SAT 1000 SET 3

BALK

to stop, block abrubtly

ballad

a love song.

banal

dull, commonplace.

bane

a burden

bard

a poet, often a singer as well

beguile - buh·gile

to trick, decieve

behemoth - buh·hee·muhth

something of tremendous power or size

benign - buh·nine

favorable, not threatening, mild

bequeath -

to pass on give

bereft

devoid of, without

beseech -buh·seech

to beg, plead, implore

bilk

cheat, defraud

blandish

to coax using flattery

blight

a plauge, disease.

boisterous

loud and full of energy

boon

gift or blessing

bourgeois - bor·zhwaa

a middle class person, captalist

brazen

excessively bold, brash

brusque

short, abrupt, dismissive

buffet

to strike with force

burnish

to polish and shine

buttress

to support or hold up

cacophony -kuh·kaa·fuh·nee

a tremendious noise, disharmnious sound

cadence

a rythm, progression of sound

cajole

to urge, coax

calamity

an event with a disterious consequence

calibrate

to set., standardize

callous

harsh feeling, cold

calumny

an attempt to spoils someone elses reputation

camaraderie -kaa·mr·aa·dr·ee

brotherhood, jovial unity

candor

honesty, frankness

canny

shrewed, careful

capacious

spacious

capitulate

to surrendor

capricious

to subject, whim

carouse

to party

carp

annoy, pester

catalyze

charge, inspire

cacus

to work with people who have the same goal

caustic

bitter, biting, acidic

cavort

to leap aout, behave boistersouly

censure

harsh criticism

cerebral

related to the intellect

chastise

to criticize severly

circuitous

roundabout

circumlocution

indirect and wordy languages

circumscribed

marked off, bounded

circumspect

cautious

circumvent

to get around

clamor

loud noise

clandestine

secret

cleave

to divide into parts

clemency

mercy

clergy

members of christian holy orders

cloying

sickeningly sweet

coagulate

to thicken, clot

coalesce

to fuse into whole

cobbler

aperson who makes or repairs shoes

coerce

to make somebody do something by force

cogent

intellectually convincing

cognizant

aware, mindful

collateral

secondary

colloquial

charactristic of informal converation

collusion

secret agreement, conspiracy

commendation

a notice of approval or recgoniation

commensurate

corresponding in size or amount

commodious

roomy

compelling

forceful, demanding attention

complacency

self-satisfied ignorance of danger

complement

to complete, make perfect

complicit

being an accomplice in a wrongful act

compound

to combine parts

comphrehensive

including everything

compunction

distress caused by feeling guilty

concede

to accept as valid

conciliatory

friendly, agreeable

concise

brief and direct in expression

concoct

to fabricate, make up

concomitant

accompanying in a subordinate fashion

concord

harmonious agreement

conduit

a pipe or channel through which something passes

confection

a sweet fancy food

confidant

a peron entrusted with secrets

conflagration

great fire

confluence

a gathering togeher

conformist

one who behaves the same as others

confound

to frustrate, confuse

congeal

to thicken into soild

congenial

pleasently agreeable

congregation

a gathering of people, espically for religious servicces

congruity

the quality of being in agreement

connive

to plot, scheme

consecrate

to dedicate something to holy purpose

consensus

an agreement of opinion

consign

to give something oveer to anothers care

consolation

an act of confronting

consonant

in harmony

constituent

an essential part

construe

to interpret

consummate

to complete a deal; to complete a marriaghe ceremony through sexual intercourse