SAT Hot List Flashcards
Basic Word List from the 22nd edition of "Barron's How to prepare for the new sat"
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| 13946708 | dais | platform; speaker's stand | |
| 13946709 | dale | valley | |
| 13946710 | dally | to waste time | |
| 13946711 | daunt | to discourage | |
| 13946712 | de facto | in fact; in reality | |
| 13946713 | cabal | a small, secret group | |
| 13946714 | cache | a hiding place | |
| 13946715 | cacophonous | adj. discordant; inharmonious | |
| 13946716 | charlatan | n. quack; pretender to knowledge | |
| 13946717 | cadaver | n. corpse | |
| 13946718 | abate | v. subside; decrease, lessen | |
| 13946719 | abridge | v. condense or shorten | |
| 13946720 | abstruse | adj. obscure; profound; difficult to understand | |
| 13946721 | accolade | n. award of merit | |
| 13946722 | accoutre | v. equip | |
| 13946723 | accretion | n. growth; increase | |
| 13946724 | affable | adj. easily approachable, warmly friendly | |
| 13946725 | aggregate | v. gather; accumulate | |
| 13946726 | altruistic | adj. unselfishly generous; concerned for others | |
| 13946727 | amorphous | adj. formless; lacking shape or definition | |
| 13946728 | eclectic | adj. composed of elements drawn from disparate sources | |
| 13946729 | edify | v. instruct; correct morrally | |
| 13946730 | efface | v. rub out | |
| 13946731 | elegy | n. poem or song expresing lamentation | |
| 13946732 | emend | v. correct; correct by a critic | |
| 13946733 | facsimile | n. copy | |
| 13946734 | fallacious | adj. false; misleading | |
| 13946735 | fallible | adj. liable to err | |
| 13946736 | fallow | adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated | |
| 13946737 | fatalism | n. belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control | |
| 13946738 | gadfly | n. animal-biting fly; an irritating person | |
| 13946739 | gait | n. manner of walking or running; speed | |
| 13946740 | gall | n. bitterness; nerve or v. annoy; chafe | |
| 13946741 | galleon | n. large sailing ship | |
| 13946742 | galvanize | v. stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize | |
| 13946743 | hackneyed | adj. commonplace; trite | |
| 13946744 | hardy | adj. sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather | |
| 13946745 | harrowing | adj. agonizing; distressing; traumatic | |
| 13946746 | hedonist | n. one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life | |
| 13946747 | hermitage | n. home of a hermit | |
| 13958108 | iconoclastic | adj. attacking cherished traditions | |
| 13958109 | ichthyology | n. study of fish | |
| 13958110 | idiosyncrasy | n. individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity | |
| 13958111 | ignominy | n. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor | |
| 13958112 | illusory | adj. deceptive; not real | |
| 13958113 | jaundiced | adj. prejudiced (envious, hostile or resentful); yellowed | |
| 13958114 | jaunt | n. trip; short journey | |
| 13958115 | jaunty | adj. lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree | |
| 13958116 | jettison | v. throw overboard | |
| 13958117 | jingoist | n. extremely aggresive and militant patriot | |
| 13958118 | killjoy | n. grouch; spoilsport | |
| 13958119 | kleptomaniac | n. person who has a compulsive desire to steal | |
| 13958120 | knave | n. untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel | |
| 13958121 | junta | n. group of men joined in political intrigue; cabal | |
| 13958122 | kernel | n. central or vital part; whole seed | |
| 13962035 | impecunious | adj. without money | |
| 13962036 | inane | adj. silly; senseless | |
| 13962037 | innocuous | adj. harmless | |
| 13962038 | insipid | adj. lacking flavor; dull | |
| 13962039 | lampoon | v. ridicule | |
| 13962040 | languor | n. lassitude; depression | |
| 13962041 | larceny | n. theft | |
| 13962042 | largess | n. generous gift | |
| 13962043 | lassitude | n. languor; weariness | |
| 13962044 | latent | adj. potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden | |
| 13962045 | machinations | n. evil schemes or plots | |
| 13962046 | madrigal | n. pastoral song | |
| 13962047 | maelstrom | n. whirlpool | |
| 13962048 | malady | n. illness | |
| 13962049 | malaise | n. uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health | |
| 13962050 | malapropism | n. comic misuse of a word |