SAT Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on SAT Prep lecture notes covering terms from demarcate to intrepid.

demarcate

to set the boundaries or limits of

supplant

to replace

precocious

talented beyond one's age

engender

to cause or to give rise to

appraise

to assess

insuperable

impossible to overcome

irreproachable

without fault

innocuous

harmless

predispose

make someone inclined to a specified condition (lack of exercise may predispose an individual to high blood pressure)

corollary (n)

a direct or natural consequence.

proffer

to offer an opinion; claim; posit

posit

claim; proffer

buttress

to reinforce; support

ambivalence

mixed feelings

profuse

abundant

dearth

scarcity; paucity

paucity

scarcity; dearth

disparate

diverse; eclectic

eclectic

diverse; disparate

contingent

dependent

disposition

personality; inherent qualities of mind and character

zeal

enthusiasm

marginal

unimportant

amiable

friendly

veracious

truthful

hitherto

until now

aloof

unfriendly

self-evident

obvious

uncanny

strange

retroactive

taking effect from a date in the past

repudiate

to reject

presuppose

pre-prerequisite

notional

theoretical (Not practical)

spurious

fake

veritable

true

sanguine

optimistic

desultory

lacking purpose

misanthropic

hating mankind

emotive

appealing to emotion

single-out

choose one person from a group for special attention

temperate

moderate

tropical

warm

inland

toward the interior

coastal

near a coast

alpine

high mountains

mediterranean

edge of a continent

arid

dry

incontrovertible

indisputable

gratuitous

unnecessary

privy

sharing in the knowledge of

preposterous

absurd

epithet

descriptive name

penchant (n)

a strong liking or tendency

allude

to hint at

overshadow

make less important

conflate

to combine into one

pedantic

overscrupulous

reprieve

a temporary delay

unwarranted

unjustified

rectify

to correct

auspicious

favorable

presumptuous

assuming too much; arrogant

efficacy

effectiveness

accentuate

to emphasize

constrict

to compress, contract

precipitate

to cause to happen unexpectedly

furtive

secretive

ephemeral

lasting a very short time

inexorable

impossible to stop

delineate

to portray

insidious

gradually and subtly harmful

supple

flexible

archetypal

a typical example

deride

to mock or ridicule

disparage

belittle; degrade

insinuate

to suggest indirectly

collude

to conspire

attest

to confirm or verify

circumspect

wary and unwilling to take risks

extant

still in existence

terrestrial

on or relating to the earth

thwart

to prevent

predicate

1) to assert 2) to base something on

precursor

something that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner

defunct

no longer existing or functioning

extraneous

irrelevant or unrelated

arcane

understood by few; mysterious

misconstruue

to interpret wrongly

denigrate

to criticize unfairly; disparage

outstrip

to overtake or outrun

stymie

to block; to thwart

disseminate

to spread widely

corroborate

to confirm or give support to

assuage

to make unpleasant feelings less strong

obviate

to make something unnecessary

palatable

agreeable to the taste

tenuous

very weak or slight

repress

to not allow something to be expressed

embody

to represent the quality of something

discombobulating

confusing