SAT Vocab. 3rd six weeks
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 indifferent | not caring one way or the other |
| apathy | lack of emotion |
| obscure | unclear, clouded, partially hidden; hard to understnad |
| ambiguous | to speak out against |
| revere | to worship; honor |
| denounse | to speak out against |
| enigma | mystery |
| provincial | narrow-minded; unsophisticated |
| futile | hopeless |
| benevolent | kind; good hearted; generous |
| conciliate | to soothe; end a dispute; reconcile |
| servile | overly submissive |
| reticent | restrained; uncommunicative |
| repudiate | to reject; to deny |
| diligent | hard-working |
| lucid | clear; easy to understand |
| aesthetic | having to do with art or beauty |
| augment | to add tol to increase; to make bigger |
| complacent | smug; self-satisfied |
| eloquent | fluent and graceful in speech |
| guile | cunning; deceitfulness |
| laud | to praise |
| deter | to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something |
| redundant | repetitive; unnecessary |
| infamous | famous in a bad way; famous for being bad |
| banal | common; dull; ordinary |
| extol | to praise |
| euphony | pleasant sound |
| deride | to ridicule; make fun of |
| insipid | bland; boring; stupid |
| austere | severe; without frills |
| heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |
| philanthropy | love of human kind; donation to charity |
| deference | show of respect |
| vacillate | to waver between choices |
| fervor | passion |
| pragmatic | practical |
| ascetic | without luxeries |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated |
| condone | to forgive |
| didactic | instructive; intended to instruct |
| disparity | inequality |
| disparge | to speak badly of |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting; not lasting |
| prosaic | uninspired; dull |
| fastidious | finicky; overly critical |
| belligerent | argument; combative |
| astute | perceptive; intelligent |
| languid | slow; tired |
| censure | to blame; to criticize |
| mitigate | to lessen the severity of something |
| reprehensible | shameful; bad |
| engender | to create; to produce |
| relegate | to dismiss to a lower position |
| fallacious | false |
| efface | to erase; to wipe out |
| taciturn | quiet; saying little |
| amerliorate | to make better; to improve |
| acquiesce | to give in; to agree |
| atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| immutable | unchanging; permanent |
| credulous | believing; gullible |
| coalesce | to come together; to merge; to join |
| lax | careless; not diligent; relaxed |
| ambivalent | undecided |
| innate | inborn; inherited |
| sychphant | a servile; self seeking flatterer |
| esoteric | understood only by a select few |
| levity | flippancy; humor |
| caustic | burning; uncomplimentary |
| scrupulous | careful; diligent; moral |
| respite | a rest; a pause; a break |
| hedonistic | pleasure-seeking; indulgent |
| idiom | a peculiar, untranslatable expression |
| brevity | briefness |
| amity | friendship |
| lethargic | tired; languid |
| bastion | stronghold; fortress |
| fortuitous | accidental; happening by chance |
| assuage | to soothe |
| torpid | sluggish; lethargic |
| supercilious | huaghty; arrogant |
| parsimony | stinginess |
| blithe | free-spirited |
| dearth | a lack |
| irascible | irritable |
| verbose | wordy; overly talkative |
| pedestrian | common; ordinary |
| contrite | deeply apologetic |
| saccarin | sickly sweet; falsely sweet |
| tenacious | tough; hard to defeat |
| drone | to talk on and on |
| emulate | to copy something admired; to imitate |
| paucity | scarcity; lack |
| innocuous | harmless |
| meander | to wander slowly |
| diffidence | shyness |
| auspicious | favorable; looking up |
| desecrate | to profane a holy place |
| cryptic | mysterious; puzzling |
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