SAT Vocab Set 2 Marple

Precipitously (adv)

very steeply

Precipitous (adj)

very steep

Peruse (verb)

read something in a careful manner.

Perusal (noun)

a careful examination, review

Malleable (adj)

easily influenced

Malleability (noun)

the quality of being easily influenced

Balderdash (noun)

senseless talk or writing; nonsense

Duplicity (noun)

deceitfulness; deception

Duplicitous (adj)

deceitful; deceptive

Duplicative (adj)

involving unnecessary duplication or repetition

Decrepit (adj)

weak; frail; in a bad sjape

Uncouth (adj)

(of a person's behavior/appearance) lacking good manners; uncivilized; crude; gross

Cavalier (adj)

showing a lack of proper concern; offhand; casual; indifferent; dismissive

Annex (verb)

to add as extra part

Annex (noun)

building joined or associated to the main building

Pedantic (adj)

overprecise; perfectionist; nitpicking; over scrupulous; pretentious

Pedant (noun)

a person who is a perfectionist

Kvetch (noun)

somebody that complains excessively

Kvetch (verb)

to complain excessively

Pithy (adj)

concise; brief; terse; forcefully expressive

antonyms: loquacious; wordy; verbose

Comely (adj)

(a person) pleasant to look at; attractive; pretty

Crepuscular (adj)

relating to twilight/sunset

Becoming (adj)

(fashion) flattering; stylish; fashionable

Malinger (verb)

to exaggerate or fake an illness in order to escape one's work or school

Malingerer (noun)

a person that fakes illness to escape work

Incongruous (adj)

not in harmony with its surroundings; out of place; discordant