SAT Vocab

Distilled down version of all important vocabs in SAT

anticipation

The act of looking forward to or expecting something to happen, often involving a sense of excitement or anxiety.

rudimentary

Basic or elementary in nature; fundamental.

pervasive

Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

erroneous

Containing errors; mistaken or incorrect.

brazen

Bold and shameless in behavior or attitude.

astride

With a leg on each side; straddling.

evasive

directed towards avoidance or escape.

ominous

giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen

lurking

remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush.

squander

allow (an opportunity) to pass or be lost.

strenously

with great effort and determination.

plume

spread out in a shape resembling a feather.

deliberately

consciously and intentionally; on purpose.

courteous

polite,respectful

facade

a deceptive outward appearance.

underscores

emphasizes

influx

an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things, inflow of water

lunges

strength-training movement with 1 leg steps forward and back knee lowers toward ground.

excerpt

take (a short extract) from a text.

undulated

have a smoothly rising and falling form or outline. (landascape smoothing)

awning

a sheet of canvas stretched on a frame and to keep the sun/rain off a window or doorway.

insignia

symbol/emblem

swagger

walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant

demeanor

outward behaviour or bearing.

meticulous

showing great attention to detail

constituents

a component part of something.

hone

refine or perfect (something) over a period of time.

idiosyncratic

unusual, unique

circa

around

lauded

highly admired

dire

extremely serious or urgent

corroborate

confirm or give support to

curb

restrain or keep in check.

frenzy

wild behaviour.

plaints

a complaint or lamentation.

dirge

a grief for the dead

lament

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

quarry

a place, typically a large, deep pit

plausible

seeming reasonable or probable.

obviate

remove (a need or difficulty).

dreaded

regarded with great fear

eke

manage to make a living with difficulty.

provision

the action of providing or supplying something for use.

wandering

roaming

provoking

giving rise to the specified reaction or emotion.

dilatory

slow to act

plodding

unexciting

dissonance

lack of agreement or harmony between people or things.

confidences

a secret or private matter told to someone under a condition of trust.

transend

surpass (a person or achievement).

epitomize

be a perfect example of.

fleeting

short lived

revered

honored and respected

obscure

unknown

precarious

dangerous

enticement

something that attracts or lures

homage

showing special respect to someone

catalyst

triggering something

defunct

no longer existing or functioning

arcane

understood by few; mysterious or secret.

extraneous

Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.

mephitic

foul-smelling; noxious.

recondite

little known; abstruse.

manifest

show

negating

to nullify, counteract or make ineffective.

pang

a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion.

remorse

a deep regret coming from a sense of guilt for past wrongs

racy

lively, entertaining, and typically sexually titillating.

venegance

punishment inflicted for an injury or wrong. (revenge)

contempt

the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.

confer

grant ( a title, role)

impede

hinder

substantiate

supporting with proof

unanimous

united in agreement

redress

remedy or set right

exacerbate

make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.

efface

to erase

proliferated

increase rapidly in number; multiply.

beckoning

making a gesture with body part to follow

donned

to put on

embarked

to begin a course of action

palpable

tangible

hushed

quiet

punctuating

interrupting something in intervals

quest

hunt for something

testament

sign of evidence of something's existence or quality

dozing off

to gradually fall asleep

speculations

the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

peril

expose to danger; threaten.

rampant

out of hand, uncontrolled of something undesirable or harmful, spreading widely.

uproarious

characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.

sway

control or influence

instigator

a person who brings about or initiates something.

implausible

failing to convince.

reductive

tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude. oversimplify things

subsistence

the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself

intricate

made up of complex elements

tenous

lacking substance

nuanced

having subtle differences or distinctions

repudiate

rejects or refuses to have anything to do with