English9H SAT Vocab 181-200

deplete

(verb) - to use up; to reduce; to lessen

amity

(noun) - friendship

stringent

(adjective) - strict; harsh; severe

voluminous

(adjective) - very large; spacious (this word has nothing to do with sound)

auspicious

(adjective) - favorable; looking up

fickle

(adjective) - capricious; whimsical; unpredictable

lethargic

(adjective) - tired; languid

hackneyed

(adjective) - banal; overused (a cliché is a hackneyed expression)

amass

(verb) - to accumulate

willful

(adjective) - stubborn

bastion

(noun) - stronghold; fortress

trepidation

(noun) - fear

desecrate

(verb) - to profane a holy place (the opposite of consecrate)

fortuitous

(adjective) - accidental; happening by chance

vehement

(adjective) - urgent; passionate

assuage

(verb) - to soothe

prodigious

(adjective) - very large

torpid

(adjective) - sluggish; lethargic

furtive

(adjective) - secretive

supercilious

(adjective) - arrogant; haughty