Week 12 SAT Vocab

Quiz: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XFTM6HZ-2QLTYVoZr4D_b8Hvmx_nJlYOBXSXPwu6pdE/edit?usp=sharing

Stopgap

(n) a temporary solution designed to meet an urgent end

Flotsam

(n) the floating wreckage of a ship

Churlish

(adj) Ill tempered; rude; lacking civility

Restitution

(n) The act of making good or compensating for a loss, damage, or injury

Disquieting

(adj) Disturbing; upsetting; vexing; causing unease; worrisome

Ornate

(adj) characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations

Execrable

(adj) detestable; repulsive; extremely bad

Perspicacious

(adj) insightful, perceptive

Eclectic

(adj) choosing or using a variety of sources

Hiatus

(n) an interruption in time or continuity; a break

Vertiginious

(adj) characterized by a feeling of whirling or spinning; suffering from dizziness

Esoteric

(adj) characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialists; obscure

Superlicious

(adj) showing haughty disdain or arrogant superiority

Blithe

(adj) joyous

Underwrite

(n) to assume financial responsibility for

Discomfited

(n) uneasy; in a state of embarrassment

Vestigial

(adj) something that is a small, remaining part of something that was once much larger or more functional

Transcendental

(adj) going beyond ordinary limits, surpassing, or extraordinary

Effervescent

(adj) bubbly, lively, enthusiastic

Crystalline

(adj) clear, transparent, or well-structured

Obtuse

(adj) slow to understand; lacking sharpness or insight

Deterministic

(adj) predictable or inevitable

Fractious

(adj) people or groups that are difficult to control; unruly

Deleterious

(adj) harmful or damaging, often in an unexpected way

Nebulous

(adj) vague or unclear; lacking definite form or limits

Magnanimous

(adj) showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit; can be generous

Nascent

(adj) beginning to exist or develop; coming into being or emerging