SAT Princeton Review Greatest Hits Vocab

adhere

Verb: to believe in and follow the practices of

Advocate

Verb: to publicly recommend or support

allude

verb: to suggest or call attention to indirectly; to hint at

ambivalence

Noun; The state of having mixed feelings or contradicting story ideas about someone or something

analogous

adj; comparable in certain aspects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared

Ancedote

noun: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Apprehensive

adj: anxious or fearful something bad or unpleasant will happen.

arbitrary

adj; based on random choice or personal whim rather than a reason or system

assert

verb: to state a fact or belief confidently and or purposefully

Bias

noun: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another usually in a way considered unfair.

Brevity

noun

concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

buttress

verb: to increase the strength or justification for; to reinforce

concede

verb: to admit something is true or valid after first denying it or resisting it

consensus

noun: a general agreement

corroborate

verb: to confirm or give support to ( a statement, theory, or finding)

Decisive

adj: settling an issue, producing a definte result

deference

noun; humble submission and respect

degrade

verb: to treat or regard someone with contempt or disrespect

denounce

verb

noun: publicly declare to be wrong or evil

dispute

noun: a disagreement, argument, or debate

divergent

adj: tending to be different or develop in different directions

dormant

adj: having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

eloquent

adj: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

evoke

adj: bring or recall to the conscious mind

exert:

verb: to make physical or metal effort

explicit

adj: stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room or confusion or doubt

imminent

about to happen

impede

verb: to delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing; to hinder

implicit

adj: implied but not plainly expresses

impose

verb: to take advantage of someone by demanding attention or commitment

indifference

noun: lack on interest concern or sympathy

Inevitable

adj: certain to happen; unavoidable

invoke

verb: to cite or appeal to someone or something as am authority for an action or in support of an argument

ironic

adj: happing in the opposite way of what is expected and typically causing amusement because of this.

novel

adj: new or unusual in an interesting way.

obscure

adj: not discovred or know ab out: uncertain

obsolete

adj: no longer produced or used; out of date

oppressive

adj: unjustly inflicting hardship or constraint; weighing heavily on the mind or spirits.

pervasive

adj: spreading widely throughout an area or group of people, especially in an unpleasant way

Prevalence

noun: the fact or condition of being prevalent: commonness

prominent

adj: important , famous

provoke

verb: to stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion typically a strong unwelcome one in someone

reciprocate

verb: to respond to a gesture or reaction by making a corresponding one

reconcile

verb: to restore friendly relations between

refute

verb: to prove a statement or theory wrong or false; disprove

renounce

verb: to formally declare ones abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession)

repression

noun: the restraint, prevention, inhibition of a feeling quality etc

retain

verb: to continue to have (something): to keep possession of

skeptical

adj: not easily convinced having doubts or reservations

speculate

verb; to form a theory or conjecture without about a subject without firm evidence

substantiate

verb: to provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

subtle

adj: to delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe

supplement

noun: something that complete or enhances something else when added to it

tenuous

adj: very weak or slight

undermine

verb: to lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of

underscore

verb: to emphasize or draw attention too

unobtrusive

adj: not conspicuous or attracting attention

validate

verb: to check or prove the validity or accuracy of something

verisimilitude

noun: appreance of being true or real

viable

adj: capable of working successfully: feasible

engigmatic

difficult to understand or interpret; mysterious

ineffable

too great or extreme to be described in words

nebulous

vague or unclear

Ubiquitous

present or existing everywhere

amalgam

a mixture or blend

repudation

rejection of a proposal or idea

crude

unsophisticated behavior

petulant

irritable or childish

susperseded

supassrd or excveded bys omething else

protracted

Extended in time; prolonged

curtailed

cut short or reduced

obviated

remove a need or difficulty

opaque

dense and unclear in color

emphirical

factual or verifiable

facile

Too simplistic or easy

endengering

producing or causing to exist

monetixing

utilizing a source for profit

apprasing

assesing the value or signifiacnce

pragmatic

practical or realistic

lauded

praised or recognized

conjencture

unproven statement that is based on observations

futile

pointless/unhelpful

dubious

doubtful

avant-grade

Innovative; new and unusual ideas or experiment ideas

interdependant

dependent on each other

enthralling

captivating, spellbinding

trivial

unimportant

belies

contradicts

consecrated

sacred

inviolate

free or safe from injury or violation, undamaged

derivative

something that comes from another source

antiquated

old-fashioned; obsolete

incongruous

out of place

peripheral

on the edge, not important/ away from the center

perfunctory

done with minimal effort

lucrative

profitable

esoteric

intended for or understood by only a small group

Rapacious,

greedy

affable

friendly

haughty

arrogant