SAT Vocab

Reprieve (verb + nouns)

verb - cancel or postpone the punishment of

noun - a cancellation or postponement of a punishment

Oddity

a strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait

Esteem (noun + verb)

noun - respect or admiration for someone verb - to regard with respect or admiration

Sincerity

the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, or hypocrisy; genuine honesty in one's thoughts or actions.

Pretense

1. an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

2. a claim, especially a false or ambitious one.

Deceit (noun)

the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

Deliberately

1. consciously and intentionally: on purpose

2. in a careful and unhurried way

Prolong

extend the duration of

rectify

to put right: correct

Contentious

causing or likely to cause argument: controversial

ineffectual

not producing any significant or desired affect

ineffective

not producing significant or desired effect

Arduous

very difficult, hard to do, and needing a lot of effort or energy

demarcate

set the boundary or limits off

Reconstitute

build up again from parts: reconstruct

Desultory

1. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

2. going constantly from one subject to another in a half-hurried way; unfocused

3. occurring randomly or occasionally

Spurious

not what it pretends to be; false or fake

purport

appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely; profess

Veritable

true, real, genuine

notional

existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea

repressed

restrained, inhibited, oppressed

Eschew

to deliberately avoid or stay away from something

unaware

not knowing about something

inane

silly and lacking real sense or meaning

idiosyncratic

having unusual or distinctive personal traits or habits

extoll

to praise highly

repertory

the complete collection of works, skills, performances, or abilities that a person or group is prepared to perform or use.

counterintuitive

contrary to what seems natural or expected

tantamount

equivalent in effect or meaning

resilient

able to remain unaffected by or recover quickly from difficulty

neglect

to fail to give proper care or attention to something

extrapolate

To estimate or infer something beyond the known information by using patterns or existing data.

unequivocal

completely clear and lacking no doubt

correspondance

1. communication by letters or messages

2. correlation, a close similarity or match

disparate

very different from each other

precarious

unstable, uncertain, dangerous

undermine

to weaken or damage

indecipherable

impossible or very difficult to understand or read

oblique

indirect or not stated openly; also slanted

to this end

for this purpose, in order to achieve this goal

homogenous

made of the same kind throughout

ubiquitous

present or found everywhere

restitution

the act of returning something or paying for damage or loss

latitude

1. the distance of a place north or south of the equator

2. freedom to act or make choices

Pretentious

Trying to appear more important, intelligent, talented, or sophisticated than you really are.