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sat week 9
vocab week 9
Question | Answer |
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stringent | strict |
capricious | changable |
fickle | changable |
whimsical | changable |
mercurial | changeable |
caprice | changeableness |
capriciousness | changeableness |
oscillate | to swing between the two different opinions |
slavish | 1. lacking in creativity2. of a slave; lacking in independence |
intrigue | 1. to arouse great interest or curiosity of2. to make and carry out secret plan/ plot |
collude | to conspire |
intrigue | conspire |
forsake | to give up; abandon |
forsaken | abandoned |
farlorn | abandoned |
derelict | abandoned |
forgo | to give up pleasure; to do without |
forego | to precede |
antecede | to precede |
waive | to give up a right |
abdicate | to give up high office |
abjure | [to force] to give up a cause, faith, etc |
relinquish | to give up possessions; to surrender |
augment | to increase |
deplete | to use up |
replete | to fill with abundantly fed |
expedient | usefulness |
futile | useleess |
futility | usefulness |
expediate | to speed up; to help the progress of |
expeditious | quick and efficient; prompt |
expatiate | to speak or write in detail and at length |
expiate | to pay for the sin, etc |
arbitrary | 1. random2. dictatorial |
plausible | reasonable |
implausible | unreasonable |
hermetic | 1. airtight2. not easily influenced |
acquit | to declare not guilty |
incriminate | to accuse someone w/ crime |
inculpate | to accuse someone with crime |
exculpate | to free from charge |
culpable | blameworthy |
culpa | crime |
culprit | criminal |
transgressor | a criminal |
perpetrator | criminal |
malefactor | criminal |
transgress | 1. to break the law2. to go beyond |
ingress | enterentrance |
egress | to exitan exit |
perpetrate | to commit a crime |
perpetual | eternal |
perpetuate | to keep from being forgotten; to make or become perpetual |
manufacture | to make or do |
facsimile | fax |
facile | easily made, done, or obtained |
facilitate | to make easy |
felicitate | to congratulate |
felicity | great happiness; bliss |
felicitous | [remark] well-chose; ape; appropriate |
exonerate | to free from the alleged guilt |
posthumous | happening afer death |
benevolence | mercy |
benevolent | merciful |
clement | 1. merciful2. [weather] mild |
clemency | being mercy |
inclement | 1. not merciful2. not mild |
drivel | a silly nonsense |
catagorical | absolute |
seedy | dirty |
sordid | dirty |
filthy | dirthy |
squalid | dirty |
squalor | noun for squalid |
immprovident | having no foresight; wasteful w/o considering the future needs |
prolific | producing much |
proliferate | to produce much |
vivacious | lively |
vivacity | liveliness |
valliant | brave |
valorous | brave |
gallant | brave |
mettlesome | brave |
stalwart | brave |
game | brave |
valor | bravery; courage |
gallantry | bravery; courage |
mettle | bravery; courage |
temerity | bravery; courage |
nerve | bravery |
fortitute | bravery |
bravado | bravery |
aloof | apart; unfriendly |
afoot | in process; being prepared for |
obscure | hidden; darkto hide; to darken |
sporadic | happening here and there occasionally |
variegated | marked irregularly w/ different colored patches; various |
multifarious | many and various |
nultifaceted | having many different aspect |
inveterate | established over a long period of time |
ingrain | established over a long period of time |
deep-seated | established over a long period of time |
deep-rooted | established over a long period of time |
innate | born with |
congenital | born with |
inborn | born with |
prosaic | dull and uninteresting; too common |
banal | dull and uninteresting; too common |
pedestrian | dull and uninteresting; too common |
ponderous | dull and uninteresting; too common |
vapid | dull and uninteresting; too common |
drab | dull and uninteresting; too common |
flat | dull and uninteresting; too common |
trite | dull and uninteresting; too common |
trivial | dull and uninteresting; too common |
commonplace | dull and uninteresting; too common |
hackneyed | dull and uninteresting; too common |
pedestrian | [writing] dull and unintesting; too common w/o originality |
ponderous | 1. heavy and bulky2. dull and uninteresting |
preponderant | greater in significance, importance, size, weight, etc |
preponderate | to be greater in significance, etc |
hackneyed | [phrase] time-worn; repeated too often; too common |
threadbare | clothe |
magnanimous | very generous |
embellish | to decorate |
embroider | to decorate |
bedeck | to decorate |
invest | to decorate |
adorn | to decorate |
veneer | to decorate |
drape | to decorate |
garnish | to decorate |
ornament | to decorate |
florid | decorative; decorated |
ornate | decorative; decorated |
flamboyant | decorative; decorated |
invest | 1. to decorate2. to givce formal power, authority, etc to a ruler with appropriate symbols3. to put clothes on |
investiture | formal ceremony of giving poewr, etc to a ruler |
facade | 1. fontal face of a building* 2. false appearance |
drape | to coverto decorate |
frill | decoration |
garish | overly bright, colored, or decorated to an annoying degree |
flamboyant | decorative in speech, etc |
severe | simple and plain in design |
austere | simple and plainvery strict and severe in spending, consuming, etc |
homely | simple and plainnot good-looking |
chaste | simple and plain |
comely | pleasant to look at |