SAT Vocab 6

fledgling

Young or inexperienced person; young bird

flippant

Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert

florid

Ornate; flushed with rosy color; ruddy

flout

Ridicule; scoff; mock; scorn

foible

Frailty; imperfection; weakness

forswear

Repudiate; forsake; eschew

fulsome

Loathsome; excessive

fume

Gas; vapor; harmful or irritating smoke

furtive

Clandestine; secretive; surreptitious; covert

gambol

Play; frolic; romp

garble

Confuse; scramble; distort

garish

Gaudy; ostentatious; excessive

garner

Collect; receive; attain; acquire

giddy

Scatterbrained; silly; frivolous

goad

Incite; pressure; irk; arouse; awaken

grandiloquence

Pompous or bombastic speech; lofty, welling language

grisly

Frightening; ghastly; gory; hideous

grovel

Act in a servile way; cringe; kneel

guile

Wiliness; deceit; cunning

guzzle

Gulp; swill; consume to excess

hackneyed

Trite; common; overdone; banal

haggle

Dicker; barter; make a deal

hallow

Make holy; consecrate; sanctify

hamper

Hinder; frustrate; impede

harbor

Preserve; conceal; secure; shelter

hardy

Stalwart; robust; sturdy

haughty

Arrogant; disdainful; blatantly proud; contemptuous

hearten

Encourage; give strength

hedge

Enclose; surround; fence

hedonism

Intemperance; self-indulgence; excess

herald

Announce; broadcast; report

heretic

Nihilist; infidel; radical; dissenter

hiatus

Interruption; pause; gap

hilarity

Boisterous merriment; enjoyment

histrionic

Pertaining to actors; melodramatic

hoary

Frosted; gray; grizzled

hyperbole

Exaggeration; fanciful statement; enhancement

iconoclasm

Attack on religious values or symbols

ignoramus

Moron; fool; dimwit

immutable

Incorruptible; enduring; unchanging

impecunious

Poor; destitute; penniless

imperturbable

Even-tempered; level-headed; calm

impervious

Airtight; sealed; impenetrable

impetuous

Hasty; rash; impulsive

impregnable

Invincible; invulnerable; unable to be captured or entered

impromptu

Makeshift; spontaneous

improvident

Reckless; rash

impugn

Denounce; censor; attack

inauspicious

Unfavorable

inaudible

Faint; soft; hard to hear

incipient

Embryonic; developing; in the beginning stages

incisive

Perceptive; astute

inclusive

All-encompassing; broad in scope; comprehensive

incoherent

Illogical; inconsistent

incongruous

Inconsistent; unsuitable; contradictory

incorrigible

Unruly; delinquent; incapable of reform

indecorous

Inappropriate; indelicate; unseemly

indefatigable

Diligent; persistent; inexhaustible

indenture

Contract binding a person to work for another

indolence

Lethargy; idleness; sloth

inebriation

Drunkenness; intoxication

ingenuous

Genuine; open; candid; frank

inimical

Antagonistic; hurtful; harmful; adverse

innocuous

Dull; harmless; innocent

inscrutable

Mysterious; perplexing

insipid

Dull; banal; tasteless

insolvent

Bankrupt; unable to pay debts

intercede

Intervene; negotiate

intonate

Speak or utter with a particular tone

intractable

Unruly; disobedient

intrinsic

Inherent; natural; innate

inveigh

Abuse; criticize; rebuke

inveterate

Habitual; chronic

irascible

Testy; touchy; irritable

issue

Discharge; emerge; emanate

jettison

Eliminate; discharge

jollity

Gaiety; merriment

judicious

Logical; reasonable; clever

juncture

Joint; seam; intersection; joining

juxtapose

Place side by side

kinetic

Caused by motion; dynamic

kitsch

Art or writing of a pretentious but shallow nature

kiosk

A small structure used as a newsstand, bandstand, etc.

knave

A dishonest, deceitful person; a rogue

knotty

Snarled; tangled

knoll

Hillock; mound

kudos

Credit or praise for an achievement; glory

labyrinth

Maze; network; puzzle

lachrymose

Weepy; tearful

laconic

Concise; terse; curt

lamentation

Complaint; moan

lampoon

Mock; ridicule

languish

Decline; diminish; weaken

largess

Charity; philanthropy; gift

lassitude

Fatigue; weariness; debility

laudable

Commendable; admirable; exemplary

laxity

Carelessness; indifference

lethargy

Idleness; listlessness; passivity

levity

Lightness; frivolity

linger

Loiter; remain; hesitate