Quizlet SAT Vocab

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  1. adulation: flattery; admiration
  2. affable: easily approachable; warmly friendly
  3. aggregate: total
  4. aloof: apart; reserved
  5. ambivalence: the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
  6. amorphous: formless; lacking shape or definition
  7. antediluvian: antiquated; extremely old
  8. antidote: medicine to counteract a posion or disease; something that relieves a harmful effect
  9. archaic: ancient; out of date
  10. ardent: intense; passionate; zealous
  11. ascendancy: controlling influence; domination
  12. audacious: daring; bold
  13. austere: forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
  14. autonomous: self-governing
  15. avarice: greediness for wealth
  16. aversion: firm dislike
  17. beguile: charm; mislead or delude
  18. belie: contradict; give a false impression
  19. bolster: support; reinforce
  20. bombastic: pompous; using inflated language
  21. boorish: improper or lacking manners; rude; disagreeable
  22. braggart: boaster
  23. calculated: deliberately planned
  24. candor: frankness; open honesty
  25. capricious: unpredictable; fickle
  26. censorious: severely critical; apt to blame or condemn
  27. charlatan: a quack; pretender to know knowledge
  28. coalesce: combine; fuse
  29. cogent: having the power to compel conviction or move the will
  30. colloquial: pertaining to conversational or common speech
  31. conflagration: great fire
  32. confound: confuse; puzzle
  33. culpable: deserving blame
  34. decadent: declining in standards; corrupt; immoral
  35. depravity: extreme corruption; wickedness
  36. deprecate: express disapproval of; belittle
  37. diatribe: a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism; tirade
  38. disclose: reveal
  39. discriminating: able to see differences
  40. disputatious: argumentative; fond of arguing
  41. dissent: disagree
  42. divergent: varying; going in different directions from the same point
  43. document: provide written evidence
  44. dogmatic: opinionated; arbitrary
  45. eclectic: composed of elements drawn from diverse sources
  46. eddy: a current of water or air moving in a circular direction
  47. egotism: excessive self-importance; conceit
  48. elated: overjoyed; in high spirits
  49. elegy: poem or song expressign lamentation
  50. elusive: hard to grasp
  51. enmity: ill will; hatred
  52. equivocal: ambiguous; intentionally misleading
  53. eulogy: expression of praise
  54. evanescent: fleeting; vanishing
  55. exuberance: joyful enthusiasm; overflowing abundance
  56. fallow: plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
  57. fastidious: difficult to please; really careful
  58. furtive: stealthy; sneaky
  59. garrulous: talkative; wordy
  60. gregarious: sociable
  61. heresy: opinion contrary to popular belief
  62. hyperbole: exaggeration; overstatement
  63. hypocritical: pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
  64. iconoclastic: attacking cherished traditions
  65. imbibe: to drink in; absorb
  66. immutable: unchangeable
  67. impudence: impertinence; insolence
  68. incite: arouse to action
  69. inconsequential: insignificant; unimportant
  70. induce: persuage; bring about
  71. insubordinate: not submitting to authority; disobedient
  72. insularity: narrow-mindedness; isolation
  73. intrepid: fearless
  74. jocular: said or done in jest; joking
  75. linger: loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
  76. mercenary: interesed in money or gain
  77. misanthrope: a hater of humanity
  78. mitigate: moderate; appease
  79. morose: ill-humored; sullen
  80. nadir: the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair
  81. nascent: in beggining stages; recently born
  82. nefarious: very wicked
  83. obstinate: stubborn; hard to control or treat
  84. pacifist: one opposed to force; antimilitarist
  85. pastiche: a composition made up of bits from various sources
  86. penury: severe poverty; stinginess
  87. peripheral: outer; marginal
  88. perspicacity: good judgement; acute understanding
  89. pithy: concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty
  90. placate: pacify; conciliate
  91. polemical: aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
  92. ponderous: weighty; unwieldy
  93. prodigal: wasteful; reckless with money
  94. profusion: overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
  95. quagmire: soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
  96. querulous: complaining; fretful
  97. quiescence: state of being at rest; dormancy; temporary inactivity
  98. rancor: bitterness; hatred
  99. raucous: harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous
  100. raze: destroy completely
  101. robust: vigorous; strong
  102. satiated: satisfied; full
  103. soporific: sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
  104. sporadic: occuring irregularly
  105. stolid: dull; impassive
  106. strident: loud and harsh; insistent
  107. surfeit: satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
  108. surreptitious: secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden
  109. sycophant: servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
  110. tantamount: equivalent in effect or value
  111. tenacity: firmness; persistance
  112. timorous: fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage
  113. tirade: extended scolding; denunciation
  114. torpor: lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
  115. trifling: trivial; unimportant
  116. truncate: shorten; cut the top off
  117. virulent: extremely posionous; hostile; bitter
  118. whimsical: capricious; fanciful
  119. zealot: fanatic; preson who shows excessive enthusiasm