SAT words 161-200

Nefarious

wicked and evil

nuance

a subtle shade of difference or meaning

Nurture

to care for and encourage the growth and development

obscure

rare; understood by few people e

Offhand

done casually, without prior thought

Ominous

Threatening; giving the impression that something bad will happen

Orientation

a preference or liking for

Orthodox

conforming to a standard theory of belif

overload

excessive burden or stress

overshadow

to dominate; make someone or something seem unimportant

Outmoded

No longer fashionable; out of date

Outsized

disproportionally large

Palpable

literally, touchable; often used to describe a very intense feeling

Paucity

a small or limited amount

Peripheral

of secondary importance; not central

pervasive

widespread

Polar

very diffrent; opposite

Pragmatic

practical

precipitate

to cause to happen especially suddenly and unexpectedly

Preclude

prevent or block

Precursor

A person or thing that precedes; a forerunner

Predatory

prying upon other

Prescient

Showing great foresight

Prescribe

to lay down a rule; dictate

Pretentious

affecting greater importance than one actually has

Pretext

false excuse giving to justify a course of action

Prevail

to triumph over great odds

prioritize

to list ot rate in order to importance

Prodigious

enormous; impressively large

profound

Intellectually deep; extremely insightful

Profusuion

large amount; myriad

prohibitive

So high (a difficulty or price) that i prevents something occurring

Prolific

very productive

Provocative

Causing a reaction, often annoyance or anger

Recant

to take back; withdraw; renounce

Reciprpcate

to respond to and action by doing the same thing back to someone

Reconcile

to bring opposing people or things back together

Register

official list or record; to become aware of or record

relevant/ irrelevant

connected/unconnected to the topic at hand

Renounce

to give up