Ivy League Vocabulary and SAT Math Prep

A comprehensive flashcard set covering Ivy League collegiate vocabulary and fundamental SAT mathematical concepts and formulas based on lecture notes.

abase

To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.

abbess

The lady superior of a nunnery.

abbot

The superior of a community of monks.

abdicate

To give up (royal power or the like).

aberration

Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

abet

To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).

abeyance

A state of suspension or temporary inaction.

abjure

To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.

abnegate

To renounce (a right or privilege).

abominate

To hate violently.

abrade

To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.

abrogate

To abolish, repeal.

abscission

The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.

absolution

Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.

abstemious

Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.

abstruse

Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.

acme

The highest point, or summit.

acquiesce

To comply; submit.

acrid

Harshly pungent or bitter.

acumen

Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.

adroit

Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.

adumbrate

To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.

alacrity

Cheerful willingness.

alchemy

Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.

amalgamate

To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.

ambidextrous

Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.

anachronism

Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

anathema

Anything forbidden, as by social usage.

anemometer

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.

antediluvian

Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.

antipodes

A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

apiary

A place where bees are kept.

apotheosis

Deification.

apposite

Appropriate.

arrant

Notoriously bad.

asperity

Harshness or roughness of temper.

assonance

Resemblance or correspondence in sound.

assuage

To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.

augur

To predict.

belie

To misrepresent.

bellicose

Warlike.

beneficent

Characterized by charity and kindness.

bibliophile

One who loves books.

biennial

A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.

blasé

Sated with pleasure.

blithe

Joyous.

bowdlerize

To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.

brusque

Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.

bumptious

Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.

cabal

A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.

cacophony

A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

cajole

To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.

calorie

Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of $1\,\text{kilogram}$ of water $1\,\text{degree centigrade}$.

caprice

A whim.

castigate

To punish.

charlatan

A quack.

chasten

To purify by affliction.

choleric

Easily provoked to anger.

circumlocution

Indirect or roundabout expression.

circumspect

Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.

coalescence

The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.

cogent

Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.

collusion

A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.

compunction

Remorseful feeling.

connoisseur

A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.

consanguineous

Descended from the same parent or ancestor.

contumacious

Rebellious.

convivial

Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.

cupidity

Avarice.

dearth

Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.

demagogue

An unprincipled politician.

denouement

That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.

desultory

Not connected with what precedes.

diaphanous

Transparent.

didactic

Pertaining to teaching.

dyne

The force which, applied to a mass of $1\,\text{gram}$ for $1\,\text{second}$, would give it a velocity of $1\,\text{cm/s}$.

ebullient

Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.

egregious

Extreme.

elucidate

To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.

encomium

A formal or discriminating expression of praise.

enervate

To render ineffective or inoperative.

epicure

One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.

epigram

A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.

equanimity

Evenness of mind or temper.

erudition

Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.

evanescent

Fleeting.

exacerbate

To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.

exegesis

Biblical exposition or interpretation.

fathom

A measure of length, $6\,\text{feet}$.

fatuous

Idiotic.

garrulous

Given to constant trivial talking.

grandiloquent

Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.

gregarious

Not habitually solitary or living alone.

guile

Duplicity.

halcyon

Calm.

integers

Positive & negative whole numbers and ZERO: $\{...-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...\}$

Order of Operations (PEMDAS)

The order to solve math expressions: Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication/Division (left to right), Addition/Subtraction (left to right).

Prime Numbers

A number divisible by ONLY itself and $1$. Note that $2$ is the only EVEN prime number and $1$ is NOT a prime number.

Arithmetic Mean

$\frac{\text{Sum of Terms}}{\text{Number of Terms}}$.

Mode

The most frequently occurring number in a set.