English9H SAT Vocab 241-268

heed

(verb) - to listen to

hinder

(verb) - to obstruct; to get in the way of

irascible

(adjective) - irritable

merger

(noun) - a joining or marriage

nostalgic

(adjective) - yearning for the old days

pretentious

(adjective) - pompous; self important

saccharin

(adjective) - sickly sweet; falsely sweet

stanza

(noun) - a section of a poem; verse

venerate

(verb) - to honor

vilify

(verb) - to speak of as a villain

obfuscate

(verb) - to confuse; to darken or becloud

surreal

(adjective) - dreamlike; eerie; bizarre

peripatetic

(adjective) - itinerant; traveling from place to place

obviate

(verb) - to make unnecessary; clear out of the way; remove

proscribe

(verb) - to condemn; to prohibit as wrong or dangerous

replete

(adjective) - abundantly supplied

byzantine

(adjective) - of or characterized by devious or surreptitious manner of operation; intricately involved or labyrinthine; convoluted

portentous

(adjective) - ominous; threatening

vignette

(noun) - a short descriptive literary sketch

primordial

(adjective) - existing at the very beginning

hyperbolic

(adjective) - exaggerated

tongue-in-cheek

(adjective) - with sly humor; not to be taken seriously

aphoristic

(adjective) - stating a general truth

metaphysical

(adjective) - abstract; philosophical; theoretical

plaintive

(adjective) - mournful; sad

pathetic

(adjective) - moving; pitiful

rhetorical

question (noun) - a question asked only for effect, not for information

redemptive

(adjective) - made good; fulfilled; liberate