SAT Vocab

Vocab struggles from HIT parade and from past tests

Analogous

Comparable in some respects or aspects. Think: Analogy

Arbitrary

Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

Brevity

Concise and exact use of words

Circumvent

to find a way around, Think: Loophole

Congenial

Pleasant, friendly, agreeable

Corroborate

to confirm or support a statement/theory

Culpable

Guilty/ Worth of Blame

Curtail

To reduce in quantity or extent

Disconcerting

causing one to feel unsettled/worried

elicit

to draw out a response/fact from someone

evince

reveal the presence of a quality or feeling

implicit

implied, but not plainly expressed, Opp of Explicit

latent

existing, but not developed yet

palpable

easily noticeable

pervasive

spreading widely, especially in an unpleasant way, Think: Odor

pragmatic

dealing with things in a sensible or realistic manner

preclude

to make impossible, Ex: To preclude a possibility

Proponent

Someone who argues for a theory

Repudiate

to refuse to accept or be associated with

Substantiate

To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

Subsumed

Included or Absorbed into something else

Tenuous

Weak/ not substantial

Unobtrusive

not conspicuous/ not easily seen

verisimilitude

the appearance of being true or real

vexation

The state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried

vindicate

to clear someone of blame or suspicion

Incongruous

Inconsistent

Flagrant

Deliberate

Rebuffed

Rejected

Anulling

Cancelling

Aggrandizing

Increasing power of

contentious

controversial

Inviolate

Free or safe from injury or harm

Consecrated

Sacred