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SAT Words what
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 601. Horticulture n. | The art or practice of garden cultivation and management I took a Horticulture class at my previous school in North Carolina |
| 602. Vaunt v. | to speak vaingloriously of; boast of. At STA, we vaunt our football team. |
| 603. Redoubt n. | an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point. Macbeth should have used a redoubt to protect himself from the Birnam Woods |
| 604. Legerdemain n. | Sleight of hand. The thieve had a charming composure and an legerdemain. |
| 605. Parapet n. | a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification. Old English castles have parapets. |
| 606. Passive adj. | not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling. I know my father is extremely upset when he becomes passive. |
| 607. Censure n. | strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The protesters had extreme censure towards the government |
| 608. Omnipotent adj. | almighty or infinite in power, as God. He had an omnipotent complex. |
| 609. Pathos n. | the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion. The score of 'Carmen' evokes a sincere sense of pathos. |
| 610. Hermitage n. | The habitation of a hermit. Hoarders often destroy their hermitages. |
| 611. Hierarchy | The graded ranks of responsible officials |
| 612. Gaunt | Showing effects of not eating or great age |
| 613. Dotage | State of lessened understanding, especially childishness in old age. |
| 614. Dossier | Documentation concerning a person or some matter |
| 615. Doughty | Valiant; noble; brave (now used mostly in a humorous sense |
| 616. Sobriquet | An alias; a nickname; an assumed named |
| 617. Overt | Unhidden; obvious; done openly; legally |
| 618. Octave | Any group of eight |
| 619. Homage | Tribute or respect paid to one; reverence |
| 620. | |
| 632. Espouse | To champion or advocate; to marry |
| 633. Plethora | More than enough; an overwhelming quantity |
| 634. Pliant | Bending easily; prone to give in |
| 635. Adumbrate | To describe vaguely, |
| 636. Collateral | To the side; accompanying |
| 637. Fortitude | Strength of character |
| 638. Rescind | To cancel or revoke |
| 639. Pompous | Self- exalted |
| 640. Posterity | One's descendents; future generation |
| 641. Bizarre | Outlandish; Odd |
| 642. Stipend | A payment made periodically, usually a salary for service |
| 643. Obfuscate | To make confusing |
| 644. Default | A failure in required or otherwise necessary performance |
| 645. Provenance | source or origin |
| 646. Prowess | valor; bravery |
| 647. Hoary | White, frost; Hair from old age |
| 648. Hoax | Practical joke |
| 649. holocaust | Great loss of life, especially by fire |
| 650. Nomenclature | The names of things or the system of naming peculiar to a science, a complex subject or machinery |
| 651. Luscious | Highly pleasing to the taste or smell: Falling into my warm bed after a cold day is luscious |
| 652. Arroyo | A small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains. There is an arroyo behind my house. |
| 653. Odometer | An instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile. The odometer on my dads car reads that he has traveled and extravagant number of miles |
| 654. Amortize | To liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. My parents amortize the mortgage on our house |
| 655. Eschew | To abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: Jews were especially eschewed in Nazi Germany |
| 656. Maladroit | Lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: I am extremely maladroit around new people |
| 657. Ambiguous | Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal:My dad is extremely ambiguous when he is angry. |
| 658. Disconsolate | Without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: The widow was disconsolate when her husband died. |
| 659. Junket | a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information. I would like to take a junket across the country |
| 660. Juxtapose LIT TERM | to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.Mary Shelley used a juxtapose with Viktors professors in Frankenstein |
| 661. Denigrate | To cast adverse reflection on someone; Denigrating others reflects more on your character, then on theirs. |
| 662. Hybrid | Of mixed origin; cross bred Hybrid plants tend to bloom the most beautifully |
| 663. Satire | A scornfully humorous writing, play, performance, etc. I enjoy using satire in my literary works. |
| 664. Bifurcated | Branched into two parts; Marine biology is a bifurcated science |
| 665. Vendetta | A quarrel resulting in deadly intent or action, especially between families Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the worlds greatest example of a vendetta |
| 666. Parable | A short allegorical story that teaches a moral lesson In prayer, parables are used to teach a lesson in a different way. |
| 667. Extenuation | Act or accomplishments of rendering something less wrong, less serious The man was clearly guilty of the charge, but his dedication and work with the community served him well on his extenuation. |
| 668. Heretic | One who adopts or holds a belief contrary to established ideas Heretics among modern day society generally protest the government |
| 669. Putative | Supposedly, supposed; My putative locations caused my parents to raise their eyebrows |
| 670. Genealogy | Study of ancestors; Ancestry.com helps people understand their genealogy |
| 671. Wayward | willful; perverse; not predictable To create a character full of spontaniety, you must make him wayward. |
| 672. Mountebank | An imposter; a charlatan; a quack Mountebanking the position of a doctor is illegal and unethical |
| 673. Quell | to quiet or subdue Kidnappers must quell their victims in order to succeed with their quest |
| 674. Pernicious | destructive; dangerous; fatal Drinking and driving is especially pernicious |
| 675. Generic | Inherent in or applicable to an entire group; My group of friends is the generic surfer group |
| 676. Syllogism | Reasoning, drawing a conclusion from two premises Jurys must come to a conclusion through syllogism |
| 677. Cerebration | Process of thinking The study of cerebration is incredibly complex |
| 678. Tepid | Slightly warm; lukewarm At work, we must always have on kitchen sink full of tepid water |
| 679. Tabloid | Illustrated newspaper about half the size or ordinary ones Tabloids are constantly fabricating lies and myths about others |
| 680. Talisman | A good luck charm Many consider rabbits foot a talisman |
| 681. Travail | |
| 682. Cavil | |
| 683. Vacuous | |
| 684. Exhilarate | |
| 685. Taxonomy | |
| 686. Correlate | |
| 687. Pendulous | |
| 688. Verve | |
| 689. Goad | |
| 690. Colloquy |
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