Common SAT Words #17

abject

(adj.) wretched, pitiful

abide

1. (verb) to put up with

   1. (verb) to remain

alleviate

(verb) to relieve, make more bearable

bequeath

(verb) to pass on, give

carouse

(verb) to party, celebrate

cordial

(adj.) warm, affectionate

debunk

(verb) to expose the falseness of something

deleterious

(adj.) harmful

egregious

(adj.) extremely bad

hapless

(adj.) unlucky

implicate

(verb) to involve in an incriminating way, incriminate

noisome

(adj.) unpleasant, offensive, especially to the sense of smell

prescient

(adj.) to have foreknowledge of events

rancor

(noun) deep, bitter resentment

resplendent

(adj.) shiny, glowing

ribald

(adj.) coarsely, crudely humorous

stupefy

to astonish, make insensible

tantamount

(adj.) equivalent in value or significance

uncanny

(adj.) of supernatural character or origin

vicissitude

(noun) event that occurs by chance