SAT VOCAB WORD SMART

inane

(adj). silly senseless

incantation

(n.) a chant, often mysterious (as if for magic)

parsimonious

(adj.) stingy

promulgate

(v.) to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

venal

(adj.) capable of being bribed; welling to do anything for money; corrupt

virulent

(adj.) extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate

acquiesce

(v.) to comply passively; to accept, assent, agree

apocryphal

(adj.) of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

compendium

(n.) a summary; collection of concise summaries

desiccate

(v.) to dry out

vicarious

(adj.) experienced secondhand rather than directly

beset

(v.) to harass; to surround

cursory

(adj.) hasty, superficial

fatuous

(adj.) foolish, silly

fortuitous

(adj.) accidental, serendipitous

insipid

(adj.) dull; bland; banal

perfunctory

(adj,) unethusiastic; careless

prerogative

(n.) a privilege connected exclusively with a position

sedition

(n.) treason; action or speech that incites rebellion

belligerent

(adj.) combative, quarrelsome, waging war

aphorism

(n.) a brief, often witty, saying; a proverb

tangential

(adj.) only barely relevant; peripheral

desultory

(adj.) without a plan or purpose; disconnected, random

vestige

(n.) a remaining bit of something

abnegate

(v.) to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

absolve

(v.) to forgive or free from blame; to free form sine; to free from an obligation

assuage

(v.) to soothe; to pacifyl to ease the pain of; to relieve

auspicious

(adj.) favorable, promising, pointing to a good result

milieu

(n.) environment, surroundings

tirade

(n.) prolonged bitter speech

capitulate

(v.) to surrender; to give up or give in

commensurate

(adj,) equal; proportionate

congenial

(adj.) agreeably suitable; pleasant

innocuous

(adj.) harmless, banal

latent

(adj.) present but not visible or apparent; potential

maudlin

(adj.) silly and overly sentimental

mellifluous

(adj.) sweetly flowing

peripatetic

(adj.) wandering; traveling continually; itinerant

supercilious

(adj.) haughty; promising

ruminate

(v.) to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over

altruism

(n.) selflessness; generosity, devotion to the interests of others

consture

(v.) to interpret

doctrinaire

(adj.) inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

effusion

(n.) an outpouring of something (especially a liquid, gas, or emotion)