Unit 7 SAT Vocabulary (copy)

Abhor

(v) To regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe syn: despise, abominate | ant: to admire

Accolade

(n)Praise, an award syn: prize, kudos | ant: censure

Ascetic

(n) One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury syn: austere, severe, stern | ant: sensual

Bequeath

(v) To hand down, to give or to leave in a will syn: bestow, pass on | ant: to keep, to horde

Charlatan

(n) One who claims to know something that he does not, a quack syn: fraud, quack | ant: professional; authentic authority

Conflagration

(n)A large fire syn: inferno | ant: small flame

Dearth

(n) A lack, a scarcity syn: deficiency | ant: adequate supply

Diffidence

(n) Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness syn: bashfulness, modesty | ant: confidence

Effervescent

(adj) Showing high spirits syn: bubbly | ant: serious, unenthusiastic

Ethereal

(adj) Heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible syn: celestial, equisite | ant: earthly; mundane

Expunge

(v) To remove, to erase syn: erase, delete, abolish | ant: to add to

Guile

(n) Deceitfulness, duplicity syn: cunning, trickery | ant: openness, candor

Implausible

(adj) Not believable syn: unbelievable | ant: believable

Incongruity

(n) Nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility syn: difference, inconsistency | ant: agreement

Insularity

(n) Qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion syn: interance, bigotry | ant: broad-mindedness

Morose

(adj) Being sullen or gloomy syn: crabbed, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly | ant: cheerful

Placate

(v) To appease or to pacify by making concessions syn: conciliate, mollification. propitiate | ant: to antagonize

Poignant

(adj) Piercing, incisive, and keen syn: piquant, pungent, racy | ant: dull

Provincial

(adj) Lacking sophistication, narrow-minded syn: petty, narrow, local | ant: sophiaticated

Reiterate

(v) To repeat syn: echo, repeat | ant: to fail to repeat

Spontaneous

(adj) Having no external cause, acting on impulse syn: unplanned | ant: planned

Synthesis

(n) Combining parts into a whole syn: fusion, blend | ant: disjoining

Toxic

(adj) Poisonous syn: harmful, deadly | ant: healthful, harmless

Vigilant

(adj) Very alert, watchful syn: wary, attentive | ant: unconcerned, inattentive

Voluble

(adj) Ability to use words easily, fluent and glib syn: garrulous. loquacious | ant: taciturn