Quarter 2 Vocab Mrs. England

Thanks Elisa Jensen and classmates! The following flashcards are all from "500 Key Words for the SAT" by Charles Gulotta

acquiescent

reluctantly agreeable; compliant

acrimony

words or behavior filled with harshness or anger

ambidextrous

able to use both hands with equal skill

amorphous

without form or shape

analogous

similar

antithesis

opposite

archaic

old; antiquated

assiduous

persistent; hard

atrophy

waste away; wither

avarice

greed

banal

boring; trite; insipid

blight

decay; disease; widespread death

bumptious

pushy; obnoxiously self

capacious

large; roomy; spacious

caustic

burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm

circumspect

cautious

cloister

secluded or isolated from the outside world; also, a place of seclusion

concise

short and to the point; terse

consonance

a blending of sounds or opinions; harmony; agreement

conviction

an opinion that is strongly held

copious

large in quantity; abundant

criteria

requirements or standards used to make a decision

decadence

moral decay or decline

deride

make fun of; ridicule

despondent

feeling hopeless or depressed

dilatory

causing lateness; stalling

discord

disagreement; dissonance

divergence

the act of splitting off into different directions

doleful

extremely sad

efficacy

the ability to produce desired results

endemic

native to a particular country or among a particular group

ephemeral

temporary; short

erudition

the knowledge acquired through many years of study

eulogize

to praise highly; to extol

exalt

raise in rank; elevate; praise

extol

praise

flaccid

lacking firmness; soft; limp

foresight

the ability to see ahead, anticipate, or predict

frugal

careful with money; thrifty

garner

collect; gather; accumulate; earn

glutton

a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance

hamper

interfere with movement or progress

hedge

to avoid giving a clear answer, thereby escaping responsibility or blame

homogeneous

the same throughout

immutable

unable to change

impede

get in the way; hinder

impudence

rudeness; insolence

incongruous

out of place

incorrigible

impossible to correct, control, or discipline

inert

lacking movement; inactive; sluggish

ingenuous

naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced

insipid

dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor

insolvent

unable to pay bills; bankrupt

irreverent

disrespectful

jaunty

lively; perky

jocular

joking; playful; jesting; witty

kindle

to start a fire; ignite; arouse

latent

existing but inactive, such as a certain quality; dormant; invisible

loathe

to hate

loquacious

talkative

magnate

a person of great power

malleable

able to be reshaped by force; pliable; impressionable

meticulous

very careful about details

minute

very small in size

myriad

large number; many

nuance

slight degree; shade of difference

objurgate

scold; castigate

obsolete

no longer usable; outdated

ominous

a sign of something unpleasant that's about to happen; inauspicious

opulance

luxury; wealth; riches

paltry

worthless; insignificant; petty

paucity

too few; scarcity

pernicious

destructive

pithy

to the point; concise

platitude

dull, trite statement

potent

powerful

predeliction

a preference for something

prodigious

very large

prudent

wise; shrewd; cautious

qualify

to limit the meaning of a previous statement; to modify

ratify

approve (by formal vote, for example); confirm

redolent

strongly scented; fragrant

relevancy

having a clear relationship to the matter at hand

repudiate

disown; reject

rotund

round

sardonic

humorous, but humor tinged with sarcasm or disdain; cynical

scrupulous

very thorough; or, doing what is right and ethical

sententious

short and to the point; terse

solemn

serious; somber; grave

specious

having a false or misleading appearance; only seeming to be true

stymie

block; get in the way of; hamper

succint

short and to the point; concise

superfluous

unnecessary; extra

tantamount

equal; comparable

terse

of few words; to the point; pithy

torpid

sluggish; dull; lacking enthusiasm

trepidation

fear

undermine

to weaken by wearing away the foundation; to sabotage

unerring

without making a mistake

vagrant

homeless person; wanderer