SAT words units 1-4 Flashcards

121633271	factious	causing disagreement	0
121633272	ignoble	dishonorable; shameful	1
121633273	boor	a rude or impolite person	2
121633274	aegis	a shield; protection	3
121633275	perspicacity	keenness of judgement	4
121633276	fervent	eager; earnest	5
121633277	rectify	to correct; to make right	6
121633278	enervate	to weaken	7
121633279	besiege	to overwhelm; to surround and attack	8
121633280	ephermal	lasting only a brief time; short-lived	9
121633281	altruism	a concern for others; generosity	10
121633282	carrion	decaying flesh	11
121633283	amorphous	shapeless; formless, vague	12
121633284	opulent	rich, luxurious; wealthy	13
121633285	antithesis	an exact opposite; an opposite extreme	14
121633286	maelstrom	whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind	15
121633287	impotent	powerless; lacking strength	16
121633288	emendation	a correction	17
121633289	chagrin	embarrassment; a complete loss of courage	18
121633290	bauble	a showy but useless thing	19
121633291	diaphanous	very sheer and light	20
121633292	labyrinth	a complicated network of winding passages; maze	21
121633293	gloat	to look at or think about with great satisfaction	22
121633294	impediment	a barrier; obstruction	23
121633295	bestial	savage, brutal	24
121633296	effete	worn out; barren	25
121633297	shard	a fragment	26
121633298	bland	mild; tasteless; dull	27
121633299	nihilism	a total rejection of established laws	28
121633300	maxim	an expression of general truth of principle	29
121633301	pedestrian	ordinary or dull	30
121633302	bona fide	in good faith	31
121633303	adventitious	accidental; nonessential	32
121633304	fecund	fertile; productive	33
121633305	deviate	to turn aside from a course; to stray	34
121633306	obfuscate	to confuse; bewilder	35
121633307	impale	to pierce with a sharp stake through the body	36
121633308	extenuate	to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses	37
121633309	parochial	local; narrow, limited	38
121633310	glower	to stare angrily	39
121633311	edify	to improve someone morally	40
121633312	ambiguous	open to more than one interpretation	41
121633313	cataclysm	a violent change	42
121633314	optimum	best; most favorable; ideal	43
121633315	importune	to ask persistently; to beg	44
121633316	fortuitous	happening by chance or accident	45
121633317	recapitulate	to summarize; to reapeat briefly	46
121633318	perfunctory	done without care; in a routine fashion	47
121633319	baroque	overly decorated	48
121633320	hedonism	pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses	49
121633321	obloquy	a strong disapproval, a bad reputation resulting from public criticism	50
121633322	debacle	a complete failure; a total collapse	51
121633323	quasi	resembling; seeming; half	52
121633324	besmirch	to make dirty; to stain	53
121633325	imperative	extremely necessary; vitally important	54
121633326	sacrosanct	extremely holy	55
121633327	sadistic	deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others	56
121633328	demeanor	behavior; manner of conducting oneself	57
121633329	facetious	comical; joker	58
121633330	flippant	disrespectful; shallow; or lacking seriousness	59
121633331	imprecation	a curse	60
121633332	non sequitur	something that does not follow logically	61
121633333	sanguine	cheerful; optimistic	62
121633334	bowdlerize	to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.	63
121633335	impair	to weaken; to cause to become worse	64
121633336	panegyric	an expression of praise	65
121633337	quandary	a puzzling situation; a dilemma	66
121633338	ebullient	enthusiastic	67
121633339	deference	respect; consideration	68
121633340	nebulous	hazy; vague; uncertain	69
121633341	rakish	dashingly stylish and confident	70
121633342	elegy	a sad mournful person	71
121633343	pedantic	tending to show off one's learning	72
121633344	antipathy	an intense dislike	73
121633345	elucidate	to make clear	74
121633346	imminent	likely to happen; threatening	75
121633347	banal	common; ordinary	76
121633348	obdurate	stubborn; hard hearted	77
121633349	peruse	to read carefully; to scrutinize	78
121633350	bedlam	a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion	79
121633351	affluence	wealth	80
121633352	scurrilous	coarsely abusive; vulgar	81
121633353	parody	a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner	82
121633354	sedulous	hard working; diligent	83
121633355	onerous	burdensome; heavy; hard to endure	84
121633356	amoral	lacking a sense of right and wrong	85
121633357	eschew	to keep away from; to avoid; to shun	86
121633358	denouement	an outcome; result	87
121633359	fop	an excessively fashion conscious man	88
121633360	vignette	a short, descriptive literary sketch	89
121633361	adroit	skillful; clever	90
121633362	macroscopic	visible to the naked eye	91
121633363	fatuous	foolish	92
121633364	bovine	pertaining to cows or cattle	93
121633365	ferret	to search or drive out	94
121633366	affectation	a phony attitude	95
121633367	knell	a sound made by a bell; often rung slowly for a death or funeral	96
121633368	dichotomy	a division into two parts	97
121633369	callow	yound and inexperienced	98
121633370	laconic	using few words; short, concise	99
121633371	quiddity	an essential quality	100
121633372	patent	evident or obvious	101
121633373	peccadillo	a minor offense; misdeed	102
121633374	sagacious	wise; having keen perception and sound judgement	103
121633375	rationalize	to make an excuse for	104
121633376	deride	to ridicule; to mock	105
121633377	censure	to criticize sharply	106
121633378	gambol	to frolic	107
121633379	immolate	to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire	108
121633380	recondite	difficult to understand; profound	109
121633381	martinet	a strict disciplinarian; task master	110
121633382	quagmire	a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation	111
121633383	gibe	to scoff; to ridicule	112
121633384	agape	open-mouthed; surprised	113
121633385	carcinogen	causing cancer	114
121633386	olfactory	pertaining to smell	115
121633387	imperious	domineering; haughty	116
121633388	grotesque	absurd; distorted	117
121633389	neologism	a new word or expression	118
121633390	hackneyed	commonplace; overused	119