SAT WIN Flashcards
Concise omnius-gatherum of hot SAT vocabulary.
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| 71502030 | pragmatic | practical | |
| 71502031 | partisan | one-sided in terms of viewpoint | |
| 71502032 | séance | a meeting in which contact is made with the dead | |
| 71502033 | ascetic | one who gives up his wordly possesions and denies himself wordly/material goods; often for spiritual reasons | |
| 71502034 | aesthete | one who shows appreciation for cultural beauty | |
| 71502035 | aesthetic | culturally pleasing | |
| 71502036 | malice | spite; ill-will | |
| 71502037 | extenuating | lessening in severity or seriousness of | |
| 71502038 | retention | power of remembering; holding onto; holding in | |
| 71502039 | nondescript | lacking distinguishable features | |
| 71502040 | gruff | coarse in manner or speech | |
| 71502041 | narcissist | one who is in love with himself to the exclusion of others | |
| 71502042 | glacial | cold | |
| 71502043 | format | layout of | |
| 71502044 | devotee | person who is strongly devoted to someone/something | |
| 71502045 | utopia | perfect world | |
| 71502046 | dystopia | imperfect world | |
| 71502047 | to couch | to put into words and to express or carefully phrase | |
| 71502048 | cerebral | of or related to the brain or to intellect | |
| 71502049 | utilitarian | useful | |
| 71502050 | secrete | to put in a secret place; to form and release a liquid | |
| 71502051 | mode | method | |
| 71502052 | prepossessing | impressing favorably; attractive | |
| 71502053 | drub | to beat with a stick or club | |
| 71502054 | draconian | very harsh as related to punishment or law enforcement | |
| 71502055 | contemporaries | people of or about the same age | |
| 71502056 | globetrotter | one who loves to travel | |
| 71502057 | etude | a study of (most often musically related) | |
| 71502058 | chasm | a gorge; an abyss; a deep crack in the earth's surface | |
| 71502059 | engulf | to surround; to swallow up | |
| 71502060 | alliance | a union; relationship supporting a common cause; a formal pact | |
| 71502061 | domestic | of or relating to the household; indigenous to a particular country | |
| 71502062 | domesticated | tamed | |
| 71502063 | domicile | one's home | |
| 71502064 | persecute | to harass; oppress or annoy with ill-treatment often due to one's beliefs | |
| 71502065 | prosecute | to initiate criminal court action against | |
| 71502066 | shortsighted | lacking foresight | |
| 71502067 | cleric | relating to a member of the clergy | |
| 71502068 | elite | choice; best; most select or most skilled members of a group | |
| 71502069 | nepotism | favoritism show by people in power to their friends and family | |
| 71502070 | vigorous | energetic | |
| 71502071 | rigorous | strict and severe | |
| 71502072 | enact | to make a bill into an act; to act out on stage; to decree by legislative process | |
| 71502073 | implement | a tool; to put into/to make ready for use | |
| 71502074 | audit | a methodical examination and review for accuracy (most often financially) | |
| 71502075 | emend | to improve by editing | |
| 71502076 | amend | to alter; to improve | |
| 71502077 | transliteration | representation of letters and words in corresponding characters of another language (translate) | |
| 71502078 | ablution | liquid for cleansing (usually religious) | |
| 71502079 | torte | rich layered cake dessert | |
| 71502080 | incontrovertible | indisputable | |
| 71502081 | avuncular | uncle like | |
| 71502082 | geology | study of earth's core; rocks | |
| 71502083 | petrology | branch of geology that deals with rocks' origins | |
| 71502084 | petrify | to turn to stone | |
| 71502085 | ossify | to turn to bone | |
| 71502086 | irresolute | lacking in determination | |
| 71502087 | pompous | arrogant | |
| 71502088 | cognizant | aware | |
| 71502089 | calamity | disaster | |
| 71502090 | prosperity | period/condition of being prosperous; productive | |
| 71502091 | propensity | tendency | |
| 71502092 | proclivity | tendency toward; a liking for | |
| 71502093 | adversity | hardship | |
| 71502094 | adverse | harsh and difficult | |
| 71502095 | villain | evil, wicked person | |
| 71502096 | scoundrel | wicked, evil person | |
| 71502097 | linchpin | central part or element; most important part | |
| 71502098 | chronicler | one who gives an account in a timed-sequence | |
| 71502099 | jubilation | joy | |
| 71502100 | fortitude | courage and bravery | |
| 71502101 | redoubtable | strong and deserving of respect | |
| 71502102 | dingy | dirty and grimy | |
| 71502103 | dinghy | small boat | |
| 71502104 | precinct | specified district over which police force patrols/protects | |
| 71502105 | paramount | supreme in importance | |
| 71502106 | tantamount | equivalent to | |
| 71502107 | debacle | a total, ludicrous failure | |
| 71502108 | modulate | to regulate or adjust to a certain pitch, proportion or intensity | |
| 71502109 | raucous | harsh sounding; boisterous | |
| 71502110 | tourniquet | device used to stop the flow of blood to a limb | |
| 71525498 | stanch | to stop the flow of | |
| 71525499 | garish | highly colored and tacky | |
| 71525500 | bereft | grieving; lacking something that is needed | |
| 71525501 | disseminate | to widely scatter; to spread | |
| 71525502 | tenuous | flimsy | |
| 71525503 | qualms | regrets | |
| 71525504 | virile | manly | |
| 71525505 | hirsute | hairy | |
| 71525506 | virility | manliness | |
| 71525507 | ineffable | unable to be expressed | |
| 71525508 | capitulate | to surrender | |
| 71525509 | recapitulate | to summarize | |
| 71525510 | defunct | obsolete; extinct | |
| 71525511 | perfidy | treachery; violation of trust between allies/friends | |
| 71525512 | lumber | to move clumsily | |
| 71525513 | oaf | a clumsy person/animal | |
| 71525514 | lummox | oaf | |
| 71525515 | affinity | attraction or tendency toward; a liking for | |
| 71525516 | lavish | extravagant | |
| 71525517 | opulent | affluent; extravagant | |
| 71525518 | affluent | wealthy | |
| 71525519 | tact | ability to appreciate the "delicacy" of a situation and to respond accordingly by using one's good judgment | |
| 71525520 | tactless | lacking the ability to appreciate the "delicacy" of a situation and to respond accordingly by using one's good judgment | |
| 71525521 | tacit | expressed without words or speech; implied | |
| 71525522 | taciturn | disinclined to talk | |
| 71525523 | tactile | of or related to the sense of touch; perceptible to one's touch | |
| 71525524 | tangible | able to be touched | |
| 71525525 | palpable | capable of being touched | |
| 71525526 | animosity | ill will; strong dislike | |
| 71525527 | rancor | bitter, deep seated ill will | |
| 71525528 | vagary | erratic notion/action | |
| 71525529 | nuptials | of or relating to a wedding ceremony | |
| 71525530 | surname | one's family name/last name | |
| 71525531 | aught | zero | |
| 71525532 | trellis | frame supporting creeping plants and vines | |
| 71525533 | luminary | notable person in a specified field | |
| 71525534 | ruminate | to chew cud; to think about and dwell on for a long time | |
| 71525535 | assail | to attack with words or blows | |
| 71525536 | accost | to aggressively approach | |
| 71525537 | compensate | to male a payment for a service rendered; to make up for something that is missing; to make up for a loss | |
| 71525538 | quiescence | peace and quiet | |
| 71525539 | acquiesce | to agree | |
| 71525540 | acquiescence | agreement | |
| 71525541 | deprecate | to belittle | |
| 71525542 | dismiss | to treat as being insignificant | |
| 71525543 | depreciate | to lessen value/price of | |
| 71525544 | assess | to estimate value/cost of to charge money for damages | |
| 71525545 | shun | to avoid deliberately | |
| 71525546 | eschew | to avoid habitually (especially on moral/practical grounds) | |
| 71525547 | diffident | shy and lacking confidence | |
| 71525548 | propagate | to flourish and grow | |
| 71525549 | prolific | abundant | |
| 71525550 | copious | abundant; present in a large quantity | |
| 71525551 | incorrigible | not able to be improved or reformed | |
| 71525552 | euphemism | a nicer term for an offensive term | |
| 71525553 | pejorative | a belittling term | |
| 71525554 | bestow | to give as a gift or an honor | |
| 71525555 | beneficent | kind and charitable | |
| 71525556 | benevolent | kind | |
| 71525557 | malevolent | evil | |
| 71525558 | malign | to hurt one/one's reputation with words | |
| 71525559 | mandate | a requirement | |
| 71525560 | bogus | fake; not genuine | |
| 71525561 | apocryphal | bogus | |
| 71525562 | listless | lacking energy | |
| 71525563 | ominous | foreboding; foreshadowing | |
| 71525564 | shirk | to put off and fail to assume responsibility for; to avoid and be negligent of | |
| 71525565 | limpid | clear and simple; serene; untroubled | |
| 71525566 | pellucid | easily intelligible | |
| 71525567 | tort | a wrongdoing punishable by law | |
| 71525568 | perilous | dangerous | |
| 71525569 | imperil | to endanger | |
| 71525570 | instigate | to arouse; to stir up | |
| 71525571 | crux | critical/crucial point; main part | |
| 71525572 | cursory | hasty and superficial; not thorough | |
| 71525573 | exhaustive | thorough | |
| 71525574 | exhausting | tiring | |
| 71525575 | uncouth | rude and crude | |
| 71525576 | endorse | to give support to | |
| 71525577 | patron | one who supports | |
| 71525578 | espouse | advocate | |
| 71525579 | advocate | promulgate | |
| 71525580 | promulgate | put forward as a strong belief | |
| 71525581 | tenet | a strongly held belief | |
| 71525582 | disenfranchise | to deny rights to someone | |
| 71525583 | enfranchise | to give full rights to someone | |
| 71525584 | resolved | solved; determined | |
| 71525585 | resigned | reluctantly accepting of; to give up deliberately | |
| 71525586 | desecrate | to make unholy/not sacred | |
| 71525587 | deplete | to use up until there is nothing left | |
| 71525588 | enhance | to improve; to make more attractive | |
| 71525589 | embellish | to improve by decorating | |
| 71525590 | deck | to decorate | |
| 71525591 | jettison | to throw overboard; to cast off unwanted stuff | |
| 71525592 | jetty | some structure built into a body of water to influence current and preserve shoreline | |
| 71525593 | flotsam | wreckage left after a ship has sunk; stuff thrown off from a ship | |
| 71525594 | jetsam | wreckage left after a plane has crashed; stuff thrown off of a plane | |
| 71525595 | founder | to become disabled; to cave in and sink below the water | |
| 71525596 | list | to lean or tilt to the side | |
| 71525597 | galleon | old-time ship | |
| 71525598 | fleet | fast group of ships or vehicles | |
| 71525599 | convoy | fleet traveling together for convenience and safety | |
| 71525600 | conjecture | a guess; to guess | |
| 71525601 | proximity | closeness | |
| 71525602 | juxtapose | to place side by side | |
| 71525603 | traversly | in a side-by-side motion | |
| 71525604 | ameliorate | to make better | |
| 71525605 | inexorable | unyielding |