Week 11 SAT Vocab

Censorious

(adj) highly critical; fault finding

Consternation

(n) a state of great dismay and confusion

Didactic

(adj) tending to give instruction or advice

Elucidate

(v) to make clear or plain, especially by explanation

Effusive

(adj) expressing excessive emotion in an unrestrained manner

Prolific

(adj) very productive

Furor

(n) a general commotion; an uproar

Paranoia

(n) a tendency toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness; irrational fear

Marginal

(adj) of secondary importance; NOT central

Obfuscate

(v) to deliberately confuse; to make something so confusing that it is hard to understand

Flummoxed

(v) confused or perplexed

Spate

(n) a large number or amount

Ineffable

(adj) too overwhelming to be put into words; indescribable

Histrionic

(adj) excessively dramatic or melodramatic; theatrical; overacted

Placate

(v) to soothe or calm; to appease

Eschew

(v) to avoid