SAT Vocab

abject

negative things

abode

place where people live

accentuate

emphasize smth important

admonition

scolding

aggrandize

make grander

aggregate

whole not parts

anomaly

strange

apparition

suddenly appears

ascertain

confirm it

beget

steps to bring smth into existence

calibrate

adjust to run accordingly

censure

to give a formal reprimand

colloquial

language

conflate

keep two things separate

constitution

bodily health/how smth is put tgt

contingent

relies on other factors

convoke

call a meeting

convulsion

physical movement

dawdle

lag behind

demur

politely say no

despoil

things invaders would take upon winning a war

desultory

lacks consistency or order

discretion

good judgement

disenfranchise

take away someones right to vote

dissemiate

ensure the spread of smth

doctrine

sincerely held belief

doldrums

a time in which nth happens

earnest

serious

eddy

water or air moves swiftly in a circular motion

effectual

desired result achieved through action

endearing

create warm feelings towards themselves

endeavor

try smth

endow

to give

enterprise

process to set out to do smth

entrenched

dug in

ephemeral

short-lived

evince

show ones feelings

feeble

weak

fetter

hold someone back

florid

describing a persons face

forum

a location or a meeting

germinate

take smth with potential and make it grow

glom

to attach

glut

ridiculous abundance of smth

grievance

a complaint

ignominious

shame

immured

held against their will

impel

push or force someone

inconspicuous

cannot be easily seen

incontestable

unable to be contested

incredulous

dont rly believe it

induce

cause it to happen

inefficacious

not having desired effect

inexorable

inevitable

innocuous

harmless

insurrection

revolt or uprising

intercede

intervene helpfully

intuitive

easy to figure out without directions

insolent

bad attitude

labyrinth

maze

laden

weighed down with smth physical

manifest

make clear

marginalize

making smth less

meander

wander in a non-straight line

metastasize

spreading

mire

stick smth down

misanthropic

think the worst of people

mundane

boring

mutable

likely to change

mystify

confuse

nebulous

lacks a definite form or limit

nominal

exist in name only

notional

only exists as an idea

null

nothing

obstinate

stubborn

onerous

difficult to do

oscillate

move back and forth in a predictable pattern

panacea

all fix solution

parity

being equal

permeate

soak through smth

permutation

all the different ways items can be arranged

perpetual

never ending

perturb

to disturb

pervading

spreads into an area its not welcome

pittance

not rly enough to do anything

plasticity

ability to be molded

plenipotentiary

person who has been given the authority to act on behalf of their country

posterity

future of humankind

postulate

is to guess

potent

very strong

prattle

talk a whole lot of nth

preclude

make it not possible to happen

preposterous

so ridiculous as to be laughable

pristine

perfect

proliferate

grow/spread

promulgate

spread it around

rapacious

unable to be satisfied

recalcitrant

rebellious

receptive

open to receiving things

remonstrate

object to smth strongly