SCAT PREP

Abstemious

Sparing in the use of food or drink

Apathy

Lack of interest or caring

Aplomb

Great self-confidence

Apprehensively

Anxiously; worried

Arrogance

Overconfidence

Avail

To aid; help succeed to help of or use

Averse

Strong dislike for something

Ballistic

Enraged with anger

Bedevil

To cause a lot of problems for someone or something

Bluntly

Lacking feeling or emotion

Bogus

Not genuine; fake

Cadence

Rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words.

Comprehensive

Including everything, complete

Condemn

To express strong disapproval of

Conformity

The act of becoming similar or identical to

Congenial

Agreeable, compatible

Contemptible

Deserving of contempt or scorn; despicable

Coy

Shy and modest

Cynicism

The belief that all human action is motivated by selfishness

Dappled

Scattered around

Declivity

Downward slope

Defendant

Someone who has been accused of committing a crime

Deliberate

Intentional, well thought out (ADJ.)

Dupe

A person that is easily deceived

Elusive

Cleverly avoiding or escaping

Embezzlement

Noun. Stealing money that has been entrusted to your care

Emitted

To give off; or release

Esoteric

Known only by a few

Exacerbate

To make worse

Extraneous

Not pertinent or relevant

Fickle

Changing frequently

Ghastly

Shockingly frightful

Impassive

No feeling or emotion

Implausible

Not possible, not imaginable

Impudence

Bold disrespect or rudeness

Indecision

Inability to decide

Indelible

Incapable of being erased

Indomitable

Unable to be subdued or overcome

Infallible

Unable to be proven wrong

Ingenuity

Cleverness, originality

Innocuous

Causing or intending little or no harm

Itinerant

Unsettled

Jargon

Words used by people in a particular field of work

Jubilantly

Showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph;

Lampoon

Sharp satire

Leery

Wary; suspicious

Leverage

The act to exert power or influence

Magnate

A person of great influence in a particular field

Maimed

Mutilated; disfigured; seriously wounded

Marred

Impaired the perfection of; scarred

Menagerie

Collection of animals

Miser

One who saves greedily

Mundane

Ordinary or commonplace

Negate

To destroy the validity of something

Nullify

To make invalid or worthless

Objective

Not affected by personal feelings

Obscure

Not known; difficult to understand

Obsolete

Outdated

Opaque

Not transparent

Ornery

Difficult; stubborn

Pastiche

Piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles

Parochial

Having a narrow scope

Patent

Obvious, readily visible

Paucity

Small amount or number

Penchant

A strong taste or liking

Persecution

Tormenting a person because of his or her beliefs

Plateau

A condition of neither growth nor decline

Precarious

Unstable; insecure

Preclude

To make impossible

Premonition

A feeling that something is about to happen

Presumptuous

Bold to the point of rudeness

Prevailing

Generally accepted, having superior power

Prodigal

Wasteful

Public service announcement

Performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

Purgation

The process of getting rid of impurities

Quibble

V. To make a minor objection; N. A small objection

Redundant

Characterized by necessary repetition of words

Renounce

To give up or put aside

Repeal

To take back a law or other decision

Repudiate

To cast off or disown

Residual

Describing the part left over

Saunter

Walk lazily(slowly) in no hurry

Sentinel

A guard, a watchman

Slothful

Lazy

Sobriety

Being quiet or serious

Soporific

Causing sleep

Speculation

The act of thinking about or pondering something

Spendthrift

A person who spends money wastefully

Stanza

A section of a poem

Strident

Harsh, grating

Stupefy

To make less alert

Stylized

In a particular style, often an unrealistic one

Subordinate

Placed in lower order or rank

Subtle

Hardly noticeable

Succinct

Brief, concise

Sullen

Sad, sulky

Superfluous

Unnecessary

Surfeit

Excess, overindulgence

Surly

Rude or bad tempered; hostile

Swindle

To cheat out of money or property