SAT Study

Abate

v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount

Ambivalence

n. Mixed or conflicting feelings.

Ameliorate

v. To improve or make better.

Antecedent

n. A preceding event or condition

Antipathy

n. a strong feeling of dislike.

Arcane

adj. Mysterious or known by few.

Arduous

adj. Difficult and requiring effort.

Austere

adj. extremely plain

adj. stern and forbidding

adj. relating to self-denial

Buttress

v. To support or strengthen.

Conspicuous

adj. Easily noticed or standing out.

Contrived

adj. Artificial or overly planned.

Defunct

adj. No longer existing or functional.

Deliberation

n. Careful consideration or discussion.

Desultory

adj. Lacking a clear plan or enthusiasm.

Disconcerting

adj. Causing discomfort or confusion.

Disparate

adj. Essentially different or unconnected.

Elusive

adj. Hard to find or understand.

Exactitude

n. The quality of being precise or accurate

Ineffectual

adj. Not producing the desired effect.

Innocuous

adj. Harmless or inoffensive.

Insensible

adj. Unaware or indifferent.

Latent

adj. Present but not active.

Misanthropic

adj. Disliking people or society.

Notional

adj. Existing only in theory.

Omnipotent

adj. almighty and all powerful

Paucity

n. A scarcity or lack.

Postulate

v. To assume or propose a theory

Recalcitrant

adj. Stubbornly resistant to authority.

Recant

v. To take back a previous statement.

Redress

v. To set right or remedy.

Repudiate

v. To reject or disown.

Sanguine

adj. Optimistic or hopeful.

Spurious

adj. False or deceptive.

Stymie

v. To hinder or block.

Verisimilitude

n. The appearance of being true or real.

Veritable

Used to emphasize truth.

Anachronistic

something that exists outside of its time in history

Capacious

have a lot of space inside

Desultory

done without enthusiasm

Inimical

Harmful

Denigration

Unfair criticism

Indefatigable

Persisting tirelessly in an effort

Multivalent

multiple values/meanings

Empirical

Opposite of hypothesis

Tenable

defensible

mercurial

how susceptible to change something is