sat day 2

banal

unoriginal, ordinary

bane

poison, torment, cause of harm

bastion

stronghold, fortress

beget

to give birth to, create; cause

belabor

to go over repeatedly

belie

to give a false impression of; to contradict

belittle

to make to seem little, put someone down

belligerent

combative, quarrelsome, waging war

bemused

confused, bewildered

benefactor

one who provides help, esp. in the form of a gift or donation

benevolent

generous, doing good deeds

benign

gentle, not harmful

bequest

something left to someone in a will

bereaved

deprived or left desolate, esp. through death

beset

to harass; to surround

blasphemy

irreverence, an insult to smth held sacred, profanity

blatant

offensively noisy; glaring

blight

disease in plants, anything that injures or destroys

blithe

carefree, cheerful

bourgeois

middle class, usually in pejorative sense; boringly conventional

bovine

related to cow, 둔감한

brevity

briefness

broach

to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject

bucolic

charmingly rural, rustic

rustic

rural; simple

bureaucracy

a system of government administration consisting of numerous offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules

burgeon

to expand, flourish

burlesque

a ludicrous imitation

cacophony

harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds

cadence

rhythm, the rise and fall of sounds

cajole

to persuade smone to do smth he or she doesn’t want to do

callow

immature

candor

truthfulness, sincere honesty

capitalism

자본주의

capitulate

to surrender

capricious

unpredictable; like to change at any moment

caricature

a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject

castigate

to criticize severely; to chastise

catalyst

in chemistry, anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it

categorical

unconditional, absolute

catharsis

purification that brings emotional relief or renewal

catholic

universal, embracing everything

caustic

like acid, corrosive

celibacy

abstinence from sex

censure

to condemn severely for doing smth bad

cerebral

brainy; intellectually refined

chagrin

humiliation, embarrassed disappointment

charisma

a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty

charlatan

fraud, quack, con man

chasm

a deep, gaping hole, a gorge

chastise

to inflict punishment on, discipline

chicanery

trickery, especially legal or political

chimera

an illusion; a foolish fancy

choleric

hot-tempered, quick to anger

chronic

constant, lasting a long time

chronicle

a record of events in order of time, a history

circuitous

roundabout; not following a direct path

circumlocution

an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language

circumscribe

to draw a line around; to restrict

circumspect

cautious

circumvent

to frustrate as though by surrounding

civil

polite

clemency

mercy, forgiveness, mildness

cliche

an overused saying or idea

clique

an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality of interest

coalesce

to come together as one

coerce

to force smone to do or not to do something

cogent

powerfully convincing

cognitive

dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental

cognizant

aware, conscious

coherent

holding together; making sense

colloquial

conversational, informal in language

collusion

conspiracy, secret cooperation

commensurate

equal, proportionate

compelling

forceful, causing to yield

compendium

a summary; an abridgment

complacent

self-satisfied, overly pleased with oneself

complement

to complete or fill up

complicity

participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice

accomplice

person who helps another commit a crime

comprehensive

covering or including everything

comprise

to consist of

conciliatory

making peace

concise

brief and to the point

concord

harmony, agreement

concurrent

happening at the same time

condescend

to stoop to someone else’s level, usually in offensive way

stoop

to bend forward; to lower the moral standards to condemn

condone

to overlook

conducive

promising

confluence

a flowing together, esp. of rivers; place where they begin to flow together

congenial

agreeably suitable, pleasant

congenital

innate

conjecture

to guess

conjure

to summon or bring into being as if by magic

summon

to call on someone to be present

connoisseur

an expert, particularly in matter of art or taste

consecrate

to make or declare sacred

consensus

unanimity or general agreement

consonant

harmonious; in agreement