SAT vocab - '26

conjecture

guess, speculation

efficacy

effectiveness, successful

rectify

to correct

accentuate

make more prominent, underline

eclipse

blocking, covering

manifest

obvious, clear; reflect, show

spurious

fake, bogus

dogmatic

inclined to lay principles are true, adament,unyielding

unscrucpulous

immoral, unethical

nebulous

ill defined (vauge), unclear, indefinite

unassuming

modest, humble

inextricable

inseperable, inescapeable

incongruous

out of place, unsuited

impertinent

rude, insolent

reprieve

pardon, spare (especially someone condemned to death)

impervious

impermeable, water can’t flow through, waterproof, impertrable

untenable

indefensible, unarguable, can’t be defended against attack/objection, insupportable

defunct

disused, unused d

detractor

critic, attacker

exhuastive

containing everything, fully comprehensive

imperative

crucial, important

nuance

subtle difference

implicitly

not directly stated but implied, completely, absolutely

partition

divide

sanguine

optimistic, hopeful [especially in bad situtation]

notional

hypothetical

impart

communicate