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TiennyBier SAT 2
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disposition | n the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude |
| puissant | powerful; mighty; potent. |
| pusillanimous | a lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid. |
| altruistic | a unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (egoistic). |
| altruism | n the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (egoism). |
| metamorphosis | n a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. |
| amorphous | a lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless |
| fluctuate | vw to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly |
| capricious | a subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic |
| mercurial | a changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic |
| protean | a readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. |
| volatile | a changeable; mercurial; flighty |
| enigmatic | a resembling an enigma perplexing; mysterious. |
| recondite | a dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter |
| esoteric | a understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite |
| inscrutable | a incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable. |
| decimate | vo to destroy a great number or proportion of |
| pestilence | n a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. |
| impudent | a of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery |
| impertinence | n unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. |
| effrontery | n shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity |
| imprudent | a not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash. |
| profound | a penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding |
| mirthful | a joyous; gay; jolly |
| blithe | a joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful |
| disseminate | vo to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse |
| rampant | a violent in action or spirit; raging; furious |
| inundate | vo to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge. |
| germinate | vw to begin to grow or develop. |
| deluge | n a great flood of water; inundation; flood |
| implacable | a not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable |
| mollified | vo to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. |
| pacify | vo to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm |
| ostracize | vo to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc. |
| exile | n expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree. |
| plaintiff | n a person who brings suit in a court (defendant). |
| sporadic | a (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional |
| philanthropy | n altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes. |
| spurious | a not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit. |
| languid | a lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
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