SAT Vocabulary - 11

Gregarious

Fond of company; sociable.

Covert

Not openly acknowledged or displayed; secret.

Kismet

Destiny; fate.

Altruism

Selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Blasphemy

Disrespectful or irreverent speech or action toward something considered sacred.

Absolution

Formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.

Cantankerous

Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

Debacle

A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.

Ennui

A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of excitement or purpose.

Abstain

To refrain from doing or consuming something.

Haughty

Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Acquiesce

To accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Lampoon

To publicly criticize someone or something by using ridicule or sarcasm.

Sojourn

A temporary stay.

Myopic

Lacking foresight or imagination; short-sighted.

Galvanize

To shock or excite someone into taking action.

Pedestrian

Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.

Anodyne

Unlikely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.

Insipid

Lacking flavor or interest; bland.

Visceral

Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.