SAT Vocab 271-330 Flashcards
from Kaplan SAT Prep 2011
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| 696048835 | mannered | adj - artificial or stilted in character | |
| 696048836 | maverick | noun - an independent individual who does not go along with a group | |
| 696048837 | mawkish | adj - sickeningly sentimental | |
| 696048838 | megalomania | noun - obsession with great or grandiose performance | |
| 696048839 | mellifluous | adj - having a smooth, rich flow | |
| 696048840 | microcosm | noun - a small scale representation of a larger system | |
| 696048841 | milieu | noun - the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, evnironment | |
| 696048842 | misanthrope | noun - a person who hates or distrusts mankind | |
| 696048843 | misnomer | noun - an error in naming a person or place | |
| 696048844 | missive | noun - a written note or letter | |
| 696048845 | mitigate | verb - to make less severe, make milder | |
| 696048846 | modicum | noun - a small portion, limited quantity | |
| 696048847 | mollify | verb - to soothe in temper or disposition | |
| 696048848 | mordant | adj - biting and caustic in manner and style | |
| 696048849 | mores | noun - fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes | |
| 696048850 | morose | adj - gloomy, sullen | |
| 696048851 | mote | noun - a small particle, speck | |
| 696048852 | mutability | noun - the quality of being capable of change, in form or character; susceptibility of change | |
| 696048853 | myopic | adj - lacking foresight, having a narrow view or long-range perspective | |
| 696048854 | nebulous | adj - vague, undefined | |
| 696048855 | necromancy | noun - the practice of communicating with the dead in order to predict the future | |
| 696048856 | nefarious | adj - intensely wicked or vicious | |
| 696048857 | neonate | noun - a newborn child | |
| 696048858 | nihilism | noun - the belief that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is useless; the belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable | |
| 696048859 | nomenclature | noun - a system of scientific names | |
| 696048860 | non sequitur | noun - a statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said | |
| 696048861 | novel | adj - new and not resembling anything formerly known | |
| 696048862 | obdurate | adj - stubbornly persistent, resistant to persuasion | |
| 696048863 | obfuscate | verb - to confuse, make obscure | |
| 696048864 | obstinate | adj - unreasonably persistent | |
| 696048865 | olfactory | adj - relating to the sense of smell | |
| 696048866 | oligarchy | noun - a government in which a small group exercises supreme control | |
| 696048867 | onus | noun - a burden, an obligation | |
| 696048868 | opine | verb - to express an opinion | |
| 696048869 | opportunist | noun - one who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve and end, with little regard for principles | |
| 696048870 | opprobrious | adj - disgraceful, shameful | |
| 696048871 | ornery | adj - having an irritable disposition, cantankerous | |
| 696048872 | oscillate | verb - to swing back and forth like a pendulum; to vary between opposing beliefs or feelings | |
| 696048873 | ossify | verb - to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern | |
| 696048874 | ostracize | verb - to exclude from a group by common consent | |
| 696048875 | oust | verb - to remove from position by force; eject | |
| 696048876 | paean | noun - a tribute, a song or expression of praise | |
| 696048877 | palatial | adj - relating to a palace; magnificent | |
| 696048878 | palimpsest | noun - an object or place having diverse layers or aspects beneath the surface | |
| 696048879 | palpable | adj - capable of being touched or felt; easily perceived | |
| 696048880 | paltry | adj - pitifully small or worthless | |
| 696048881 | panache | noun - flamboyance or dash in style and action | |
| 696048882 | pandemic | adj - occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a large portion of the population | |
| 696048883 | panegyric | noun - elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise | |
| 696048884 | paradigm | noun - an outstandingly clear or typical example | |
| 696048885 | paragon | noun - a model of excellence or perfection | |
| 696048886 | paramount | adj - supreme, of chief importance | |
| 696048887 | pare | verb - to trim off excess, reduce | |
| 696048888 | pariah | noun - an outcast | |
| 696048889 | patent | adj - obvious, evident | |
| 696048890 | pathogenic | adj - causing disease | |
| 696048891 | patrician | adj - aristocratic | |
| 696048892 | patronize | verb - to act as patron of, to adopt an air of condescension toward; to buy from | |
| 696048893 | peculate | verb - to embezzle | |
| 696048894 | pecuniary | adj - relating to money |