Quizlet Kaplan SAT #3

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  1. amalgamate: to mix, combine, merge
  2. amortize: to diminsh by installment payments
  3. apocryphal: not genuine, fictional
  4. apotheosis: glorification, glorified ideal
  5. approbation: praise, official approval
  6. atrophy: to waste away, to wither from disuse, degeneration
  7. augury: prophecy, prediction of events
  8. bastion: fortification, stronghold; haven, asylum
  9. bequeath: to give or leave through a will, to hand down
  10. bilk: to cheat , defraud, dupe
  11. cadence: rhythmic flow of poetry; marching beat
  12. chagrin: shame, embarrassment, humiliation
  13. chicanery: trickery, fraud, deception
  14. choleric: easily angered, short-tempered
  15. collusion: collaboration, complicity, conspiracy
  16. compunction: feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
  17. consonant: consistent with, agrees with
  18. construe: to interpret or explain
  19. continence: self-control
  20. corporeal: tangible, material
  21. corpulence: obesity, fatness
  22. corroborate: to confirm, verify
  23. cosset: to pamper, spoil
  24. cupidity: greed, avarice
  25. cursory: hastily done, superficial
  26. deciduous: ephemeral, temporary; losing leaves in the fall
  27. deluge: to submerge, overwhelm, flood
  28. demur: to express doubts or objections
  29. depravity: sinfulness, moral corruption
  30. desiccate: to dry completely, dehydrate
  31. desultory: at random, rambling; unmethodical
  32. diaphanous: allowing light to show through; delicate
  33. disseminate: to spread far and wide
  34. divine: to foretell or know by inspiration
  35. droll: amusing in a wry, subtle way
  36. dulcet: pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
  37. dyspeptic: gloomy and irritable, suffering from indigestion
  38. effigy: stuffed doll, likeness of a person
  39. effrontery: impudent boldness; audacity
  40. effulgent: brilliantly shining
  41. endemic: belonging to a particular area, indigenous
  42. ennui: boredom
  43. ensconce: to settle comfortably into a place
  44. epicure: a person w/ refined taste in cuisine
  45. epiphany: a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality
  46. ethereal: not earthly, spiritual
  47. ethos: belief or character of a group
  48. evince: to show clearly, signify
  49. execrable: utterly detestable, abhorrent
  50. exhort: to convince; to urge or incite by strong appeals
  51. expiate: to atone, to make amends
  52. expurgate: to censor
  53. fatuous: stupid, foolish, absurd, ludicrous
  54. fecund: fertile, fruitful, productive
  55. fetter: to bind, chain, confine, handcuff
  56. flaccid: limp, weak
  57. foible: minor weakness or character flaw
  58. founder: to sink, to fall helplessly
  59. gambol: to dance or skip around playfully
  60. heyday: stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success
  61. invective: verbal abuse
  62. iota: scintilla, mote
  63. lachrymose: tearful
  64. limpid: clear, transparent, lucid
  65. lugubrious: sorrowful, mournful
  66. mettle: courageousness, endurance
  67. noisome: stinking, putrid
  68. onerous: burdensome
  69. ostensible: apparent, supposed
  70. palaver: idle talk, chit-chat
  71. palliate: to make less serious, assuage, mitigate
  72. panoply: large variety, impressive array
  73. parley: discussion, usually between enemies
  74. parochial: of limited scope or outlook, provincial
  75. pastiche: spoof, piece of literature or music imitating other works
  76. paucity: scarcity, lack
  77. peccadillo: minor sin or offense
  78. perdition: complete and utter loss, damnation, abyss
  79. pittance: meager amount or wage
  80. pontificate: to speak in a pretentious mannar
  81. privation: lack of usual necessities or comforts; deprivation; poverty
  82. probity: honesty, high-mindedness, rectitude
  83. profligate: corrupt, shamelessly immoral, degenerate
  84. proselytize: to convert to a particular belief or religion
  85. protean: readily assuming differnt forms or characters, versatile
  86. pulchritude: beauty
  87. quotidian: occurring daily, commonplace
  88. retinue: group of attendants w/ an important person
  89. revelry: boisterous festivity
  90. ribald: humorous in a vulgar way
  91. ruminate: to contemplate, reflect upon
  92. scintilla: a trace/very small amount, spark, speck
  93. scintillate: to sparkle, flash
  94. scurrilous: vulgar, low, indecent
  95. sectarian: narrow-minded, relating to a group or sect
  96. sentient: aware, conscious
  97. simper: to smirk, to smile foolishly
  98. sinuous: winding, intricate, complex
  99. solipsism: belief that oneself is the only reality; egoistic
  100. trenchant: acute, sharp, incisive
  101. umbrage: offense, resentment
  102. vapid: dull, tasteless
  103. vicissitude: change or variation, ups and downs, inconsistency
  104. vitriolic: burning, caustic
  105. whet: to sharpen, to stimulate