SAT Vocab

SAT

200 cards·by soko3354

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avante-garde

new/unusual; innovating; pioneering

bipartisan

involving an agreement between two political parties

brevity

concise speech due to shortness of time

brusque

concise speech due to rudeness

callous

hardened heart; mean

candid

natural; truthful; open/honest; straight forward

capricious

sudden changes in behavior

chicanery

deception

clandestine

secret

complacent

self-satisfied with position

complement

to improve; make better

condescending

patronize; thinking of oneself better than another

condone

allow an action that is wrong to continue

derisive (deride)

mocking; insulting

derivative

influenced by; based on

discretion

carefulness; preference

laconic

concise

jocular

humorous

intractable

stubborn; unchangeable

intrepid

fearless

inscrutable

impossible to understand

innocuous

harmless; safe; gentle

inept

unskillful

indignant

annoyance from unfairness

incorrigible

unable to be corrected; hopeless

arbitrary

random; without reason

aplomb

poise; self-confidence

melancholy

sad; gloomy

implacable

unable to be satisfied

immutable

unchangeable

mercenary

money-minded

innate

inborn; natural

inconspicious

not easily seen

nonchalant

indifferent; not caring

nuance

slight difference in meaning

meager

scanty; insufficient

impugn

call into question

oblivious

unaware

obdurate

stubborn

neophyte

novice; beginner

munificent

very generous, especially with money

mollify

appease anger/anxiety

lucrative

profitable

loquacious

talkative

levity

lightheartedness; floating

laud

praise

nebulous

hazy; unclear; vague

lament

mourn; grieve

dogmatic

overly opinionated

marred

scarred; damaged

magnanimous

generous

dissent

disagreement

dilatory

tardiness; procrastinating; slow

dissent

different; diverse

disnigenuous

insincere

disconcerted

surprise

discern

notice

dilettante

amateur

dilemma

problem

didactic

over-teaching

diaphanous

light; translucent

degenerate

deteriorate; corrupt

defunt

extinct; no longer functioning

defiant

rebellious

deference

respect

daunting

intimidating

cynical

negative

culpable

deserving blame

cosmopolitan

multi-cultural; sophisticated

convoluted

extremely complex

conventional

traditional; predictable

chauvinist

person showing excessive loyalty

circumscribe

limit; confine

circumspect

cautious; prudent

coalesce

combine

compliant

malleable; controllable

conciliatory

mollyfing

consensus

general agreement

esoteric

hard to understand

elusive

evasive; hard to grasp

elicit

draw forth an answer

nadir

lowest point

naive

without experience

nostalgic

longing for a past time

officious

nosy; believing oneself in charge; annoying

ostentatious

showy

maverick

rebellious

maxim

saying

deletorious

harmful

inapt

unskillful

idiosyncratic

quirky

iconoclastic

attacking cherished beliefs

hobble

walking awkwardly from injury

gregarious

sociable

garrulous

talkative

futile

pointless

frivolous

lacking seriousness

formidable

causing fear

flippant

disrespectfully casual

facetious

joking inappropriately

extol

praise enthusiastically

expedient

convenient

exonerate

free from blame

evasive

not committing

epicure

person who loves eating or drinking

egregious

shockingly bad

egalitarian

belief of everyone to be equal

edifying

enlightening

duplicity

double-dealing

eclectic

international; diverse sources

lucid

clear; easy to understand

paucity

scarcity

pallid

pale

mitigate

make less severe

miserly

cheapskate

misanthrope

hater of man-kind

hubris

excessive pride

fetid

stinking

infallible

fautless

pedagogue

teacher

pedant

person exessively concerned with minor rules

pedestrian

common place. dull

pellucid

clear; translucent

perfidious

disloyal

perfunctory

carrying out an action with little effort

pernicious

harmful

petulant

irritability

phlegmatic

indifferent

piety

religious devotion

placid

calm

plastic

able to mold

plausible

possible

polemical

argumentive

pragmatic

practical

precpitous

steep; sudden

prodigious

enormous; amazing

progenitor

ancestor; inventor; pioneer

prolific

abundant; productive

prosaic

boring; original

provident

responsible

puerile

childish

pugnacious

quick to fight

recalcitrant

rebellious

redundant

useless

refute

prove wrong

regressive

becoming less advanced

remiss

irresponsible

remonstrance

protest

repite

short rest

reticent

shy

revere

admire; respect

saccharine

too sweet (taste/situation)

sagacious

wise

sardonic

sarcastic

satellite

object orbiting another

sedulous

showing dedication

skeptical

doubting

soporific

sleep inducing

sporadic

sometimes

spurious

fake

stoic

no emotion

subversive

overthrow gov'

succint

brief

supercilious

arrogant

supplant

replace

sustenance

subsistence

synthesis

combo; amalgam

taciturn

shy

tangential

disgressing; peripheral

tenable

able to be justified by reason

tenacity

determination

tenuous

very slender; weak

therapeutic

curing; healthful

timorous

show nervousness

transgression

sin

trenchant

cutting in words; harshly criticizing

tryannical

tryrant; dictator; monstrous

ubiquitous

existing everywhere

undermine

weaken

underscore

emphasize

unequivocal

undeniable; leave no doubt

unorthodox

not traditional

upbraid

scold harshly

urbane

sophisticated

vacillation

wavering

verbose

wordy

vigilant

alert

vindictive

seeking revenge

virulent

poisonous; malicious

visceral

intuitive

vivacious

lively

whimsical

playful

winnow

separate

wistful

longing

wry

sarcasm

zany

oddly amuzing

empathetic

feeling with compassion

sympathetic

feeling sorry for

apathetic

not caring

euphemism

saying something in a better way