SAT Vocab Prep 09
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- abusive
- adjective: Employing harsh words or ill treatment.
- stagnant
- adjective: Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
- maintain
- verb: To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.
- debut
- noun: A first appearance in society or on the stage.
- askance
- aderb: With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
- vigilant
- adjective: Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
- vitalize
- verb: To endow with life or energy.
- abrade
- verb: To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
- gratification
- noun: Satisfaction.
- positive
- adjective: Free from doubt or hesitation.
- sympathize
- verb: To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
- indigence
- noun: Poverty.
- accursed
- adjective: Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.
- ungainly
- adjective: Clumsy.
- devout
- adjective: Religious.
- perseverance
- noun: A persistence in purpose and effort.
- repartee
- noun: A ready, witty, or apt reply.
- inchoative
- noun: That which begins, or expresses beginning.
- obstruct
- verb: To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
- corrode
- verb: To ruin or destroy little by little.
- memorable
- adjective: Noteworthy.
- vortex
- noun: A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
- missive
- noun: A message in writing.
- raptorial
- adjective: Seizing and devouring living prey.
- tangent
- adjective: Touching.
- parlance
- noun: Mode of speech.
- fluent
- adjective: Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
- excursion
- noun: A journey.
- Christendom
- noun: That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
- inaccessible
- adjective: Difficult of approach.
- dragoon
- noun: In the British army, a cavalryman.
- congeal
- verb: To coagulate.
- Hibernian
- adjective: Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
- jocular
- adjective: Inclined to joke.
- contort
- verb: To twist into a misshapen form.
- gaseous
- adjective: Light and unsubstantial.
- exotic
- adjective: Foreign.
- perfectible
- adjective: Capable of being made perfect.
- myth
- noun: A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
- antispasmodic
- adjective: Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
- sedition
- noun: Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
- enthrone
- verb: To invest with sovereign power.
- pervious
- adjective: Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
- ingenuous
- adjective: Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
- exigent
- adjective: Urgent.
- sensual
- adjective: Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
- tack
- noun: A small sharp-pointed nail.
- invoke
- verb: To call on for assistance or protection.
- refract
- verb: To bend or turn from a direct course.
- papyrus
- noun: The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.
- coxswain
- noun: One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
- pall
- verb: To make dull by satiety.
- subjection
- noun: The act of bringing into a state of submission.
- nimble
- adjective: Light and quick in motion or action.
- rigor
- noun: Inflexibility.
- conjecture
- noun: A guess.
- descendant
- noun: One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
- bigamist
- noun: One who has two spouses at the same time.
- inference
- noun: The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.
- lexicography
- noun: The making of dictionaries.
- emigrate
- verb: To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
- souvenir
- noun: A token of remembrance.
- manor
- noun: The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.
- seminar
- noun: Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.
- altercate
- verb: To contend angrily or zealously in words.
- mechanics
- noun: The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.
- accessible
- adjective: Approachable.
- regiment
- noun: A body of soldiers.
- pyrotechnic
- adjective: Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.
- operate
- verb: To put in action and supervise the working of.
- eclipse
- noun: The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
- utmost
- noun: The greatest possible extent.
- probe
- verb: To search through and through.
- dun
- verb: To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
- regress
- verb: To return to a former place or condition.
- replica
- noun: A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.
- credulous
- adjective: Easily deceived.
- phonogram
- noun: A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
- deter
- verb: To frighten away.
- imperturbable
- adjective: Calm.
- anthology
- noun: A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
- emaciate
- verb: To waste away in flesh.
- immigrate
- verb: To come into a country or region from a former habitat.
- valid
- adjective: Founded on truth.
- culpable
- adjective: Guilty.
- premier
- adjective: First in rank or position.
- fungible
- adjective: That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
- tremor
- noun: An involuntary trembling or shivering.
- magistracy
- noun: The office or dignity of a magistrate.
- inflexible
- adjective: That can not be altered or varied.
- tapestry
- noun: A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
- rejuvenate
- verb: To restore to youth.
- formidable
- adjective: Difficult to accomplish.
- dispensation
- noun: That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
- observance
- noun: A traditional form or customary act.
- complaisance
- noun: Politeness.
- carcass
- noun: The dead body of an animal.
- granary
- noun: A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
- reconsider
- verb: To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.
- mitigate
- verb: To make milder or more endurable.
- immaterial
- adjective: Of no essential consequence.
- percipient
- noun: One who or that which perceives.
- neophyte
- adjective: Having the character of a beginner.
- pedigree
- noun: One's line of ancestors.
- verdant
- adjective: Green with vegetation.
- severance
- noun: Separation.
- absent-minded
- adjective: Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.
- physiology
- noun: The science of organic functions.
- exaggerate
- verb: To overstate.
- neocracy
- noun: Government administered by new or untried persons.
- recourse
- noun: Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
- contender
- noun: One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
- parsimonious
- adjective: Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.
- foursome
- adjective: Consisting of four.
- defray
- verb: To make payment for.
- suspense
- noun: Uncertainty.
- germinate
- verb: To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
- sapience
- noun: Deep wisdom or knowledge.
- endue
- verb: To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
- renunciation
- noun: An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.
- dilemma
- noun: A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
- intracellular
- adjective: Occurring or situated within a cell.
- dissent
- noun: Disagreement.
- tenacious
- adjective: Unyielding.
- metronome
- noun: An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.
- flora
- noun: The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
- alien
- noun: One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.
- virtu
- noun: Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
- gladden
- verb: To make joyous.
- gregarious
- adjective: Not habitually solitary or living alone.
- incoherent
- adjective: Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
- shrivel
- verb: To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.
- penchant
- noun: A bias in favor of something.
- stingy
- adjective: Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
- caricature
- noun: a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
- purl
- verb: To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
- sequent
- adjective: Following in the order of time.
- gyroscope
- noun: An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.
- dialect
- noun: Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
- hilarious
- adjective: Boisterously merry.
- taut
- adjective: Stretched tight.
- abstemious
- adjective: Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
- granular
- adjective: Composed of small grains or particles.
- diffident
- adjective: Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
- liquidate
- verb: To deliver the amount or value of.
- legislative
- adjective: That makes or enacts laws.
- abscission
- noun: The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.
- cynosure
- noun: That to which general interest or attention is directed.
- incapacity
- noun: Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
- permutation
- noun: Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.
- listless
- adjective: Inattentive.
- dimly
- aderb: Obscurely.
- proselyte
- noun: One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
- executor
- noun: A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
- negligible
- adjective: Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
- autumnal
- adjective: Of or pertaining to autumn.
- disallow
- verb: To withhold permission or sanction.
- syllabication
- noun: Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
- sibilant
- adjective: Made with a hissing sound.
- procrastination
- noun: Delay.
- equivalent
- adjective: Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.
- latency
- noun: The state of being dormant.
- involution
- noun: Complication.
- nowadays
- aderb: In the present time or age.
- reclaim
- verb: To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.
- percussion
- noun: The sharp striking of one body against another.
- disunion
- noun: Separation of relations or interests.
- fluctuation
- noun: Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
- nauseate
- verb: To cause to loathe.
- ampersand
- noun: The character &; and.
- tiresome
- adjective: Wearisome.
- obviate
- verb: To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
- difference
- noun: Dissimilarity in any respect.
- comprehension
- noun: Ability to know.
- autonomous
- adjective: Self-governing.
- baffle
- verb: To foil or frustrate.
- flippant
- adjective: Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
- psychopathic
- adjective: Morally irresponsible.
- safeguard
- verb: To protect.
- eligible
- adjective: Qualified for selection.
- imperceptible
- adjective: Indiscernible.
- continuance
- noun: Permanence.
- autarchy
- noun: Unrestricted power.
- reprieve
- verb: To grant a respite from punishment to.
- apathy
- noun: Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
- adjunct
- noun: Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
- batter
- noun: A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
- illogical
- adjective: Contrary to the rules of sound thought.
- indict
- verb: To find and declare chargeable with crime.
- depression
- noun: A falling of the spirits.
- fresco
- noun: The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
- trebly
- aderb: Triply.
- obligatory
- adjective: Binding in law or conscience.
- foreshore
- noun: That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
- sanguineous
- adjective: Consisting of blood.
- statuette
- noun: A figurine.
- inexplicable
- adjective: Such as can not be made plain.
- phenomenal
- adjective: Extraordinary or marvelous.
- anemia
- noun: Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
- redundant
- adjective: Constituting an excess.
- muddle
- verb: To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
- accept
- verb: To take when offered.
- illegitimate
- adjective: Unlawfully begotten.
- implicit
- adjective: Implied.
- fungous
- adjective: Spongy.
- off
- adjective: Farther or more distant.
- tenant
- noun: An occupant.
- turgid
- adjective: Swollen.
- incontrovertible
- adjective: Indisputable.
- consign
- verb: To entrust.
- geology
- noun: The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth.
- conspicuous
- adjective: Clearly visible.
- diatomic
- adjective: Containing only two atoms.
- liquor
- noun: Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid.
- encourage
- verb: To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
- mutilate
- verb: To disfigure.
- residue
- noun: A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated.
- humanize
- verb: To make gentle or refined.
- impede
- verb: To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.
- amplitude
- noun: Largeness.
- moralize
- verb: To render virtuous.
- depositor
- noun: One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
- irreducible
- adjective: That can not be lessened.
- analogous
- adjective: Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
- grievous
- adjective: Creating affliction.
- bodice
- noun: A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
- reliant
- adjective: Having confidence.
- polycracy
- noun: The rule of many.
- acetic
- adjective: Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
- heifer
- noun: A young cow.
- peccant
- adjective: Guilty.
- perjury
- noun: A solemn assertion of a falsity.
- petulant
- adjective: Displaying impatience.
- stealth
- noun: A concealed manner of acting.
- sebaceous
- adjective: Pertaining to or appearing like fat.
- centurion
- noun: A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
- stanchion
- noun: A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
- forego
- verb: To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
- gastritis
- noun: Inflammation of the stomach.
- datum
- noun: A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
- trepidation
- noun: Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
- lactic
- adjective: Pertaining to milk.
- percolator
- noun: A filter.
- grotto
- noun: A small cavern.
- gradation
- noun: A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.
- counting-house
- noun: A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
- overweight
- noun: Preponderance.
- fallacy
- noun: Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
- presentient
- adjective: Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
- lithe
- adjective: Supple.