sat words

laud

praise

sanguine

cheerful, optimistic

erratic

abnormal

tenous

weak, lacking solid foundation

engender

to cause

preempt

to take action to prevent something else from happening

subsumes

encompass

attentuate

weaken, reduce, lessen force

underscores

emphasize draw attention to smth

belie/belies

to misrepresent or give a false impression of something

forestall

to prevent, delay an event by taking preemptive measures

preceded

to come before something else

supplanted

to replac e someone or something else

latent

smth present and existent but is currently hidden or inactive

itemize

to list items or detials seprately

unobstrusive

something that doesnt attract attention

peripheral

situated on the outer edge or boundary of something

paucity

lack of

corroborate

support

anachronistic

chronologically out of palce

disparge

to critizice, belittle

compound

a thing made up of two or more seperate elemtns

stymie

to obstruct, hinder, or thwart

outstrip

to exceed or surpass

exhorbitant

excessive, outrageous describing prices costs that are too high

equivacol

something open to mltiple interpretations

diffuse

widely spread

reticent

quiet / unwilling to talk

composure

calmness

palpable

noticeable, clear

foible

weakness/flaw

pervasive

widespread

ubiqutous

abundant

nullify

to cancel something legally

incongruity

being inconsistent or out of place

repudiate

reject or deny

recant

publicly take back a previously held belief

conspicious

obvious noticeable

obtrusive

obvious, noticeable

insolent

rude

extemporaneous

improv

opaque

hard to understand not letting light through

ambivalent

having mixed feelings abt something

abrasive

rough , harsh

stipulate

specify, demand

inertia

tendency to resist change

oscillate

move back and forth steadily

abate

to lessen something

acquiesce

to give into something without protest

surreptitiously

doing msth secretly

disengeously

acting unhonestly

succintly

concise

undermine

weaken

rectify

to make something right

to that end

for that purpose

superflous

unnecessary, extra

commonplace

smth that happens often

in turn

consequently

harbinger

a sign that somethings gonna happen in the future

sanction

1. penalty/punishment

2. official approval

spurious

false, fake

scrupulous

very careful and honest

compulsory

required and mandatory