SAT week1

forestall

(v.) to prevent, thwart, delay

disheartened

(adj.) feeling a loss of spirit or morale

inane

(adj.) silly and meaningless

irascible

(adj.) easily angered

permeate

(v.) to spread throughout, saturate

inhibit

(v.) to prevent, restrain, stop

placid

(adj.) calm, peaceful

toady

(n.) one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors

mutable

(adj.) able to change

fatuous

(adj.) silly, foolish

diminutive

(adj.) small or miniature

guile

(n.) deceitful, cunning, sly behavior

exorbitant

(adj.) excessive

validate

(v.) to confirm, support, corroborate

litigant

(n.) someone engaged in a lawsuit

encore

(n.) the audience’s demand for a repeat performance, also the artist’s performance in response to that demand

blandish

(v.) to coax by using flattery

acclaim

(n.) high praise

ostracism

(n.) exclusion from a group

prurient

(adj.) eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

flaccid

(adj.) limp, not firm or strong

phlegmatic

(adj) uninterested, unresponsive

grandiloquence

(n.) lofty, pompous language

multifarious

(adj.) having great diversity or variety

enthrall

(v.) to charm, hold spellbound

admonish

(v.) to caution, criticize, reprove

dissipate

(v.) 1) to disappear, cause to disappear 2) to waste

demagogue

(n.) a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices

ambiguous

(adj.) uncertain, variably interpretable

adicate

(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership