Week 8 SAT Vocab

Insidious

(adj) causing harm subtly

Vacuous

(adj) empty; lacking serious purpose

Harbinger

(adj) something that foreshadows a future event; an omen

Beleaguer

(v) to besiege; to surround with problems

Burgeon

(v) to grow rapidly; to expand

Imperious

(adj) arrogant

Petulant

(adj) irritable; whining or complaining in a childlike way

Complasiant

(adj) agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality

(to) Fawn

(v) to behave in a servile manner

Obsequious

(adj) submissive

Obdurate

(adj) very stubborn; unyieldingly persistent

Redolent

(adj) having a strong specific smell; bringing to mind; suggestive of

Chicanery

(n) deliberate trickery

Conundrum

(n) a difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution

Slight

(v) to treat as unimportant; to deliberately ignore; to disrespect

Capitulate

(v) to surrender; to comply without protest

Disheartening

(adj) very discouraging