sat vocab

aggravate

irritate or make more severe

paucity

lack of

verisimilitude

similarity to the truth

profusion

great abundance

foster

to encourage or promote

haphazard

unorganized, lack of plan

premeditated

planned and thought out beforehand

fruitless

having undesired results, useless

deceptive

tricking someone into believing something, misleading

innocuous

mild or unharmful

novel

original and new

impractical

not suitable, unrealistic

disengage

separate, disconnect

buttress

strengthen or defend

rudimentary

basic or unsophisticated

quarrel

open disagreement

contrive

to make something happen through planning

contrived

deliberately created seeming unnatural

revelation

a surprising unknown fact

ordeal

a painful experience

commence

to begin

diatribe

a bitter verbal attack

tractable

easily controlled

immutable

unchangeable

vigilance

careful attention

deliberation

careful discussion and consideration

consensus

agreement

disparate

distinct or dissimilar

complementary

completing one another

insolent

disrespectful, insulting

sporadic

occurring irregularly

agitation

a state of anxiety or nervous excitement

enigmatic

mysterious and difficult to understand

ambiguous

unclear, doubtful

ambivalent

having mixed or contradictory feelings

resolute

determined and firm

subdue

to bring under control

inferior

lower in rank or ability

belittle

to make someone or something seem unimportant

resign

to voluntarily step down from a position

repress

to hold back or restrain

prevail

to prove to be successful or widespread

succumb

to give in or surrender

diverge

disagree or seperate from a common path

superficial

occurring only at the surface; lacking in depth

vitriolic

filled with bitterness and hate

stymie

to prevent or greatly hinder

compound

to make worse by adding to it; greatly enhance

disparage

criticize or represent with little worth; belittle

outstrip

exceed or outdo

delegate

to give responsibility and trust to someone

renounce

to give up or refuse

offhand

showing little interest in a way that seems slightly rude; offensively nonchalant

implicit

suggested or implied without being directly expressed

disputable

not certain, debatable

disparate

distinct or different

suppress

to restrain or prevent from happening; subdue