SAT Vocab Week 2 Dec Course

Draconian

Strict, harsh, cruel, restrictive, sinister

Laconic

Quick, tense, concise, brief

Spartan

Simple, austere, plain

Halycon

peaceful, tranquil, calm, satisfied

Sophistry

Reasonable but decietful argument

Chimerical

Whimsical, imaginative, fantastic

Ostracize

To deliberately exclude

Impecunious

Poor, penniless

Nefarious

Evil, vile, wicked

Jovial

Cheery, happy, good-humored

Dirge

Slow, mournful musical composition

Maudlin

Tearful, emotional

Quixotical

Ridiculous, unrealistic 

Pandemonium 

Wild uproar 

Martinet

A strict disciplinarian

Fiasco

Loser, failure 

Bowdlerize

To conceal parts of media because they are considered offensive

Galvanize 

To shock, to electrify 

Picayune

Petty, insignificant, unimportant

Gerrymander

A person who unfairly changes the borders for the benefit of a certain election party

Maverick

An independent person

Juggernaut (baltagi)

An irresistible force

Serendipity 

A fortunate accident, coincidental luck

Zenith

Highest point, apex

Nadir

Lowest point, rock bottom