SAT Vocab...

paucity

shortage, dearth

amalgamation

mixture, combination

epoch

period of time

discord

disagreement

opacity

lacking transparency, obscure

tenacity

determined, persistant

corrobation

strengthening or confirming a statement

obscurity

uncertain, unclear

fidelity

loyal, reliable

ineptitude

lack of skill or ability, incompetence

passive

inactive, not responsive to situation

adept

highly skilled, proficient, or an expert

proliferate

to increase rapidly in number or amount

cull

select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources, or a selective slaughter of wild animals, select, choose

exacerbate

to make a problem, bad situation, disease, or negative feeling worse, more intense, or more severe, aggravate, worsen

delineate

to describe or portray something precisely; to define or mark the boundaries of something.

prescient

having or showing knowledge of events before they take place, predictive

benign

gentle, kind, (of a disease) not harmful in effect