine, or deduce |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| tout | to praise or publicize loudly or extravagantly |
| trajectory | the path followed by a moving subject |
| transient | passing with time, temporary, short-lived. |
| transition | an element that serves to smoothly connect two things, places, or states |
| usurious | requiring excessive or illegal interest to be paid on a loan |
| virulent | extremely poisonous; malignant; hateful |
| visceral | instinctive, not intellectual; deep, emotional |
| vociferous | loud, noisy |
| volley | a flight of missiles; round of gunshots |
| voluble | talkative, speaking easily, glib |
| wizen | to cause to dry out; to deplete all wetness from an object |
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