sat vocab

forfeiture

confiscation/loss/giving up something

compliance

noudattaminen

animosity

hostility

vihamielisyys jotakin kohtaan

refinement

improvement

precursor

something that comes before another of the same kind

dogmatic 

someone who believes strongly that their principles are true 

ambiguous

unclear, opaque

affinity

liking towards something

reconcile

sovittaa

haphazard

random/unplanned/disorganised

contrived

teennäinen/forced/artificial/created through trickery

surmise

guess

innocuous 

harmless

novel

interestingly new

buttress

support/strengthen

reciprocate

do the same in return

serendipity

fluke

development of events by chance in a positive way

asserted

stated confidently

nullify

cancel out 

substantiate

provide evidence for/validate

abate

lessen/decrease

corroborate

confirm/give support to

adorn

make more attractive

notional

hypothetical

veritable

todellinen

spurious

false

desultory

casual

repudiate

refuse to accept

sardonic

mocking

furtive 

salaperäinen

tedious

boring

tenuous

weak, insubstantial, slender

unanimous

united in agreement

subversive 

revolutionary 

scanty

insufficient (scanty evidence or scanty food supplies)

provision

supply

hoax

joke, prank

dormant

temporarily inactive or inoperative

or

asleep

transcend

cut across

surpass

self-effacement 

the quality of not claiming attention for oneself 

reimburse

repay

redress

to correct/set right

or

repayment

commemorate

to honor something by remembering it

exacerbate

make something that’s already bad worse 

vigilance

valppaus

negate

invalidate, nullify

or

reversing

forage

search for food

disperse

scatter

paradox

self-contradiction

cordially

sydämellisesti

overtly

openly

prudently

in a way that shows care and thought for the future

inadvertently

accidentally

inconspicuous

unnoticeable

antecedent

precursor

perpetual

ikuinen

rear

kasvatus

tentative 

alustava 

tai

varovainen

to warrant

justify/guarantee

sanction

penalty

to authorise

ameliorate

improve

postulate

suggest

disputable

debatable

inconsequential 

insignificant 

evince

show

thwart

estää

susceptible

altis

refine

purify, improve

contempt

disdain, disrespect, halveksinta

dispute

debate

rudimentary 

basic

enigma

mystery

apathy

lacking emotion

candor

honesty

acetic

without luxury

disdain

contempt, scorn, disrespect

atrophy

(of an organ) to waste away from lack of use

surkastuminen

servile

orjallinen

extol

to praise

augment 

to increase 

benevolent

kind

derision

contempt, disdain, halveksunta

disparity

inequality

flagrant

obviously wrong

indolence

laziness

acquiesce

suostua

capricious

unpredictable

austere

severe, strict

complacent

smug

ephemeral

short-lived, fleeting

insipid

bland

depravity

corruption, evil

discern

distinguish one thing from another

expedite

to quicken

taciturn

quiet

apprehensive

worried

expedient

convenient

fastidious

pikkutarkka

parsimony

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

nuukuus

provincial

narrow-minded, unsophisticated