SAT Master Word List #21-22 Review

germinate

V. cause to sprout; sprout.

gist

N. essence.

glacial

ADJ. Iike a glacier; extremely cold.

glaring

ADJ. highly conspicuous; harshly bright.

glib

ADJ. fluent; facile; slick.

gloat

V. express evil satisfaction; view malevolently.

glossary

N. brief explanation of words used in the text.

gloss over

V. explain away.

goad

V. urge on; spur; incite.

graduated

ADJ. (1) arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.); (2) marked out with lines (for measuring).

grandeur

N. impressiveness; stateliness; majesty.

graphic

ADJ. (1) pertaining to visual art; (2) relating to visual images; (3) vividly portrayed.

grapple

V. wrestle; come to grips with.

grate

V. make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred.

gratify

V. please.

gravity

N. seriousness.

grievance

N. cause of complaint.

grouse

V. complain; fuss.

grotesque

ADJ. fantastic; comically hideous.

grudging

ADJ. unwilling; reluctant; stingy.

grueling

ADJ. exhausting.

guile

N. deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning.

guileless

ADJ. without deceit.

guise

N. appearance; costume.

gullible

ADJ. easily deceived.

hackneyed

ADJ. commonplace; trite.

halting

ADJ. hesitant; faltering.

hamper

V. obstruct.

haphazard

ADJ. random; unsystematic; aimless.

harass

V. to annoy by repeated attacks.

harbor

V. provide a refuge for; hide.

hardy

ADJ. sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather.

haughtiness

N. pride; arrogance.

hazardous

ADJ. dangerous.

headlong

ADJ. hasty; rash.

headstrong

ADJ. stubborn; willful; unyielding.

heckler

N. person who harasses others.

heed

V. pay attention to; consider.

heedless

ADJ. not noticing; disregarding.

heinous

ADJ. atrocious; hatefully bad.

heresy

N. opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion.

heterodox

ADJ. unorthodox; unconventional.

heterogeneous

ADJ. dissimilar; mixed.

heyday

N. time of greatest success; prime.

hiatus

N. gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause.

hierarchy

N. arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks.

hinder

V. (1) slow down or make (something) difficult; (2) prevent.

hoard

V. stockpile; accumulate for future use.

hoax

N. trick; deception; fraud.

homage

N. honor; tribute.

homogeneous

ADJ. of the same kind.

horde

N. crowd.

host

N. great number; person entertaining guests; animal or plant from which a parasite gets its nourishment.

hostility

N. unfriendliness; hatred.

humane

ADJ. marked by kindness or consideration.

humility

N. humbleness of spirit.

husband

V. use sparingly; conserve; save.

hybrid

N. mongrel; mixed breed.

hyperbole

N. exaggeration; overstatement.

hypercritical

ADJ. excessively exacting.

hypocritical

ADJ. pretending to be virtuous; deceiving.

hypothetical

ADJ. based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed.

iconoclastic

ADJ. attacking cherished traditions.

ideology

N. system of ideas of a group.

idiom

N. expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style.

idiosyncrasy

N. individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity.

ignoble

ADJ. unworthy; base in nature; not noble.

ignominy

N. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor.

illicit

ADJ. illegal.

illuminate

V. brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten.

illusion

N. misleading vision.

illusory

ADJ. deceptive; not real.

imbalance

N. lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion.

immaculate

ADJ. spotless; flawless; absolutely clean.

imminent

ADJ. near at hand; impending.

immobility

N. state of being unable to move.

immune

ADJ. resistant to; free or exempt from.

immutable

ADJ. unchangeable.

impair

V. injure; hurt.

impartial

ADJ. not biased; fair.

impassable

ADJ. not able to be traveled or crossed.

impasse

N. predicament from which there is no escape; deadlock.

impassive

ADJ. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical.

impeach

V. charge with crime in office; indict.

impeccable

ADJ. faultless.

impecunious

ADJ. without money.

impede

V. hinder; block; delay.

impediment

N. hindrance; stumbling block.

impel

V. drive or force onward.

impenetrable

ADJ. not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding.

impending

ADJ. nearing; approaching.

imperative

ADJ. absolutely necessary; critically important.

imperceptible

ADJ. unnoticeable; undetectable.

imperial

ADJ. Iike an emperor; related to an empire.

imperious

ADJ. domineering; haughty.

impervious

ADJ. impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed.

impetuous

ADJ. violent; hasty; rash.

impetus

N. incentive; stimulus; moving force.

impiety

N. irreverence; lack of respect for God.

implausible

ADJ. unlikely; unbelievable.