Sat vocab terms

What does it mean to stymie someone or something?

To stymie someone or something means to prevent or hinder progress, often causing frustration

What does it mean to disparage someone or something?

To disparage someone or something means to regard or represent as being of little worth; to belittle or demean

What does it mean to outstrip?

To outstrip means to exceed or surpass in achievement, performance, or degree

What does it mean to remarcate something?

To remarcate means to establish new boundaries or limits for something, often after a previous demarcation has been altered or updated.

What does it mean to be haphazard?

To be haphazard means to be marked by a lack of order or planning; characterized by randomness or chance.

What does it mean to be rudimentary?

To be rudimentary means to be basic, fundamental, or in an initial stage of development; lacking advanced features

What does it mean to surmise?

To surmise means to suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it; to make an educated guess or inference.

What does it mean to buttress?

To buttress means to support or strengthen; it can refer to providing additional support to a structure or reinforcing an argument or position.

What does it mean to be innocuous?

To be innocuous means to be harmless or not likely to cause any ill effects; it can refer to something that is not offensive or objectionable.

What does it mean to have a paucity of something?

A paucity means a scarcity or lack of something; it refers to an insufficient quantity or number of items

What does it mean to be desultory?

To be desultory means to be marked by a lack of a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; characterized by jumping from one idea or activity to another in a random or aimless way.

What does it mean to be spurious?

To be spurious means to be not genuine or authentic; it refers to something that is false or intended to deceive.

What does it mean to be veritable?

To be veritable means to be authentic or real; it is often used to emphasize the truthfulness or legitimacy of something

What does it mean to be veritable?

To be veritable means to be authentic or real; it is often used to emphasize the truthfulness or legitimacy of something

What does it mean to have verisimilitude?

Verisimilitude refers to the appearance of being true or real; it is the quality of seeming to be true or plausible, especially in art or literature.

Tenuous

Lacking substance

Nuanced

Subtle

Repudiates

Reject

Homogenous

Uniform

A contentious

Likely to cause disagreement

Exacerbating

Making worse

Redressing

Compensating for

Epitomizing

Illustrating

Precluding

Making impossible in advance

Precariousness

Instability

Inadvertently

Unintentionally

Prudently

Cautiously

Overtly

Openly

Antecedent

Previous

Impending

Approaching

Innocuous

Harmless

Perpetual

Never ending

Tentative

Unsettled

Sanction

Give official approval

Ameliorate

Help remedy

Postulate

Suggest a claim

Indisputable

Impossible to deny

Succumb

Surrender

Disparate

Distinct

Notional

Existing on in theory or as a suggestion or idea