sat week 9 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 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 |
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