SAT Vocab 3

Impunity

Exemption from punishment

Alarcity

Readiness

Exacerbate

Make worse

Promenade

A paved public walk

Impervious

Not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by.

Invigorated

Give strength or energy to

Nefarious

Wicked or criminal

Congenial

(of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own.

Synonyms: well-suited, compatible, agreeable

Duplicitious

Deceitful, two-faced

Confluence

The act of merging or coming together, often used to describe the meeting of rivers or ideas.

Recede

Diminish, retreat

Amnesty

An official pardon for individuals or groups, often granted for political offenses.

Carte Blanche

Complete freedom to act as one wishes.

Appease

To calm; pacify

Banal

Lacking originality or freshness

Circumspect

Wary; cautious

Contentious

Likely to cause disagreement or argument

Mutable

Liable to change

Ameliorate

Make something better

Postulate

Hypothesize or suggest

Elicit

Evoke or draw out an response

Belie

Disguise or contradict