sat vocab #3

sartorial

relating to tailoring

specious

ring of truth but fallacious, deceptively attractive

protract

to prolong

ambient

surrounding

blasé

uninterested/unconcerned

ramshackle

loose

putative

supposed

demeanor

behaviour

demean

to conduct or behave in a particular manner, lower in dignity/standing

revulsion

turning away from something bc digust

recalcitrant

disobedient

pervasive

present everywhere

cosset

pamper

reprobate

morally unprincipled

profilgate

recklessly wasteful, extravagant

philanthropy

love mankind

philanthropist

person practises philanthropy

miscreant

morally base/bad

nebulous

cloudy, misty

insouciant

carefree

wanton

without reason, lewd

incorrigible

fixed in bad ways

officious

minding other people’s business

impertinent

rude

inane

empty

berate

scold

obviate

remove

tattle

reveal secret

holster

leather case to hold pistol

derringer

pistol carried in pocket

diffident

lacking self-confidence

pariah

social outcast

savant

learned person

polemics

art of argumentation

encomium

praise

dictum

formal comment

travesty

mockery

pathetic

sympathetic sadness

frivolous

silly, trivial

placid

calm

extol

praise

elation

joy

jocular

joking

blithe

happy

sloth

laziness

egregious

extraordinarily bad