Blue SAT vocab deck

INSINUATE

INSINUATE

TO SUGGEST SOMETHING NOT DIRECTLY.,MOSTLY IN A BAD WAY

ABERRATION

TO DEVIATE IN A UNUSUAL WAY

ABNEGATION

TO DENY A CERTAIN PRACTICE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE OF OTHERS INFLUENCE

INFER

DRAW A CONCLUSION THROUGH GIVEN EVIDENCE

IMPLY

TO MAKE AN INDIRECT HINT / SUGGESTION USING THE EVIDENCE

ADAMANT

UNWILLING TO CHANGE ( SPECIFIC ISSUE)

INTRANSIGENT

UNCOMPROMISING AND UNWILLING TO CHANGE THEIR VIEWS ABOUT SOMETHING

HARANGUE

LONG BOMBASTIC, AGGRESSIVE , LENGTHY SPEECH

REFUTE

TO PROVE SOMETHING FALSE / DENY

REBUT

TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT SOMETHING IS FALSE /OPPOSING ARGUEMENT

GAINSAY

TO SPEAK WITH DENIAL

REPUDIATE

TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT/ TURNING BACK

DISAVOW

REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

Speculate

This is to make a guess using less conclusive evidence (surmise , conjecture)

Specious

Seems to be true but actually not

Spurious

Irrelevant/false

Resolute

Determined/ unwavering

Steadfast

Unwavering/determined/resolute

Strident

Unpleasantly loud and hateful

Vociferous

Loud and arguing but not unpleasant

Stentorian

Loud ( Trojan person who was known to be loud and heard)

Objective

No personal prejudice just facts

Subjective

Your pov included with intuitions and feelings

Substantiate

To provide evidence to prove the truth( corroborate, vindicate, authenticate)

Tenuous

Flimsy / weak

Tirade

A long and angry speech ( harangue ,rant,diatribe)

Feasible

Possible

Viable

Capable of being successful (practical)

Exonerate

Prove that someone is not at fault/ innocent ( acquit ,exculpate)

Fallacious

False/ untrue/ spurious/ specious

Equivocate

Try to mislead / ambiguous/red herring fallacy

Exhortation

Warning you urgently

Admonish

Tell someone that they have done something wrong

Qualify

Meet requirements/ limit use of words to make something sound less extreme

Irresolute

Lack of determination

Induce

To persuade / to bring about / to reason

Propensity (g) and propensity (b)

Inclination to do something

Dispel

Drove away/ eliminate

Enticing

To lure / attract someone to do something for advantage

Enumerate

To list or count down individually

Disputatious

To cause heated arguments

Assiduous

Determined

Elucidate

To make clear / explain

Vindicate

To prove someone was falsely accused

Zealot

Enthusiastic

Recalcitrant

Reluctant to obey, stubborn

Pugnacious (pug that is vicious )

Aggressive/ naturally inclined to fight

Placate

To pacify someone’s anger/ calm down

Litigations

To sue/ take legal action

Obstinate

Stubborn/ Adamant / resistant / difficult to remove

Partisan

Prejudiced to a particular view

Precedent

Previous occurrence that can be used in current legal cases / ranking ( precedence )

Prevalent

Common in a wide spread area/ abundant

Prevail

To be the most common/ successful

Flout

To openly disregard a governmental policy

Flaunt

To show off your skills or what you have to the public

Insurgent

Revolting against authority / rebel but not recognized as a valid enemy

Instigate

To make something happen by urging others to do it/ provoke/ emotion created

Malign

Untrue speech of other people harming another’s reputation. Nasty/ slander speech

Indignant

Angered by unjust treatment (aggrieved , affronted )

Iconoclast

Attacks a belief that is observed by most of the people

Heresy

Controversial or unorthodox opinion on a religion or belief

Conjecture / speculation

Guess on incomplete information

Debunk

Expose the falseness of something

Construe

Interpret in a particular way

Circumscribed

Limits to a specific issue

Contentious (disputatious)

Cause provocative arguments

Inexorable/ adamant/ recalcitrant

Unwavering / unchanged

Peruse

Read thoroughly

Delineate

To mark a border/ to describe precisely

Antipathy

Dyspathy or antipathy

strong feeling of dislike

Averse

Strong dislike is shown

Adverse

Negative / hostile impact

Clamor

To ask for loudly

Audacious

Reckless bold,daring

Condescend

Rude , and diminishing the other persons self esteem

Patronize

Kind but still thinks in a more superior manner

Estranged

Allienated

Adversary

Opposes

Belligerent

Hostile and ready to fight

Berate

Loudly aggressive

Cantankerous

Bad tempered

Circumspect opposite of audacious

Tries not to take bold risks