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SAT Words Set 2

TermDefinition
admonish to scold mildly
aesthetic sensitive to art and beauty; showing good taste; artistic
allege to declare; assert without proof
amplify to make stronger
apprehend to take into custody; to take hold of mentally;perceive, understand
apprehensive anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
autocrat a ruler with absolute power; dictator
avow to state openly; announce
benefactor one who gives money or aid
benign doing little or no harm; not malignant
berate to scold severely
blithe joyful; carefree
boisterous noisy,lively
brazen showing no shame; bold
callous lacking pity or mercy; unfeeling
clamor a loud outcry; uproar
coddle to treat someone tenderly
cordial friendly
cryptic having a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious; baffling
declamatory loudly declaring
deplete to empty or exhaust
despondent lacking in hope; dejected
dilate widen
disarming removing suspicions, fears, or hostility; charming
disparage to lower in reputation; belittle
dispersion a spreading or scattering out
doleful sorrowful
dupe to deceive by trickery; fool, cheat
eccentric deviating from the norm; odd, unconventional
elusive difficult to find or capture
empathetic having the ability to share another's emotions, thoughts, or feelings
equitable fair, just
erratic having no fixed course or purpose; irregular, random
esoteric intended for or understood by only a chosen few; abstruse
eulogy spoken or written praise, especially of the recently deceased
excavate to make a hole or cavity by digging; hollow out
exorbitant going beyond what is reasonable; excessive, extravagant
explicit clearly stated; leaving nothing implied
extroverted demonstrative, outgoing
fickle changeable or unstable in affection, interest, or loyalty; capricious
flounder to struggle to move or obtain footing; to move clumsily or ineffectually
foreshadow indicate or suggest beforehand
foster to help to grow or develop;
fraudulent counterfeit, fake, false
frugal not spending freely or unnecessarily; thrifty, economical
genial kindly, amiable
gluttonous describing someone who greedily eats too much
gratuitous without cause or justification; uncalled for
homage something done to show respect or veneration
illusory deceptive; not real
inconspicuous hard to see or perceive; attracting little attention; not striking
irony use of words to mean the direct opposite of their usual sense
lackadasical lacking interest or spirit
lethargic lacking energy
listless indifferent due to illness or sadness
meager deficient in quantity
obsolete no longer in use or practice; no longer in fashion
philanthropic charitable; helping mankind
placid tranquil, calm, quiet
plethora a superabundance; excess
precarious uncertain, insincere
presumption the act of taking something for granted
proficient skillful
redundant repetitive
rejuvinate to make, feel, or seem new again
reputable having a good reputation; respectable
resilient recovering strength, spirits, good humor, or bendable
resolute having or showing a fixed, firm purpose; determined
rueful regretful
salvage to rescue from damage or waste
scarcity shortage; insufficient amount
scrutinize to look very carefully; examine closely
serene not disturbed or troubled; calm; peaceful
speculative tentative; risky; based on speculation
steadfast loyal; devoted
succinct concise; to the point
succulent full of juice; juicy
supplementary supplying what is lacking; additional
tangential going off topic; diverging; digressing
venerate to revere
vigilant staying watchful and alert to danger or trouble
virtuous pure; honorable
Created by: lsfuller
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