SAT Vocab 38

abrogate

to abolish, to do away with

adamant

inflexible, immovable, obstinate

barbarism

the incorrect usage of words or forms of language

colloquial

informal (speech)

compatriot

a fellow countryman

defuse

to remove or to lesson danger or hostility

effrontery

extreme boldness, audacity

egregious

very bad, shocking, conspicuously bad

gambol

to playfully skip or leap

hemophilia

a hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding

immunity

resistance (usually to a disease)

impale

to pierce, to fix on a pointed instrument

knotty

so complicated that it can probably not be solved; full of knots

libertarian

one who favors absolute liberty and free will

mired

stuck or entangled

noxious

harmful, unwholesome

palatable

agreeable to the taste, acceptable

palliate

to ease pain, guilt or intensity

pallor

extreme paleness usually relating to the face

pernicious

very destructive or harmful, deadly

skulk

to move in a sneaky, furtive, or stealthy manner

tarry

to delay in coming or going to linger

tawdry

cheap and gaudy in appearance

temerity

boldness that is foolhardy

utopian

having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place