Scott Vocab Test [May]

December

repudiate

to reject

repugnant

disgusting

rescind

to remove

residual

left over

resilient

able to recover quickly

respite

a pause

reticent

silent

sagacious

wise

sanction

approval

savory

tasty

scrupulous

very honest

scrutinize

to examine

sequester

to segregate

skeptical

doubtful

sporadic

irregular

spurious

fake

squalid

poor

stagnate

to be inactive

stoic

impassive

stringent

strict

substantiate

to validate

succinct

concise

sumptuous

luxurious

supercilious

arrogant

superfluous

extra

surmise

to guess

surreptitious

sneaky

taciturn

quiet

tangential

superficial

tawdry

cheap

temerity

boldness

tentative

hesitant

terse

concise

trepidation

fear

unassailable

unattackable

unobtrusive

unnoticeble

unscathed

unharmed

untenable

unacceptable

vacillate

to fluctuate

venerate

to respect

verbose

wordy

viable

valid

vicarious

substituting

vilify

to slander

vindictive

spiteful

volatile

explosive

voracious

greedy

waive

to cast aside

writhe

to twist and turn, usually in pain

zealot

a fanatic

aberration

an abnormality

abstinence

the giving up of pleasures

acquiesce

to give in

admonish

to warn

affinity

an attraction

alienate

to turn someone off

aloof

detached

altruistic

charitable

ambivalent

unsure

ameliorate

to improve

analogous

similar to

animosity

hostility

antithesis

the complete opposite

arduous

strenuous

articulate

able to speak well

assuage

to calm

atrophy

to waste away

austere

strict

autonomy

independence

aversion

a dislike

blithe

happy

bombastic

overblown

cajole

to persuade by flattering

callous

cold hearted

capitulate

to surrender

capricious

changeable

carping

complaining

caustic

harsh

censure

to blame

chimerical

impractical

circumspect

careful

clemency

mercy

coalesce

to combine

colloquial

conversational

commiserate

to sympathize with

conciliatory

soothing

condone

to forgive

conspicuous

obvious

copious

plentiful

crass

ignorant

criterion

a standard

dearth

a shortage

debilitate

to weaken

decadence

decay

deference

honor

delineate

to show

deprecate

to express disapproval of

denunciation

open condemnation

destitute

very poor

diatribe

a verbal attack