Flashcards
SAT Vocab
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- 1InnuendoReference (derogatory):
He uses sly innuendos in a bid to tarnish their reputation
Synonym [insinuation] - 2ExpostulateTo dissuade
Synonym [remonstrate] - 3LacunaA gap, hiatus:
The journal has filled a lacuna in the Middle Eastern Studies - 4Surfeitedcause someone to desire no more of something due to satiation:
I am surfeited with shopping - 5Jaded1. bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something:
meals to tempt the most jaded appetites
2. (informal) physically tired:
became jaded - 6MeritoriousCommendable, praiseworthy, laudable:
Many years of meritorious service
Antonym: Reprehensible - 7PetulantEasily annoyed by trifles:
An overworked parent may be unlikely to indulge the complaints of a petulant child
Synonym [testy, waspish, peevish]
Antonym: placid, amiable - 8Provincial1. Narrow-minded
2. Local
Synonym [parochial, insular, naive]
Antonym [catholic, cosmopolitan] - 9Umbrage1. Offense:
She is afraid that they would take umbrage at her criticism
2. Shade cast by trees
Synonym [pique] - 10LuridCausing shock, horror or revulsion:
The posters are sensational and lurid
Synonym [ghastly, grisly, baleful]
Antonym [wholesome] - 11UnctuousExcessively smooth or smug:
Her constant inquiring about my health seems unctuous
Synonym [mealymouthed, servile, fawning]
Antonym [gruff] - 12ProvenancePlace of origin:
.... of Iranian provenance - 13ProprietyConformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour:
Behave with utmost propriety, question the propriety - 14Modality1. Modal quality:
The harmony had a touch of modality
2. Particular method:
Modalities of troop withdrawals
3. Forms of sensory perception:
Auditory modalities - 15RentierPerson living on income from property or investments
- 16PlatitudeA remark with moral content that has been used too often to be interesting:
She began uttering liberal platitudes - 17ColloquialUsed in ordinary conversation:
The Golden Shield Project, colloquially referred to as the Great Firewall of China, … - 18RisiblyProvoking laughter through being ludicrous:
A risible scene - 19VenalMotivated by susceptibility to corruption:
Their generosity had been partly venal. These people are notoriously venal - 20RemonstrateTo make a forcefully reproachful protest:
He turned to remonstrate with Tommy. "You don't mean that," she remonstrated - 21PurportedlyAppear to do something falsely:
She is not the person she purported to be - 22PrescienceForeknowledge:
In this he shows a great deal of prescience - 23BurlesqueA parody:
The same scene can be a wild burlesque or a sinister reality, according to the age at which one reads it - 24EffetenessNo longer capable of effective action:
The authority of an effete aristocracy began to dwindle - 25DispensationExemption from rule:
She was given special dispensation to play - 26DiscomfitureFeeling unease:
Much to the discomfiture of the organisers - 27DiscreditableTend to bring harm to a reputation:
Allegations of discreditable conduct - 28TravestyFalse, absurd representation of something:
The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice - 29IncontrovertibleNot able to be denied or disprove:
Incontrovertible proof - 30EsotericIntended only for a small number of people with specialised knowledge or interest:
Esoteric philosophical debates - 31ApoplecticOvercome with anger:
He was apoplectic with rage at the decision - 32BeleagueredLay siege to, put in a very difficult situation:
The board is supporting the beleaguered director - 33EmancipationBeing set free from political restrictions:
The social and political emancipation of women - 34ImprudentRash:
It would be imprudent to ... - 35MilieuSocial environment:
They came from the same aristocratic milieu as … - 36InsinuationAn unpleasant hint of something bad:
I've done nothing to deserve your insinuations - 37SlakeQuench or satisfy:
To slake the Italian obsession with food - 38CensureTo express extreme disapproval of (formal):
The company was heavily censured by inspectors - 39Allay1. To put at rest fears or suspicions:
The report attempted to allay fears
2. Alleviate hunger or pain:
Some stale figs allayed our hunger - 40Squelch(Informal) Forcefully suppress:
Property developers tried to squelch protests - 41ServileShow excess willingness to please others:
Bowing his head in a servile manner - 42Trite(of an idea) lack in originality due to overuse:
This point may seem obvious and trite - 43BanalSo lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring:
Songs with banal, repeated words - 44Insular1. Ignorant or uninterested in others' cultures or ideas:
Insular farmers
2. lacking contact with other people:
An insular existence - 45ParochialHaving a narrow outlook:
Parochial attitudes, Parochial interests - 46BalefulThreatening harm:
Shot a baleful glance, having a harmful effect - 47PerquisiteA benefit which one is entitled to on account of one's position:
The First Lady has all the perquisites of stardom - 48TestyEasily irritated:
He is growing rather testy - 49WaspishReadily expressing anger:
He has a waspish tongue - 50TenuousFlimsy or weak:
A tenuous link between interest rates and investment - 51CausticHarsh and scathingly sarcastic:
The players were making caustic comments - 52VindictiveSpiteful:
The criticism was both spiteful and personalised - 53LarkA source of amusement:
I only went along for a lark - 54InsolentRude and arrogantly lacking respect:
She hated the insolent tone of her voice - 55RepastA meal:
A sumptuous repast - 56IngratiatingIntending to gain favour through flattery:
Sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy - 57IrresoluteHesitant or uncertain:
She stood irresolute outside his door - 58GregariousSociable and enjoying the company of others:
He was a gregarious man - 59CredulousHaving too great a readiness to believe things:
A ceremony staged for credulous tourists - 60SurreptitiouslyKeep secret, especially because it would not be approved of:
Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesman - 61IngenuouslyDone in an innocent or unworldly way:
He eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes - 62ObstreperousUnruly and noisy:
The boy is obstreperous - 63Scrupulous1. Done in a precise way
Research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail
2. Done in a way showing moral integrity:
She's too scrupulous to have an affair - 64HistrionicsExaggeratedly dramatic displays of emotion:
A histrionic outburst - 65EquanimityCalmness and composure in difficult situations:
She accepted both the good and bad with equanimity - 66AcquiesceTo accept, comply or agree passively:
She acquiesced in his decision. - 67Balk1. Refuse abruptly:
He balked at such a drastic solution
2. Thwart or hinder:
He raised every objection he could too balk the plan - 68AuxiliarySupplementary or additional:
Auxiliary airport staff, Auxiliary power source - 69ExultTo be extremely joyful; rejoice:
Exulting in her escape, Lisa closed the door behind her - 70DemurShow reluctance:
Normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred - 71Precipitous1. Dangerously high or steep:
A precipitous drop
2. A sudden worsening of a situation:
A precipitous slide in popularity
3. An action done suddenly and without careful consideration:
Precipitous intervention - 72PropensityAn inclination to behave in a certain way:
his propensity for violence - 73AbaseTo humiliate or degrade
- 74AcquiesceTo comply
- 75AffableEasy to talk to
- 76AmiableFriendly
- 77IrascibleShowing the tendency to be easily angered
- 78Amenableagreeable, compliant
- 79AspersionDisparaging or derogatory remark
- 80BeguileTo cheat, usually through charm
- 81BurgeonTo grow/fluorish
- 82CapriciousFickle, impulsive; changing unpredictably