SAT Vocab 8
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- disparity
- difference [DONT CONFUSE WITH DISPARAGE] (syn: discrepancy)
- parody
- a humoreous imitation of a work of art
- presumptuous
- overly foward; overly bold
- rue
- to regret
- truncate
- to shorten [if you lop all the branches off a tree, youve truncated it by making it into a trunk] (syn: abrigde)
- taper
- to lessen; to become smaller at one end (syn: contract, diminish)
- commodious
- roomy
- serene
- calm, peaceful (syn: tranquil; ant: turbulent)
- intricate
- complex
- squalor
- filth; misery [dont confuse with squander]
- quixotic
- pursuing unreachable ideals
- auspicious
- favorable; promising success
- affected
- pretended or taken on to impress others
- dissuade
- to diescourage; to talk out of (ant: instigate, abet) [sounds like persuade, but with the prefix dis-, which means not]
- maladroit
- clumsy (syn: inept, ungainly)
- discrepancy
- lack of agreement, difference (syn: discord, disparity)
- eccentric
- abnormal, strange, peculiar
- prominent
- important, well-known
- deprecate
- to belittle, express disapproval of (syn: vilify, disparage, castigate, defame; ant: commend, adulate, eulogize, extol)
- vex
- to irritate, annoy (syn: exasperate, pique; ant: appease, mollify, placate, conciliate)
- flourish
- to grow quickly, prosper (syn: burgeon, proliferate; ant: atrophy, wither)
- resent
- to be annoyed as a result of injury
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome, eager to fight (syn: contentious, antagonistic, cantankerous; ant: pacifistic, amicable, affable)
- hilarity
- merriment [comes from the same root as hilarious] (ant: melancholy, moroseness, despondency)
- dubious
- doubtful; questionable [just add an 'o' and a 't' to make it into doubt-ious]
- lithe
- flexible, limber
- extravagant
- given to excessive spending (syn: prodigial, lavish; ant: frugal)
- altercation
- an arguement or quarrel [NOT RELATED TO ALTER]
- congeal
- to solidify, freeze, jell [congeal sounds like con-jell]
- archaic
- ancient; out-of-date (ant: novel, contemporary)
- fetid
- foul-smelling stinky
- jettison
- to get rid of, discard
- stasis
- balance; motionlessness (syn: stagnation)
- retention
- the act of keeping [related to retain]
- sect
- a small group united by religious belief [sounds like section]
- grant
- to give
- sinuous
- curvy; graceful in movement
- enmity
- hatread, hostility [sounds like enemy] (syn: antagonism, rancor, loathing; ant: amity, camaraderie)
- sustain
- to support, keep alive, prolong
- render
- to make, become
- decorous
- proper, socially acceptable
- opportune
- suitable; well-timed [something which is opportune represents a good opportunity] (syn: fortuitous)
- amorphous
- formless, shapeless
- piety
- religiousness, devoutness
- tantamount
- equivalent in effect
- spurn
- to reject with scorn (syn: repudiate; ant: embrace) [to spurn someone is to show your contempt or disdain for him]
- meander
- to wander aimlessly
- virtuoso
- a highly skilled musician [virtuoso comes from the same root as virtue. the idea is that a virtuoso is someone who has the virtue of being a great musician]
- restraint
- holding back in feelings or behavior (syn: suppression, reserve)
- disgruntled
- dissatisfied, irritated