GHS English 11 SAT Word List 3

Adulation

high praise; excessive praise or admiration

Anachronistic

out of date; chronologically misplaced

Assiduous

hard-working; persistent, attentive, diligent

Circuitous

indirect; roundabout

lackadaisical

(adj.) lacking spirit or determination, halfhearted, unenthusiastic; carelessly lazy

Condescending

patronizing; possessing a feeling of superiority

listless

(adj.) (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm

sedentary

(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

Enhance

to improve, to augment, to increase value or beauty of something

Haughty

arrogant, condescending; proud and vain to the point of arrogance

languid

(of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical or effort; slow and relaxed.

(of an occasion or period of time) pleasantly lazy and peaceful

Incompatible

unable to work together; mismatched

Intuitive

instinctive, untaught; knowing something by instinct

indolent

(adj.) wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy

Restrained

controlled, restricted, showing careful self-control

flu

flow

in-/im-

not, in

sid

to sit

tuit/tui/tut

to watch over

pass/pat/path

feeling, emotion, suffering

super-

above

tend/tens/tent/tenu

to stretch

trans-

across

dis-

apart, not

Deleterious

harmful to living things

Disdain

to regard with scorn; intense dislike

Extenuating

guilt diminishing; seemingly less serious or more forgivable

Nonchalant

calm, casual; showing little or no concern

Parched

dried up; thirsty

Prosaic

run of the mill; unimaginative

Rancorous

hateful; characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

Spurious

phony, false, not genuine

Superfluous

more than enough; excessive

Transient

temporary, fleeting; passing away with time; passing from one place to another

chron

time

it/ire/itin/itum

to go

pro-

before, forward

re-

back, again

com-/con-

together, with

e-/ex-

out, out of

stagnant

(adj) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull