SAT words from book and previous flashcards (baby steps)

recant

take back a previous statement

ameliorate

improve, make better

analogous

comparable to in some way /certain respects - other things ab them are different

misanthropic

disliking people/society

verisimilitude

seemingly true or genuine (appearance of)

prevalence

commonness

arcane

mysterious, known by few

tenuous

weak/slight

pervasive

spreading widely in an unpleasant way

redress

make right , remedy

preclude

prevent from happening

substantiate

add evidence to support claim/truth of something

exacerbate

to make a problem worse

adept

having knowledge or skill in a specific area

notional

only in theory

antipathy

strong feeling of dislike

postulate

to propose or assume a theory

offhand

done without thought/prep

adhere

to believe in, follow the practices of

conflated

combined in a misleading way

contrived

overly planned/thought out

impede

delay, prevent, hinder

invoke

use a piece of factual evidence to back up an argument

pragmatic

practical/realistic

recalcitrant

stubbornly resist to authority

disconcerting

causing concern

advent

coming of something new/arrival

abysmal

extremely bad

anomaly

different from the norm

contentious

causing disagreement or debate

repudiate

reject/disown

corroborate

to confirm/agree with/give support to

austere

plain OR stern and forbidding

denounce

publicly declare to be wrong and evil

demarcate

set boundaries, distinguish

stymie

hinder, block

waive

get rid of /give up right or claim voluntarily

speculate

theorize without firm evidence

imminent

about to happen

apprehensive

anxious that something bad is about to happen

ramify

split things into at least two parts

recant

take back a previous statement

deference

humble submission and respect

buttress

to make things better, reinforce the strength of something

concede

to admit something after first denying it

candid

direct, blunt

ambivalence

having mixed feelings ab sm or something

renounce

publicly go against something or take back one’s membership - abandonment

sanguine

optimistic or hopeful

incite

to encourage or stir up

latent

present but not active

mollify

to soothe, calm down

clairvoyant

able to sere beond range of ordinary perception

jingoism

extreme nationalism marked by hostile foreign policy

chauvinism

superiority towards members of the opposite sex - misoginysm

cantankerous

habitually angry or annoyed

churlish

crude and vulgur

bibulous

extremely fond of drinking alcohol

candor

to be truthful

diffident

shy and introverted

esoteric

difficult to comprehend

myopia

bigotry and nearsightedness

benign

seemingly harmless

abject

highest/heightened level of something negative

(blank) sadness= the highest level of sadness possible

admonition

the scolding one receives after doing something wrong

affluent

very well off financially - RICH

aggrandize

to make something grander (usually in your head, think something is grander than it actually is )

aggregate

talking about the whole not the part

verb form- build up the parts to create a whole

amicable

friendly but not overly friendly

apparition

somehting that suddenly appears

arbitrary

random

ascertain

to find out or confirm something

autocratic

taking/having all the power

beget

take steps to bring something into existence

benevolent

to be kind

calibrate

to adjust something so that it functions the way that it should

celestial

to do with outer space

censure

give someone a formal reprimand

coerce

force someone into doing something

cognition

ability to understand something

colloquial

language, everyday language usually

constitution

someone’s bodily health, or how something is put together.

convoke

to call a meeting

demur

to politely say no to something

demure

modest, quiet, reserved

desolation

total abandonment, emptiness, destruction

desolation

total abandonment, emptiness, destruction

despoil

taking anything of value

disenfranchise

take away someone’s right to vote

disseminate

to pass something out, ensure the spread of something

doctrine

sincerely held belief

doldrums

time in which nothing happens SLASH sailing term

eddy

water or air that moves in a circular motion

ephemeral

short lived

evince

show one’s feelings

fetter

to hold someone back from achieving what they’re trying to do

florid

red or flushed face

glom

to attach to something in a blob like manner

glut

ridiculous abundance of something

ignominious

undignified