100 words (250 SAT) (P1)

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Abjure

To formally renounce a belief, cause, or claim.

Abrogate

To officially end a law, agreement, or custom.

Acerbic

Sharp and forthright, often in tone or style.

Acrimony

Bitterness or ill feeling in speech or behavior.

Acumen

Ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.

Adumbrate

To outline or describe briefly; to foreshadow.

Alacrity

Brisk and cheerful readiness.

Anathema

Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

Antipathy

A deep-seated feeling of aversion.

Approbation

Approval or praise.

Arrogate

To take or claim something without justification.

Ascetic

Practicing severe self-discipline and abstention.

Aspersion

An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone.

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance.

Blandish

To coax someone with kind words or flattery.

Boon

A thing that is helpful or beneficial.

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt in manner or speech.

Buffet

To strike repeatedly and violently; to batter.

Burnish

To polish something by rubbing.

Buttress

A structure for support; to reinforce or strengthen.

Cacophony

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Cajole

To persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

Calumny

The making of false and defamatory statements to damage someone's reputation.

Capricious

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Clemency

Compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.

Cogent

(of an argument or case) Clear, logical, and convincing.

Concomitant

Naturally accompanying or associated.

Contrite

Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.

Conundrum

A confusing and difficult problem or question.

Credulity

A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

Cupidity

Greed for money or possessions.

Cursory

Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

Decry

Publicly denounce.

Defile

To sully, mar, or spoil.

Deleterious

Causing harm or damage.

Demure

Reserved, modest, and shy.

Deprecate

To express disapproval of.

Deride

To express contempt for; ridicule.

Desecrate

To treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate.

Desiccated

Removed the moisture from; dried out.

Diaphanous

Light, delicate, and translucent.

Diffident

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Discursive

Digressing from subject to subject.

Dissemble

To conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs.

Dither

To be indecisive.

Ebullient

Cheerful and full of energy.

Effrontery

Insolent or impertinent behavior.

Effulgent

Shining brightly; radiant.

Egregious

Outstandingly bad; shocking.

Enervate

To cause someone to feel drained of energy; weaken.

Ephemeral

Lasting for a very short time.

Eschew

To deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

Evanescent

Quickly fading or disappearing.

Evince

To reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling).

Exculpate

To show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.

Execrable

Extremely bad or unpleasant.

Exigent

Pressing; demanding.

Expiate

To atone for (guilt or sin).

Expunge

To erase or remove completely.

Extant

Still in existence; surviving.

Extol

To praise enthusiastically.

Fallacious

Based on a mistaken belief.

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Fatuous

Silly and pointless.

Fecund

Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile.

Feral

In a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.

Fetid

Smelling extremely unpleasant.

Florid

Elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated.

Fractious

(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome.

Garrulous

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Grandiloquence

Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner.

Gregarious

(of a person) Fond of company; sociable.

Hackneyed

(of a phrase or idea) Lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal.

Hapless

Unfortunate.

Harangue

A lengthy and aggressive speech.

Hegemony

Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

Iconoclast

A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.

Ignominious

Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

Impassive

Not feeling or showing emotion.

Imperious

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.

Impertinent

Not showing proper respect; rude.

Impervious

Not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by.

Impetuous

Acting or done quickly and without thought or care.

Impinge

To have an effect or impact, especially a negative one.

Implacable

Unable to be placated; relentless; unstoppable.

Impudent

Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

Inchoate

Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

Incontrovertible

Not able to be denied or disputed.

Indefatigable

(of a person or their efforts) Persisting tirelessly.

Ineffable

Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent.

Ingenuous

(of a person or action) Innocent and unsuspecting.

Inimical

Tending to obstruct or harm.

Iniquity

Immoral or grossly unfair behavior.

Insidious

Gradually and secretly causing harm.

Intransigent

Unwilling to change one's views or to agree about something.

Inure

To accustom someone to something unpleasant so they are no longer affected by it.

Invective

Abusive or strongly critical language.

Inveterate

Firmly established and long-standing, especially of a habit or feeling.

Jubilant

Extremely joyful, especially because of success.