SAT Bluebook Vocab

superficial

apparent, surface

disparate

different, dissimilar

stymie

hinder or greatly effect

latent

hidden

unobtrusive

Not blatant or not dominant

Peripheral

outside, not near center

Ambiguity

Uncertain, not sure

discretion

good judgement

inconspciousness

unsure or made not known

Recalcitrant

the quality of being uncooperative

misanthropic

disliking humankind

mistifying

confusing, perplexing, confusing

ornamental

decorative aspect

tenuous

weak or slight, unsubstantial

repudiates

to refuse to accept

foretells

to predict from the future

recants

when someone no longer holds beliefs

rectify

to correct or to make correct

haphazard

randomness, or to come from nothing

contentious

something that would trigger an argument (controversial)

arduous

time-taking, tiring

ineffectual

not effecting or creating anything

conflated

to combine two things into one

reconstituted

to be put back into purpose

demarcated

to set the boundaries from

desultory

lacking plan or purpose

spurious

fake; being something you aren’t

veritable

being real or genuine

notional

hypothetical, potentially true