ACT/SAT WORD OF THE DAY Flashcards
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| 298099068 | COPIOUS | abundant; plentiful | |
| 298099069 | TENACIOUS | tough; stubborn | |
| 298099070 | SURREPTITIOUS | acting in secret; sly manner | |
| 298099071 | VORACIOUS | eager to consume great amounts of food | |
| 298099072 | OFFICIOUS | interfering; offering unwanted advice | |
| 298099073 | SPURIOUS | not genuine; false | |
| 298099074 | ONEROUS | troublesome or burdensome | |
| 298099075 | GREGARIOUS | sociable | |
| 298099076 | PIOUS | devout or virtuous; holy | |
| 298099077 | SCRUPULOUS | careful of small details, honest | |
| 298099078 | ATTRITION | a gradual reduction or weakening | |
| 298099079 | EDIFICATION | enlighten; instruct | |
| 298099080 | ABLUTION | a cleansing with water | |
| 298099081 | ELOCUTION | the art of public speaking | |
| 298099082 | WRITHE | to twist or bending in pain | |
| 298099083 | PEDESTRIAN | ordinary; moving on feet | |
| 298099084 | CARRION | dead and rotting flesh | |
| 298099085 | PINION | to bind the wings; to confine | |
| 298099086 | AMBIVALENCE | indecision | |
| 298099087 | KISMET | fate | |
| 298099088 | DEPLOY | to arrange strategically | |
| 298099089 | CAVALIER | carefree and nonchalant | |
| 298099090 | EGG | to encourage or incite to action | |
| 298099091 | METE | to distribute by measure; to allot | |
| 298099092 | NULLIFY | to make useless; cancel | |
| 298099093 | EMBROIL | to involve in argument or hostile action | |
| 298099094 | WAFFLE | to speak or write evasively | |
| 298099095 | ASCRIBE | to attribute to a specific cause | |
| 298099096 | ENHANCE | to improve; to intensify | |
| 298099097 | IMPAIR | to diminish, as in strength | |
| 298099098 | TERSE | to the point; concise | |
| 298099099 | COERCE | to force someone by threatening | |
| 298099100 | DIVERSE | different; varied | |
| 298099101 | ABATE | to reduce | |
| 298099102 | ABIDE | to remain; continue; stay; endure | |
| 298099103 | GAMBIT | to take a risk for some advantage | |
| 298099104 | JAUNT | a short pleasure trip | |
| 298099105 | FRANK | marked by free and sincere expression | |
| 298099106 | LITHE | bending easily and gracefully | |
| 298099107 | AESTHETIC | having to do with artistic beauty | |
| 298099108 | GULLIBLE | easily cheated or fooled | |
| 298099109 | MAWKISH | excessively sentimental | |
| 298099110 | RAFFISH | cheaply vulgar in appearance; disreputable | |
| 298099111 | CONTINUUM | a continuous whole | |
| 298099112 | TRAVAIL | strenuous labor or effort | |
| 298099113 | INTREPID | fearless; bold | |
| 298099114 | LANGUID | lacking energy; weak | |
| 298099115 | EXODUS | a mass departure | |
| 298099116 | INFLUX | a mass arrival or incoming | |
| 298099117 | ABASH | to make ashamed or uneasy | |
| 298099118 | INCESSANT | nonstop | |
| 298099119 | LATENT | laying hidden; potential | |
| 298099120 | ELOQUENT | extremely expressive in speech | |
| 298099121 | DIFFIDENT | lacking self-confidence; timid | |
| 298099122 | MALCONTENT | dissatisfied; unhappy person | |
| 298099123 | EMINENT | standing out, renowned | |
| 298099124 | WINCE | to flinch; to shrink back | |
| 298099125 | PRUDENT | cautious; good judgment | |
| 298099126 | AUGMENT | to make or become greater | |
| 298099127 | EBULLIENCE | enthusiastic | |
| 298099128 | RHETORIC | over elaborate language or speech | |
| 298099129 | DOGMATIC | an arrogant assertion of opinions | |
| 298099130 | PHILIPPIC | insulting language; a tirade | |
| 298099131 | PANDEMIC | widespread; general | |
| 298099132 | IDYLLIC | something naturally peaceful | |
| 298099133 | CRYPTIC | having a hidden meaning | |
| 298099134 | CHOLERIC | hot-tempered; quick to anger | |
| 298099135 | PECCADILLO | a minor offense | |
| 298099136 | EMPHATIC | forcibly expressive | |
| 298099137 | LOGISTICS | managing the details of an operation | |
| 298099138 | CIRCUMSPECT | cautious | |
| 298099139 | ABSTRACT | difficult to understand | |
| 298099140 | DEFUNCT | dead or inactive | |
| 298099141 | SUCCINCT | brief and to the point | |
| 298099142 | PALPABLE | capable of being touched or felt | |
| 298099143 | ACCOUNTABLE | responsible | |
| 298099144 | OSTENSIBLE | offered as genuine or real | |
| 298099145 | PLIABLE | receptive to change; easily bent | |
| 298099146 | ADROIT | skillful; deft | |
| 298099147 | BAUBLE | a small, inexpensive trinket | |
| 298099148 | SKULLDUGGERY | trickery | |
| 298099149 | ANCILLARY | providing assistance | |
| 298099150 | SEDENTARY | characterized by sitting; little exercise | |
| 298099151 | CURSORY | rapid and superficial | |
| 298099152 | PREDATORY | victimizing or destroying others | |
| 298099153 | SYMMETRY | exact form of sides of a line | |
| 298099154 | TAWDRY | gaudy and cheap in appearance | |
| 298099155 | AMBULATORY | capable of walking | |
| 298099156 | IDOLATRY | excessive devotion to something | |
| 298099157 | PECUNIARY | consisting of or relating to money | |
| 298099158 | PANORAMA | unbroken view of a wide area | |
| 298099159 | SAGA | long story | |
| 298099160 | PLETHORA | superabundance | |
| 298099161 | GRADIENT | a rate of inclination; a slope | |
| 298099162 | ADHERENT | a follower of a leader; supporter | |
| 298099163 | VENT | outlet; to release | |
| 298099164 | PRESENTIMENT | premonition; a sense that something is going to occur | |
| 298099165 | ARMAMENT | military supplies and weapons | |
| 298099166 | CORPULENT | fat; obese | |
| 298099167 | CIRCUMVENT | to surround; enclose | |
| 298099168 | ATONE | to make amends | |
| 298099169 | DEVOID | entirely without | |
| 298099170 | REPLETE | full to the utmost; gorged | |
| 298099171 | MAMMOTH | huge; gigantic | |
| 298099172 | BALEFUL | threatening; hurtful | |
| 298099173 | DIMINUTION | the act or process of diminishing | |
| 298099174 | ETHEREAL | very light, airy; heavenly | |
| 298099175 | PURBLIND | having poor vision; nearly blind | |
| 298099176 | LACKADAISICAL | showing lack of interest | |
| 298099177 | BLAND | lacking flavor or zest; dull | |
| 298099178 | CASCADE | a waterfall | |
| 298099179 | PALISADE | fortification in the ground; extended cliff | |
| 298099180 | FUSILLADE | a rapid outburst or barrage | |
| 298099181 | PARABLE | a simple story illustrating a lesson | |
| 298099182 | PARADIGM | a pattern that serves as a model | |
| 298099183 | PATRIARCH | the leader of a family | |
| 298099184 | MALADROIT | clumsy; inept | |
| 298099185 | MALAISE | bodily discomfort; beginning of an illness | |
| 298099186 | MALICE | intention to harm others | |
| 298099187 | MALODOR | a bad odor | |
| 298099188 | PARAGON | a model of excellence | |
| 298099189 | STRIFE | bitter conflict; fight | |
| 298099190 | APPEASE | to soothe; to pacify | |
| 298099191 | LAMPOON | light, good humored satire | |
| 298099192 | BOON | a timely benefit; a blessing | |
| 298099193 | POLTROON | a coward | |
| 298099194 | BRAZEN | bold, shameless | |
| 298099195 | CONUNDRUM | a dilemma | |
| 298099196 | COVERT | secret; hidden; concealed | |
| 298099197 | BOOTLEG | to smuggle | |
| 298099198 | DIATRIBE | a bitter verbal attack | |
| 298099199 | OFFAL | waste parts; rubbish | |
| 298099200 | PARLEY | a conference, especially between enemies | |
| 298099201 | FRAY | fight or scuffle; brawl | |
| 298099202 | LAMBASTE | to assault violently | |
| 298099203 | CATACLYSM | a violent upheaval | |
| 298099204 | ESCAPADE | an adventurous unconventional act | |
| 298099205 | ESCHEW | to avoid or shun | |
| 298099206 | RANSACK | to search thoroughly; pillage | |
| 298099207 | CAMARADERIE | comradeship; friendship | |
| 298099208 | ICONOCLAST | one who attacks popular ideas | |
| 298099209 | SAGE | a person of wisdom | |
| 298099210 | NEMESIS | an opponent that cannot be beaten | |
| 298099211 | DOLT | a stupid person | |
| 298099212 | CLONE | an exact duplicate | |
| 298099213 | CARNIVORE | a flesh-eating animal | |
| 298099214 | DESPOT | an absolute ruler | |
| 298099215 | COURIER | a messenger | |
| 298099216 | SPECTER | a ghost | |
| 298099217 | MOGUL | a very rich and powerful person | |
| 298099218 | PRODIGIOUS | enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing | |
| 298099219 | BOOR | a rude person; someone that is unrefined | |
| 298099220 | PANACHE | dashing elegance of manner or style | |
| 298099221 | FORBEARANCE | Patience | |
| 298099222 | AGOG | highly excited by eagerness | |
| 298099223 | FORTHRIGHT | frank; going straight to the point | |
| 298099224 | PROFOUND | intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depth's of one's nature | |
| 298099225 | FIASCO | a complete or humiliating failure | |
| 298099226 | DOLEFUL | sorrowful; melancholy | |
| 298099227 | OPAQUE | Impervious to light; dull; hard to understand | |
| 298099228 | BOVINE | relating to or resembling a cow | |
| 298099229 | SUPINE | laying on back facing upward | |
| 298099230 | ASININE | silly; stupid | |
| 298099231 | MARITIME | near the sea | |
| 298099232 | SUBLIME | impressive; inspiring awe; majestic | |
| 298099233 | SERENE | clear; calm; tranquil | |
| 298099234 | FOREBODE | to predict or foretell | |
| 298099235 | BOMBASTIC | high sounding | |
| 298099236 | WINNOW | to get rid of undesirable parts | |
| 298099237 | SPAWN | to produce | |
| 298099238 | ANNALS | descriptive record; history | |
| 298099239 | TOME | a large book | |
| 298099240 | CATARACT | a large waterfall; a flood; an eye abnormality | |
| 298099241 | BOOTY | loot; the spoils of war; goods or property seized by force; a valuable prize | |
| 298099242 | ANIMATED | having life; alive; filled with activity, vigor, or spirit | |
| 298099243 | JETSAM | cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten an imperiled vessel; discarded odds and ends | |
| 298099244 | PORTAL | an entrance, door or gate | |
| 298099245 | THRONG | a large group of people gathered closely together | |
| 298099246 | BARRAGE | a curtain of artillery fire; any overwhelming attack, as of words or blows | |
| 298099247 | ELITE | the best or most skilled members of a group | |
| 298099248 | FETTER | to restrain; to hamper; a shackle | |
| 298099249 | TORPID | dormant; inactive; lethargic | |
| 298099250 | TORRID | intensely hot; burning; passionate; rapid | |
| 298099251 | PINGUID | Fat | |
| 298099252 | DISHEVEL | to make untidy; to disarrange the hair or clothing of | |
| 298099253 | NETTLE | to irritate; vex | |
| 298099254 | MOTTLE | to mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors | |
| 298099255 | PRATTLE | to babble; to talk meaninglessly | |
| 298099256 | BALK | to stop short and refuse to proceed | |
| 298099257 | CURB | to control or check | |
| 298099258 | ASSAIL | to attack violently | |
| 298099259 | QUAIL | to shrink with fear; to cower; to lose heart and courage | |
| 298099260 | DWELL | to remain for a time; to reside; to focus attention on; to speak or write about at length | |
| 298099261 | QUELL | to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force | |
| 298099262 | QUAFF | to drink heartily | |
| 298099263 | ESTRANGE | to alienate; to treat as a stranger; to turn an affectionate attitude into an indifferent or unfriendly one | |
| 298099264 | DISCONCERT | to disturb the composure of; upset; to frustrate (as a plan) by throwing into disorder | |
| 298099265 | ANNEX | to add or attach | |
| 298099266 | ESPOUSE | to adopt; to support | |
| 298099267 | REPROACH | to express disapproval of | |
| 298099268 | PACIFIST | one who is in opposition of war or violence | |
| 298099269 | BEQUEST | something left to someone in a will | |
| 298099270 | MANIFEST | clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious | |
| 298099271 | ROTE | a memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without comprehension | |
| 298099272 | MORASS | anything that hinders, traps or overwhelms; low-lying, soggy ground | |
| 298099273 | REIGN | the exercise or possession of supreme power | |
| 298099274 | BROUHAHA | an uproar; hubbub | |
| 298099275 | WRATH | extreme or violent rage | |
| 298099276 | ZENITH | the peak; the highest point | |
| 298099277 | SLAKE | to quench; to satisfy a craving | |
| 298099278 | BEDLAM | a place or scene of noisy uproar and confusion | |
| 298099279 | PREHENSILE | adapted for grasping or holding | |
| 298099280 | DOUR | severe; gloomy; stern | |
| 298099281 | TAUT | stretched tight; tidy | |
| 298099282 | RIFE | abundant; great in number or amount | |
| 298099283 | INDOLENCE | inclination to laziness | |
| 298099284 | INCONTROVERTIBLE | not able to be "turned against" or disputed; certain; indisputable | |
| 298099285 | BENIGHTED | being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened | |
| 298099286 | REQUISITE | essential; necessary | |
| 298099287 | SHUNT | to move or turn aside; to evade by putting aside or ignoring | |
| 298099288 | RESPITE | delay; postpone; a brief interval of rest | |
| 298099289 | PERSONIFY | to think of or represent as having human qualities; to typify | |
| 298099290 | FORTE | something in which a person excels | |
| 298099291 | ENMITY | hostility; deep-seated hatred | |
| 298099292 | CRONY | a close friend or companion | |
| 298099293 | BEVY | a group of animals; an assemblage | |
| 298099294 | BATTERY | the unlawful beating of a person; act of beating or pounding; any large group of related things | |
| 298099295 | ACME | the highest point | |
| 298099296 | PSYCHE | the human soul; the mind | |
| 298099297 | BANDY | to trade; to give back and forth; to bat to and fro | |
| 298099298 | CHASTISE | to discipline; to criticize severely | |
| 298099299 | POLARIZE | to break up into opposing factions or groups | |
| 298099300 | TANTALIZE | to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach | |
| 298099301 | SYNCHRONIZE | to occur at the same time; simultaneous | |
| 298099302 | SURMISE | to guess; to infer (something) without sufficient evidence | |
| 298099303 | DEMISE | death; the end | |
| 298099304 | HIATUS | a gap or an interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break | |
| 298099305 | EVINCE | to show or demonstrate clearly | |
| 298099306 | CRUX | main point; the heart of the matter | |
| 298099307 | APEX | the highest point; peak | |
| 298099308 | QUIETUDE | calm; tranquility; peacefulness | |
| 298099309 | EXTRUDE | to force out, as through a small opening | |
| 298099310 | OBTRUDE | to impose oneself or one's ideas on others; to stick out | |
| 298099311 | ADDICT | to devote (oneself) habitually or compulsively; one who is addicted | |
| 298099312 | BRINK | Edge | |
| 298099313 | EXALT | to raise high; glorify | |
| 298099314 | HEARTEN | to give strength, courage, or hope; to encourage | |
| 298099315 | KINDLE | to cause to burn or ignite; to arouse or inspire | |
| 298099316 | PORTEND | to warn of as an omen; forecast | |
| 298099317 | SEETHE | to be agitated, as by rage; to churn and foam as if boiling | |
| 298099318 | GASTRONOMY | the art of good eating | |
| 298099319 | PROPINQUITY | proximity, nearness; kinship | |
| 298099320 | ANIMOSITY | having a feeling of ill-will; bitter hostility | |
| 298099321 | CUPIDITY | excessive greed, especially for money | |
| 298099322 | DEPRAVITY | extreme wickedness | |
| 298099323 | HIERARCHY | categorization of a group according to ability or status | |
| 298099324 | PLUCKY | brave and spirited; courageous | |
| 298099325 | GRAVITY | seriousness or importance | |
| 298099326 | PATRIMONY | an inheritance from a father or an ancestor; anything inherited | |
| 298099327 | CANOPY | a covering | |
| 298099328 | ACCRUE | to accumulate over time | |
| 298099329 | PERPENDICULAR | upright or vertical; being at right angles to the plane of the horizon | |
| 298099330 | EXEMPLAR | a model or original; an example | |
| 298099331 | DIRE | disastrous; desperate | |
| 298099332 | GARNER | to gather or store | |
| 298099333 | DETER | to discourage; to keep someone from doing something | |
| 298099334 | INURE | to get used to something undesirable; harden | |
| 298099335 | NURTURE | to nourish, to feed; to educate; to train; to foster | |
| 298099336 | BOLSTER | to support, as in a group; to give a boost; a large pillow | |
| 298099337 | HAMPER | to prevent the free movement, action, or progress of; to hinder or impede | |
| 298099338 | DOFF | to take off; to remove; to put aside | |
| 298099339 | DON | to put on | |
| 298099340 | SVELTE | slim, slender | |
| 298099341 | OBESE | extremely fat; grossly overweight | |
| 298099342 | STALACTITE | a tapering formation hanging from the ceiling of a cave, produced by the dripping of mineral-rich water | |
| 298099343 | STALAGMITE | a conical mineral deposit formed on the floor of a cave by the dripping of mineral-rich water | |
| 298099344 | DIURNAL | occurring every day; occurring during the daytime | |
| 298099345 | NOCTURNAL | of or occurring at night | |
| 298099346 | PRISTINE | extremely pure; untouched | |
| 298099347 | SQUALID | dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care | |
| 298099348 | CAPITULATE | to surrender under certain conditions; to give in | |
| 298099349 | VALIDATE | to declare legally valid; legalize | |
| 298099350 | EXONERATE | to free from accusation or blame; to free from a responsibility or task | |
| 298099351 | EXPATRIATE | to exile, banish; leave one's country (either by force or by desire | |
| 298099352 | PALLIATE | to make seem less serious; to mitigate | |
| 298099353 | CONFISCATE | to seize | |
| 298099354 | ELUCIDATE | to make clear and explain fully | |
| 298099355 | INUNDATE | to overwhelm with abundance or excess; flood | |
| 298099356 | DEPRECATE | to express disapproval of | |
| 298099357 | RUMINATE | to ponder; to reflect upon |