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Sabyne Study Stack
SAT Words 51-100
Words | Definition |
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Consummate | Extremely skillful,complete,perfect |
Categorical | Unconditional,absolute,without exception |
Malaise | A sense of lethargy and unease, a feeling of being down, a feeling of being depressed |
Awry | Off course, not right |
Platitude | A trite, overused saying, cliche usually offered as advice or wisdom |
Destitute | Extremely poor, impoverished, lacking in what is required for basic sustenance |
Extrovert | An outgoing, gregarious person |
Ephemeral | Short lived, fleeting |
Callow | Immature, unsophisticated, due to youthfulness, inexpensive |
Malleable | Easy to shape or mold |
Legacy | Refers to something inherited or passed down |
Discriminate | To make a distinction |
Monolithic | Expressed both the idea of massiveness and the idea of being all of one piece |
Abject | Hopeless,wretched,miserable |
Vitriolic | Caustic, full of bitterness, extremely nasty |
Beset | To be besieged, surrounded on all sides, attacked by |
Renounce | Something means to give it |
Matriculate | To enroll, especially in a college or university |
Convivial | Festive, friendly, good natured, jovial |
Venerate | To honor, to deeply respect, to treat with reverence, as though sacred |
Contiguous | Adjoining, touching |
Arbitrary | Unfair, determined by impulse or individual will, having no particular rhyme or reason |
Pristine | Pure, unspoiled, uncorrupted, immaculately clean |
Succinct | Concise, short, and to the point, brief |
Farcical | Absurd, ridiculous, having the characteristics of a farce |
Nepotism | The Practice of showing favoritism to relatives or close friends in business or politics |
Cogent | Persuasive, convincing, pertinent |
Rustic | Rural, countrified, lacking the comforts or the sophistication of a city |
Doctrinaire | Is to be dogmatic, to espouse a theory, doctrine, or belief system whether or not it is practical, to be flexible |
Vitiate | To pollute, to spoil, to impair, corrupt, or pervert |
Uniform | Consistent, standard, without variation |
Coherent | To be understandable, to make sense |
Transgress | To violate a law, to offend, to sin |
Stagnation | Refers to lack of movement that also implies staleness, a lack of progress or growth |
Onerous | Burdensome, oppressive, distasteful |
Covert | Secret, hidden, concealed, disguised |
Adulation | Excessive praise, adoration, hero worship |
Discern | To distinguish, to differentiate from something else, to perceive |