ACT/SAT VOCAB- List 2 (copy)

Abridgement

A condensed form as of a book or play

Baleful

Malignant

Complacent

Pleased or satisfied with oneself

Detriment

Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss

Emulate

To imitate with intent to equal or surpass

Foist

To palm off, to give away to someone else

Impervious

Impenetrable

Judiciary

That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice

Litigious

Quarrelsome

Obselete

No longer participated or accepted

Percipient

One who perceives

Presumption

That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved

Recapitulate

To repeat again the principle point of

Rigorous

Uncompromising

Socalism

A theory of civil politics that aims to secure the reconstruction of society

Superfluous

Being more than necessary

Usurp

To take possession by force, bring down a person of authority

Writhe

To twist the body, face, or limbs as in pain or distress

Fervor

Ardor or intensity of feeling

Precipitate

To force forward prematurely