SAT Vocab

Insipid

Insipid

lacking flavor/motivation/charisma

tangential

different from or not directly connected with the one you are talking about or doing

erudition

destruction

elucidation (verb)

to make something clear

profundity

to think deeply/to think profoundly

cryptic

concealed

inundate

overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with

enervate

drained of energy/vitality (taking AWAY energy)

galvanize

shock or exite (someone) into taking action.

(prefix) con-/com-

together/bring two things together

undulate

to move up and down

(prefix) ad-

to/for

pro-

movement

in-/im-/um-/dis-

not

a-/an-

not/away from (ab-)

e-/ex-

out of/ from

inter-

across/among/between

pre-

before

re-

again

bi-/bis-

two

proliferate

to spread throughout

inscrutable

can’t see/know

derivative

something that is based on another source.

immutable

unable to be changed

rendering

creating/making

ameliorates

to make something/a situation better

alleviates

to relieve/ to take something off of

exacerbate

to make something worse

subterranean

underground

semantic

the meaning of a word or phrases

contend

assert something as a position in an argument/ struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger)

eponymous

giving their name to something