SAT Vocab Set 11-15

capacity

1) mental or physical ability or 2) ability to hold something

efficiency

the ability to do something well

unveil

to reveal or divulge

definitive

1) providing a final answer or 2) having a determined form

incontrovertible

indisputable

inexorable

relentless

obligatory

required

acquiesce

1) to comply passively or 2) to accept as inevitable

hierarchy

a system in which positions of power are ranked.

resign

to submit or yield

subjugate

to conquer or make submissive

subordinate

A: inferior or secondary OR V: to treat as inferior

subservient

acting like a servant

prognosticate

to foretell or predict

utilitarian

1) practical or 2) designed to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number

discern

1) to understand, 2) to see, or 3) to recognize as different

intuition

insight or knowledge not dependent on reason

maxim

a proverb

prudence

wisdom

volition

will, choice, or decision

Eminent

prominent, well known, or important

fundamental

basic, underlying, or primary

momentous

having great or lasting importance

paramount

primary or superior in importance

pompous

self-important and arrogant

pretentious

pompous, self-important and arrogant

prominent

important or well known, conspicuous

accentuate

to emphasize or give prominence to

disposition

1)administration or control, 2) settlement, or 3) tendency

divestiture

the act of getting rid of property or possessions

plummet

to drop sharply

inalienable

not able to be given up or transferred

inevitable

1) certain to happen or 2) cannot be avoided or evaded

despot

(negative connotation) - a dictator

parity

equality of rank or value

potentate

a ruler or king

tyrant

an oppressive ruler with absolute power (a despot)

usurp

to seize or assume wrongfully

dexterous

1) skillful in the use of the hands or body or 2) clever

ingenious

inventive

potential

N: capability or possibility or A: possible

practicable

1) usable or 2) possible

viable

capable of living, working, existing, or functioning

abstract

1) difficult to understand or 2) theoretical (not concrete)

apprehend

1) to understand or 2) to arrest

elusive

1) hard to grasp or 2) evasive

profound

1) having deep insight or 2) intense

sagacious

wise or shrewd

Elemental

important and basic, inherent, or related to nature