Sat Vocab

amerliorate

help remedy or improve

antecedent

previous

innocuous

harmless

perpetual

never-ending

discounted

downplayed/ ignored

sanction

to give official approval for something or to enact a penalty,

rationalize

explain or justify

postulate,

suggest a claim or theory

conversely

contrasting

tenuous

vulnerable or uncertain

enduring

long lasting or durable

contentious

likely to cause disagreement

conspicuous

obvious

negligible

not significant enough to be worth considering.

augment

increase

Abate

To lessen; reduce in intensity

Abet

To support or encourage

Abhor

To hate something

Abnegate

To deny or to give up the right or privilege to something

Allue (allusion)

To refer to something indirectly

Ambiguity

Something that can be understood in more than one manner

Analogy

A comparison of 2 unlike things

Apprehend

To arrest someone for a crime

Articulate

To explain something clearly

Bane

Something capable of causing destruction

Bereft

Lacking something needed; a person grieving a loved one

Berate

To scold someone strongly

Prudently

Cautiously

cordially

politely

inadvertently

Unintentionally

Epitomizing

Illustrating o proving an example for

precluding

preventing

thwarted

prevent

permeate

spread through

impede

delay

repudiation

rejection

tentative

no definite

Cache

A secure place that is used to store objects secretly

Capitalize

To profit from a resource or an opportunity

Capitulate

To surrender on terms agreed on in advance

Corroborate

To support with

Complacent

Accepting something after being self satisfied

Construe

To construct or interpret meaning out of a sentence or words

Contentious

Inclined towards argument or dispute

Covet

Want or desire

Dearth

Lack of something

Defunct

Extinct, or no longer functioning

Dispel

To drive away something; Can also be a belief or myth

Doctorine

Principals or rules that create a belief system

Dogma

Something considered an established opinion

Rectify

Correct or remedy something

Demarcated from

Separate Or set apart from

Conflated with

Combined with

Expend

Spend or use

reprieve

A temporary relief

esteem

Respect and admiration (especially for a person)