Vocab SAT 751-875

Savor

To taste or smell, esp. with peasure; n. the taste or smell

Fluster

To make nervous or upset

Relief

A distinction or prominence due to contrast

Habitat

The place where a person or thing is ordinarily found; a particular type of natural environment

Platitude

A commonplace remark delievered as if it were important

Sabatoge

To deliberately obstruct or destroy

Minutiae

Trivial details

Effervescent

Giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement

Desiccate

To dry completely

Gregarious

Seeking an enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group

Sojourn

A brief visit

Listless

Having no interest in what is going on; landguigl spiritless

Secular

Not religious; wordly

Defer

To delay; to put off

Surveit

An excess

Compuction

A feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

Decapitate

To cut off the head

Rejuvenate

To restore energy or an appearance of youth

Chronology

Arrangement of events in time

Provincial

Limited in perspective; unsophisticated

Pliant

Easily bent; bliable; adaptable or compliant

Melodramatic

Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental

Paramount

Supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance

Precocious

developing earlier than usual, esp. mentally

Syntax

The way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses, and sentences

Euphoria

A feeling of great happiness

Detach

To seperate from a larger mass; disengage or remove

Animosity

Bitter hostility, esp. that which provokes punitive action

Bard

A poet

Revere

To honor

Guffaw

To laugh loudly and crudely; n. a loud burst of laughter

Inveterate

Established for a long time; habitual

Tenable

Able to be maintained in argument; rationally defensible; able to be held against assault; defensible

Mitigate

To improve by lessening the severity of

Giddy

Dizzy; lightheaded

Diction

Word choice in speech or writing; degree of clarity in speaking

Negligent

Careless; inattentive

Omnipotent

All-powerful

Propagate

To multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area

Malinger

To act sick in order to avoid work

Convene

To bring together

Eschew

To avoid; to shun

Arable

Suitable for growing crops (of land)

Optimum

The most favorable point or condition

Err

To make a mistake

Scoff

To make fun of; to ridicule

Saturate

To soak or fill to capacity

Excruciating

Severely painful

Douse

To wet thoroughly

Restitution

Compensation for a loss

Accommodate

To oblige; to provide a service or favor; to fit

Disrepute

The absence or loss of reputation

Impervious

Completely resistant to penetration; unaffected

Squalid

Having a dirty or lowly apperance

Truncate

To cut short

Consolidate

To combine into a whole; to strengthen

Flaunt

To display ostentatiously; to show off; to boast

Deter

To prevent or discourage from acting by means of fear or doubt

Demographics

The distribution of human population groups

Autonomy

Independence; self-government

Demeanor

Outward behavior, esp. that reveals one’s personality or attitude

Vindictate

To clear of blame with supporting arguments or proofs

Iniquity

Extreme immorality or injustice; wickedness

Incapacitate

To make unable to function in normal activities; disable

Salutary

Beneficial; favorable to health

Hore

Knowledge about a particular subject, esp. of a traditional or popular nature

Innate

Possessed at birth; inborn

Drivel

Stupid or childish talk

Predilection

A special liking for something; a preference

Trace

A faint amount

Disparage

To speak in a disapproving or slighting manner; to belittle

Trove

A collection of valuable items

Jot

To stick out; project

Escalate

To increase or intensify

Congenial

Suited to one’s needs or nature; friendly; sympathetic

Candor

Frankness or sincerity of expression

Projectile

Something thrown or fired

Motley

Having elements of great variety; composed of many colors

Expedite

To speed up

Heterodox

Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma

Benevolent

Characterized by doing good

Hierarchy

A ranking according to status or ability; a group having authority

Tender

To offer formally; n. a legal offer; something, esp. money, offered in payment

Staid

Serious and settled; sedate

Dissemble

To deceive or conceal; to hide one’s motives; to simulate

Competent

Capable and skilled

Prognosis

The anticipated progress of recovery

Ingratiate

To bring onself into another’s favor or good graces by conscious effort

Saga

A long prose narrative, often telling of adventure or heroism; a long, detailed report

Curb

To restrain or control

Elicit

To draw out; to invoke

Oppress

To persecute with an excessive use of power

Immaculate

Perfectly clean

Objective

Having actual existence or reality; not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice

Affliction

Pain; suffering; anything causing pain

Implore

To ask for urgently; to beg

Mollify

To soothe the temper; to pacify; to appease

Fertile

Producing abundantly; prolific

Ignominy

Shame; dishonor

Dissipate

To scatter; to spend wastefully