SAT vocab

innocuous

harmless, benign

buttress

to prop something up or to strengthen

coxcombical

foolish, overly preoccupied with their appearance

inadvertently

indirectly

prudently

acting wise

overtly

doing something in an open, public way

cordially

action done sincerely

exploited

productive use of

sanction

enforce a law

ameliorate

to make bad condition better

rationalize

to use reason to justify behavior

postulate

to put forward an idea or theory

evince

reveal

contempt

disapproval

wherein

in which

hence

as a consequence of

rudimentary

basic

efface

erase/wipe out

dogmatic

to express personal belief as absolute

pretentious

trying to impress others with greater skill

ambiguous

open to multiple perspectives

receptive

open to

apprised of

be informed of

incensed by

extremely angry or furious

subsumed in

be absorbed or included within

concede

admit something is true

waive

refrain from insisting

sartorial

relating to tailoring, clothing

hegemonic

ruling or dominant

optimize

make more effective

endorse

openly improve or recommend

qualms

uneasy feeling of doubt

mediated by

influenced by

transposed with

cause to change

antecedent

comes before