SAT Vocab 23

garner

to gather together/ store up
accumulate, amast, harvest
disperse, distribute, scatter
verb

humility

the quality or state of being humble in spirit

demureness, diffidence

pride, arrogance, boldness

noun

larceny

the act of stealing another's property
theft
lot, compensation, return
noun

parch

to become dry from heat
blister, dehydrate, scorch
bathe, drench, saturate
verb

parry

to deflect or to ward off a blow
anticipate, dodge
allow, attract, confront
verb

porous

something that permits the passage of substances through pores
absorbent, penetrable,
impermeable
adjective

precipitate

to cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong
accelerate, advance
block, hinder
verb

ratify

to give formal approval
approve, certify, confirm
deny, disagree
verb

rupture

to break apart, to burst

breach, cleavage, schism

agreement, closure

verb

taper

to decrease in thickness or width
diminish, fade, narrow
enlarge, grow
verb

Abstemious

sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temperate
abstinent, restrained
gluttonous, greedy
Adj.

admonish

to caution, to advise, or to counsel against something
warn, rebuke, notify
allow, permit, approve
verb

antiquity

the quality of being ancient ; ancient times
oldness
modernity, freshness
noun

censure

to blame or to condemn
denounce, reprehend
acclamation, honor, tribute
noun

chasten

to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior chastise, admonish

ransom, release

verb

debunk

to expose the falseness or hypocrisy of something
disprove, expose
confirm, prove
verb

defile

to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute
contaminate, taint
elevate, clean, praise
verb

embroil

to entangle, to throw into confusion or strife
convolute, involve, muddle
untangle, free, exclude
verb

exorcise

to expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome
cast out, dismiss
hold, keep
verb

fortuitous

something that happenes by accident or chance (usually good)
arbitrary, haphazard, incidental
calculated, intentional
adj