SAT Vocab Mistakes

reticent

reserved, quiet, modest

enigmatic

something or someone that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to figure out

didactic

something intended to teach, instruct, or impart a moral lesson

trenchant

writing that is perceptive, articulate, and effective

spurious

not genuine, authentic, or true

untenable

something that cannot be defended against criticism

conflate

to combine two or more things

lambaste

criticize

surreptitious

secretive or unauthorized

subsumes

to assume, absorb something smaller into a larger whole

belies

false impression or contradiction

portend

serve as a warning or omen

malign

to speak harmful, misleading, or false things about someone

incongruity

state of being out of place, innapropriate, or inconsistent with surroundings

prescient

having or showing knowledge of events beforehand

iconoclastic

someone or something that challenges conventional traditions or established beliefes

contrive

artificially planned or forced

cursory

something done quickly and without attention to detail

overtly

in an open and public way

prudent

careful, sensible judgment

innocuous

completely harmless, safe