SAT Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the provided lecture notes, focusing on SAT vocabulary words.

Abate

To become less active, less intense, or less in amount

Abstract

Existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality

Abysmal

Extremely bad

Adept

Having knowledge or skill (usually in a particular area)

Adequate

Having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose

Advent

The arrival or creation of something

Allude

To make a secretive mention of something

Ambiguity

Uncertainty or multiple interpretations

Ambivalence

Mixed or conflicting feelings

Analogous

Similar but not identical

Anomaly

Something different from the norm

Antipathy

A strong feeling of dislike

Apex

The highest point of something

Austere

Extremely plain; stern and forbidding; relating to self-denial

Benevolent

Kind, generous

Buttress

To support or strengthen

Candid

Direct, blunt

Catastrophic

Disastrous or causing great damage

Circumvent

To find a way around

Compelling

Captivating or persuasive

Competent

Having the necessary ability or skill

Contrived

Artificial or overly planned

Corroborate

To provide evidence for; to back up (a claim)

Counteract

To work in opposition to

Deceptive

Misleading or dishonest

Deficient

Not enough in degree or amount

Demarcate

To set boundaries or distinguish

Desultory

Lacking a clear plan or enthusiasm

Devise

To come up with (a plan)

Discord

Disagreement

Disparage

To belittle or speak negatively about

Disparate

Essentially different or unconnected

Eloquent

Having refined or expressive communication skills (in speaking or writing)

Evoke

To draw forth or call up

Exacerbate

To make a problem worse

Explicable

Able to be explained

Foretell

To predict or anticipate

Fruitless

Failing to achieve desired results

Haphazard

Lacking organization or planning

Homogeneous

Uniform or similar throughout

Imminent

About to happen soon

Impartial

Fair and not biased

Impractical

Not sensible or realistic

Incite

To encourage or stir up

Indisputable

Unable to be challenged or denied

Ineffectual

Not producing the desired effect

Inexplicable

Unable to be explained

Innocuous

Harmless or inoffensive

Unaware or indifferent

Insensibly

Interject

To insert a comment abruptly

Intriguing

Arousing curiosity or interest

Irrelevant

Not related or applicable

Latent

Present but not active

Multifaceted

Having many aspects or features

Novel

New or original

Nuanced

Having subtle differences

Obscure

Not easily understood or seen

Obsolete

no longer used; rare or uncommon

Oddity

Something unusual or strange

Omnipotent

almigthy and all powerful

Onset

Beginning or early stages

Ornamental

Decorative rather than functional

Oust

To remove or force out of a position or office

Paucity

A scarcity or lack

Paramount

Predominant, superior, most important

Precarious

Uncertain or unstable

Preclude

To prevent from happening

Premeditated

Planned beforehand

Provoke

To stir up or incite

Ramify

To split into two or more branches

Receptive

Open to new ideas

Rectify

To correct or fix something

Redress

To set right or remedy

Replicable

Able to be copied or repeated

Repudiate

To reject or disown

rouising

Exciting or stirring

Rudimentary

Basic or simple

Sanguine

Optimistic or hopeful

Skeptical

Doubtful or questioning

Sophisticated

Complex or refined

Spurious

False or deceptive

Stark

Very plain; devoid of any details or features

Stymie

To hinder or block

Substantial

Large or important

Supplement

To add to something

Surpass

To exceed or go beyond

Theoretical

Based on theory rather than practice

Ubiquitous

Being present everywhere

Underscore

To emphasize

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real

Veritable

Alike

Altercation

Anoisy argument or confrontation