SAT Words in Context Hard

dogmatic

strongly believe that only your belief or way is correct

apprise

make someone aware of something, to inform them

incensed

extremely angry/outraged, usually in response to something being seen as morally unjust

surmise

to guess or infer w/ insufficient evidence

contrive

to bring something about through clever or tricky means – fabricate or plot

subsume

to include or classify something into a larger category

efficacy

belief in something (drug/policy/treatment) to produce desired results under controlled and ideal conditions

corroborate

to confirm/support a theory or statement by providing supporting evidence

disseminate

to spread info/ideas widely to a large audience

desultory

describes things that lack a definite plan or purpose – jumping from one thing to another and unfocused

spurious

false, counterfeit – usually describing arguments or claims based on bad reasoning or deception

veritable

actual, true, genuine – used as an intensifier to justify the extremity of a metaphor (ex. My garden is a veritable forest.)

notional

something only theoretical

repudiate

to despise and reject entirely

recant

to publicly withdraw, repudiate or concede a previously held belief or statement

transposed

changing the order/position of something – music notes, data, etc.

decouple

to separate, disconnect or sever a connection between two things, systems or ideas

antecdecent

an event or thing that precedes another and sometimes impacts the future thing

mediated

a middle party working to resolve or facilitate things between others OR something that influences something else by being connected with it