Sat Vocab Unit 100

Mollify

soothe an angry person

Advert

refer

Largesse

generous assistance or gifts

Incarnation

act of assuming a human body and human nature on who personifies something

Vacant

empty, unoccupied

Brink

edge

Friction

clash or conflict in opinion rubbing against

Foul

very bad or disagreeable very dirty

Kindle

to light up, to incite

Nuance

shade of slight difference in meaning

Bewitch

cast a spell over captivate completely

Fatuous

vapid, foolish

Supine

lying on the back, reclining

Spacial

relating to space

Acme

peak pinnacle highest point

Galaxy

large isolated system of stars, collection of brilliant personalities

Cognizance

knowledge, aware

Peddle

to sell

Virago

a bold or violent woman

Transitory

short lived

Dissertation

formal essay treatise

Forte

skill or ability

Bedlam

chaos, turmoil

Implicate

incriminate, to hint at guilt

Corrosive

eating away by chemicals or disease

Abduct

to take away, kidnap

Asinine

stupid, foolish

Precedent

an instance that serves as a basis for a rule

Crone

hag ugly old woman

Irremediable

incurable uncorrectable impossible to remedy

Assiduously

eagerly thoroughly

Onus

burden, mark of shame

Debased

degraded

Loom

appear or take shape

Ruffled

disturbed, upset

Condense

make more compact or dense shorten or abridge reduce into a denser form

Sententious

pithy terese concise aphoristic

Gradation

serious of gradual stages degree in such a progression

Slew

large quantity or number

Sheaf

bundle of stalks of grain any bundle of things tied together

Ultimate

final not susceptible to further analysis fundamental

Vocation

job, profession

Inconsistency

state of being self contradictory lack of uniformity or steadiness

Fictitious

imaginary non existent purposely invented to deceive untrue

Relief

elevation of a land surface

Bestow

confer

Emasculate

weaken castrate

Whim

sudden capricious idea fancy

Willowy

flexible pliant slender

Rile

irritate vex muddy