SAT 1500

Delimit

To set boundaries

Distress

Extreme anxiety or sorrow

Glutton

A person who overeats or has great capacity

Lax

Not strict, loose

Mellifluous

Sweet-sounding

Timbre

Quality of a musical sound

Flotsam

Floating wreckage, odds and ends

Monstrosity

Something hideous or huge

Diametrically

Completely opposite

Finagle

To obtain by trickery

Chicanery

Deception by trickery

Extirpate

To destroy completely

Knack

A special skill or talent

Onslaught

A fierce attack

Seditious

Inciting rebellion

Hackney

A horse0drawn carriage, to make trite

Incarnate

In human form, embodied

Pertain

To relate to

Embitter

To make bitter or resentful

Pander

To cater to base desires

Loll

To sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way

Bereavement

State of loss due to death

Contravene

To violate or oppose

Antic

A playful or funny act

Detritus

Waste or debris

Estrangement

The state of being alienated

Infelicity

Inappropriateness, misfortune

Exonerate

To clear from blame

Gratuitous

Uncalled-for, free of charge

Fissure

A narrow crack

Forbearance

Patient self-control

Demystify

To make clear and understandable

Hurtle

To move very fast, often recklessly

Strut

To walk with a pompous or self-important gait

Logistics

The detailed coordination of complex operations

Liquidity crises

Short term cash shortages

Cloying

Overly sweet or sentimental

Perturbation

Anxiety or disturbance

Extrusion

The process of pushing material out

Archetype

A very typical example

Dour

Gloomy, stern, and harsh

Sonorous

Imposingly deep and full in sound

Holocaust

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

Impervious

Not allowing something to pass through, unable to be affected

Somber

Dark or dull in color or tone

Inclement

(Of weather) unpleasantly cold or wet

Indemnity

Security against damage or loss, compensation

Sophomoric

Immature and overconfident

Duplicity

Deceitfulness, double-dealing

Squalid

Extremely dirty and unpleasant, often due to poverty