Quizlet SAT Word List 2

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  1. Acrid: sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes)
  2. Acrophobia: fear of heights
  3. Acuity: sharpness (mental or visual)
  4. Adamant: forceful; inflexible
  5. Adroit: skilful
  6. Adulation: strong admiration; worship
  7. Adversity: hardship
  8. Advocate: support
  9. Aesthetic: concerning art or beauty
  10. Affable: friendly; social; easygoing
  11. Boorish: ill-mannered
  12. Bourgeois: middle class
  13. Braggart: someone who boasts
  14. Brawny: muscular
  15. Brevity: being brief
  16. Bristle: to show irritation
  17. Broach: start to discuss; approach
  18. Brusque: blunt; abrupt
  19. Bulwark: fortification; barricade; wall
  20. Bureaucracy: officialdom
  21. Cynical: believing that people act only out of selfish motives
  22. Debility: weakness; incapacity
  23. Debunking: exposing false claims or myths
  24. Decathlon: an athletic competition with ten events
  25. Decorum: dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)]
  26. Decoy: lure; trap; trick
  27. Deference: respect
  28. Defoliate: cause leaves to fall off
  29. Defunct: no longer in existence
  30. Degradation: deprivation; poverty; debasement
  31. Epistle: a letter (form of communication)
  32. Epistolary: concerned with letters; through correspondence
  33. Epitomized: typified; characterized; personified
  34. Equivocate: speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
  35. Err: make a mistake
  36. Erratic: wandering; irregular
  37. Esoteric: obscure and difficult to understand
  38. Espouse: promote; take up; support
  39. Etymology: the study of word origins
  40. Eulogy: praise
  41. Heresy: against orthodox opinion
  42. Hiatus: interruption; pause
  43. Hidebound: rigid in opinions
  44. Hieroglyphics: 1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic
  45. Hinder: obstruct
  46. Histrionic: theatrical; exaggerated
  47. Hoary: old
  48. Hone: sharpen; increase; whet
  49. Hyperbole: grossly exaggerated speech
  50. Hypochondriac: a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses
  51. Lance: spear; spike; javelin
  52. Languid: tired; slow
  53. Languish: decay; fade away; get weaker
  54. Larceny: theft; robbery; stealing
  55. Largess: generosity
  56. Laud: praise
  57. Lavish: on a grand scale; wasteful
  58. Lax: careless; not strict
  59. Legend: 1. key to map; 2. myth or story
  60. Legion: in large numbers
  61. Obscure: difficult to understand; partially hidden
  62. Obscured: hidden; covered; buried
  63. Obsequious: servile; submissive
  64. Obsession: a dominating concern
  65. Obsolete: no longer valid
  66. Obstreperous: noisy and boisterous
  67. Obtuse: mentally dull
  68. Obviate: avoid; make unnecessary
  69. Odious: hateful
  70. Officious: domineering; intrusive; meddlesome
  71. Poignant: deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions
  72. Poised: calm; collected; self-possessed
  73. Polemical: causing debate or argument
  74. Ponderous: weighty; slow and heavy
  75. Pontificate: speak pompously or dogmatically
  76. Portend: foretell
  77. Portent: a warning sign; omen
  78. Poseur: someone who puts on an act
  79. Posterity: future generations
  80. Posthumous: after death
  81. Respite: a break; intermission
  82. Resplendent: shining; glowing
  83. Restorative: a tonic
  84. Retention: preservation; withholding
  85. Reticent: restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative
  86. Retraction: withdrawal; cancellation of a statement
  87. Revere: worship
  88. Riddled: full of (usually full of holes)
  89. Rife: common
  90. Rigor: thoroughness
  91. Terse: concise; to the point
  92. Therapeutic: medicinal; curative
  93. Thwart: prevent; frustrate
  94. Timorous: cowardly; fearful
  95. Tirade: stream of verbal abuse
  96. Titter: giggle quietly
  97. Tome: large book
  98. Torpid: inactive; lazy; stagnant
  99. Torpor: dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity
  100. Totter: walk unsteadily