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SAT words 1-50
Words | Definitions |
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Dubious | uncertain, skeptical, doubtful, questionable |
Singular | unique, special, remarkable, and exceptional |
Sanctimonious | phony holy, exaggerated replace by prior arrangement |
frenetic | frantic or frenzied |
Immutable | unchangeable, permanent, stead fast |
preempt | to supercede, to replace by prior arrangement |
Transient | on the move, passing through |
Vindictive | spiteful, vengeful, malicious, wanting to take revenge |
Exigent | urgent passing, requiring immediate action |
Facile | easily done glib |
Despot | A king; absolute power that uses it oppressively |
Impervious | unable to be penetrated from being influenced or touched by an outside force |
Compelling | forceful, having a powerful pull |
Laguish | Experience prolonged inactivity in away that weakens of depresses |
Scrutinize | Examine carefully; to study in detail |
Erudite | Scholarly, Extremely learned, intellectual |
Aptitude | Natural ability; talent |
Hermetic | air tight or tightly, unaffected by anything outside it self |
Superficial | shallow, at surface, unimportant |
Precipitate | to set off, to cause to happen, bring about |
Illicit | forbidden, illegal, improper, taboo |
Precedent | that comes before something else and serves as an example of or justification for it |
Rigorous | exacting, strict, harsh, demanding of precision |
Decorous | proper, dignified, well behave |
Credulous | Gullible, eager to believe |
Auspicious | promising, bonding well, heartening, encouraging |
Affinity | Natural attraction, proclivity, or a strong sense of liking |
Harbinger | a fore runner, something that precedes something else and let's us know it is coming |
Fetter | restrain, to shackle |
Obfuscate | make unclear, to darken or confuse, to muddle |
Willful | headstrong, stubborn determined to have one's own way |
Vocation | a calling, profession or business that one has a strong inclination toward |
Reprove | criticize or correct |
Deprecate | Express strong disapproval of deplore |
Capitulate | Surrender, cave into pressure; earthly |
Concord | harmony, agreement, peaceful similarity of attitudes |
Colloquial | inform, conversational, common |
Expedite | facilitate, help along, speed progress, make easier |
fauna | refers to animals. Goes with "flora" which means flower |
Static | *not moving, stationary, lacking movement or growth*Electrical change caused by friction*Hassle, hard time |
coalesce | to merge, to fuse, to blend together, to combine |
mundane | ordinary, routine, commonplace, not special, of this world, not of heaven; earthly |
circumspect | cautious, guarded, vigilant |
Approbation | praise, approval, admiration |
Anarchy | lawlessness, the absence of government or authority; a state of chaos |
Apartheid | a rigid policy of racial segregation |
Edify | uplift, to benefit or instruct, especially morally |
Connoisseur | someone who has refined taste in a given area, someone whose experience with something has made him o her an expert |
Paradox | a self-contradiction |
Robust | strong, hardly, vigorous |