SAT Vocab 7

abberation

deviation; abnormality

abstruse

difficult to comprehend

affability

friendliness; cordiality

affluence

wealth and status

alleviation

making less severe

amalgamation

mixture or joining of different components

amassed

accumulated

arcane

esoteric

augmenting

increasing in size or number

belied

contradicted

benevolent

kindly

callous

cruel and unfeeling

candid

truthful; honest

coalition

a union of two parts

concordance

agreement

conflagration

big fire

copious

in large amounts

dearth

shortage

debacle

disaster

disarming

charming; unthreatening

disillusioned

freed from wrong ideas

disparaging

criticizing

embellished

decorated

empathetic

understanding in an insightful way

encompassed

included; surrounded

endorsement

support; approval

entourage

group of followers; retinue

equanimity

peace of mind; balance; calm

eradicating

wiping our; destroying

esoteric

obscure

exacerbated

made worse

excised

cut out

exotic

strange; foreign

faction

section; group with common interests

finagle

wheedle; wangle; trick

grating

harsh; rasping

gratuitous

free; unwarranted

hackneyed

commonplace; over-used

insightful

perspective

insolence

rudeness

intrigued

interested and curious

intuition

sixth sense; ‘gut feeling’

languid

lacking energy; weak

lobby

1. to try to persuade, 2. entrance hall

lucid

clear

marred

spoiled; ruined

meager

small; scanty

monotonous

dull; repetitive

motley

varied; miscellaneous

opting

choosing

overhaul

renovate

preclude

prevent

precursor

forerunners

purportedly

apparently claiming

ratify

give official approval to

resilience

strength; ability to withstand

retraction

removal; ‘taking back’

sporadic

intermittent; on and off

spurned

shunned; rejected

substantiated

backed up; given supporting evidence

supplant

replace

truculence

stubbornness

unequivocal

certain; cannot be disputed

voluminous

large; bulky; extensive

winnow

sift; separate good from bad