SAT 8/1

Aspire

Seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president

Inconsequential

Unimportant

Polyglot

One who is able to speak many languages

Quarantine

Isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent the spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine

Mannerism

Affected behavior

Adulatory

Involving strong praise or worship

Infer

Deduce; conclude; N. inference

Elated

Filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits

Couple

Join; unite; OP. uncouple

Buccaneer

Pirate

Counterpart

Thing that completes another; things very much alike

Vers

Turn

Bastion

Fortress, stronghold

Caucus

Private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy

Brocade

Rich, figured patterned fabric

Absorb

Assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage

Perdition

Damnation; complete ruin; hell

Cardiologist

Doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

Eulogy

A praising tribute

Warranty

Guarantee; assurance by the seller

Secede

To separate from

Manhandle

To treat roughly

Predetermine

Determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly

Idealize

To bring up to an imagined standard

Persona Non Grata

Pariah, unwanted visitor

Inveterate

Habitual

Compendium

A list of something; a detailed account

Sibling

Brother or sister

Notoriety

Infamy, bad reputation

Ordinance

Decree; authoritative order

Plunder

To rob

Unsullied

Untarnished; CF. sully

Disengage

Uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage

Wane

To ebb, to decrease, to diminish

Mirth

Merriment; laughter

Rococo

Ornate; highly decorated; CF. 18th century style

Pall

Become boring; grow tiresome

Venerate

To respect

Entail

Make necessary; require; necessitate; involve

Favoritism

Display of partiality toward a favored person

Lubricate

Apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction

Chronicle

Narrative, historical account

Sturdy

Strong and firm (in the body)

Primate

Group of mammals including humans

Tenable

Arguable, workable

Languish

Lose animation or strength

Salvo

Discharge of firearms; military salute

Sidereal

Relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day

Envisioning

Imagining, predicting

Refectory

Dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)

Vapid

Lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture

Gauche

Clumsy, awkward

Milestone

Important event or date

Obscure

Dark; vague; unclear; not well known

Locu

Talk

Delve

Dig; search deeply; investigate

Phobia

Morbid fear

Occident

The West

Со

Together, with

Actuate

Motivate; activate; cause to act

Cardinal

Primary, main

Compliant

Submissive, obedient

Ambivalence

Uncertainty; having mixed feelings

Pact

Agreement; treaty

Gravimeter

Measurement of gravity

Frock

Long loose garment (worn by monks)

Master (V)

To understand completely

Swathe

Swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages

Luscious

Pleasing to taste or smell; delicious

Agenda

Items of business at a meeting

Gnosi

Knowledge

Unwarranted

Unjustified

Foist

Insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy

Collected

Composed; calm; self-possessed

Pushy

Disagreeably aggressive

Ingenue

Young innocent girl

Impoverished

Poor, indigent

Permeable

That can be permeated; penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

Reimburse

Repay; pay back

Desiccated

Dried up, withered

Emissary

Agent (sent on a mission to represent another); messenger

Lag

Move or develop more slowly; straggle; Ex. lag behind the rest; N.

Onerous

Burdensome

Vintner

Wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine

Decomposition

Decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts

Gallows

Framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)

Rapt

Fascinated

Atheistic

Denying the existence of God; N. atheism

Slacken

Slow up; loosen; make or become slack

Vicarious

Experienced indirectly; at secondhand

Unwieldy

Awkward to carry or move; cumbersome; unmanageable

Historical

Connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not)

Cleave

To divide in two; split

Epilogue

Short speech at the conclusion of a dramatic work

Document

Provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.

Lieu

Replacement, substitute

Sentient

Capable of life or thought

Appurtenances

Subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing

Consanguinity

Relationship by birth

Refute

Disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation