SAT words

overtly

Openly.

cordially

Warmly.

inadvertently

Accidentally.

exacerbating

To make things worse.

precluding

To prevent from happening.

tenuous

Slight.

nuanced

Having lots of meanings.

diverge

To break off; di=two.

denigrate

To belittle and take away support for something.

misconstrue

To misinterpret something.

surmised

To infer.

contrived

To fabricate, make something happen through trickery.

precarious

A position that might fall.

prudent

Using careful and good judgement.

dogmatic

Stubbornly insistent on their own viewpoint.

proficient

Mastered.

dynamic

Having lots of energy and movement; full of life and power.

benign

Something harmless or someone with good intentions.

truncated

Cut short.

curtail

To cut short.

prefigure

To hint at something being a precursor.

mystifying

Mysterious; a neutral word.

repudiate

To disown or reject something.

recant

To take back your word.

inconspicuous

Less likely to cause observation.

discretion

not causing too much attention

preclude

To prevent something from happening.

sanguine

Bloody, red, or optimistic.

recalcitrant

Stubbornly uncooperative; disobediant

obstinate

Stubbornly refusing to change opinion.

obdurate

Hard to change opinion.

misanthropic

To hate people.

superficial

On the surface; not actual.

exhaustive

To the fullest extent.

disparate

Separate or different.

stymie

To impede or frustrate.

disparage

To belittle and talk about something as if it has no value.

outstrip

To surpass or defeat.

counsel

To advise; NOT to console, which means to make someone feel better.

imploringly

Pleadingly.

disinterestedly

Unbiased; not having a stake or conflict of interest.

omit

To leave out.

perturbation

Anxiety or change from normalcy.

anomalous

Deviation from what is expected.

facetious

Rudely unserious.

ameliorate

To make something bad better.

coalesce

To come together to form a whole.

recur

To occur again.

supplant

To take the place of.

expediency

Convenient, possibly being immoral.

fecundity

Fertility; able to produce lots of offspring.

adamant

refuse to change opinion

emit

to give off something, such as light or sound

infinitesimal

extremely small– almost unmeasurable

paucity

the state of being few or insufficient

disparity

inequitable difference in treatment

expedite

speed up

inertia

tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged

turnover

revenue generated

rate at which employees leave and are replaced

eschew

purposefully avoid

emanate

to spread out– emit

impugn

to criticize/question– especially honesty

cursory

quick– opposite of thorough

expound

explain in detail

attenuate

reduce the force of something

conflate

to mix up

abate

to stop or slow down

outmoded

old fashioned

discerning

showing insight and understanding

discern

to understand

vindicative

vengeful

imperious

demanding

alleviate

to relieve

contentious

hostile, heated

tenuous

flimsy/weake

equivocal

ambiguous

eviscerate

deprive something of original content

idolatrous

excessive admiration– idol

magnanimous

generous, forgiving

pusillanimous

timid, showing lack of courage

pulchritudinous

strikingly beautiful

corpulent

fat, formal description

sonorous

deep rich sound– often voice

acquiesce

accept or agree reluctantly but without protest

novelty

newness, unusualness, originalness

intercede

act on behalf of someone; could be pleading

discretion (viewer’s discretion)

freedom of doing whatever u want

sublime

quality of greatness; excellent

reverence

deep respect/awe

prudence

being prudent– cautious

candor

being open and honest

presuppose

to assume beforehand

dearth

a scarcity or lack of something

engender

to cause or bring about

stipulate

demand, especially in a agreement

abound

plentiful; think abundant

capacious

large, having lots of space; think capacity

pernicious

harmful, in a subtle way

unnerved

to be deprived of courage, made nervous

substantiate

give substance, make real