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