SAT Vocab

well i can smell something definitely cooking

Corroborate

to confirm or support (correspond+cooperate ?)

Exonerate

to absolve from blame/release from duty

Pervasive

spreads quickly (so also works as common)

Evince

reveal/be evidence of

Elide

omit symbol while speaking (so like passing over or even merging)

Confounding

mix up (like confounding bias), go against expectations

Disseminated

spreading info, or something else, widely

Desultory

lacking plan. Occasional

Spurious

False, fake

Ameliorated

make something unsatisfactory better

Subsumed

include/absorb something into something else

Discernable

perceptible, distinguishable

Repudiates

refuse to accept, denying the truth

Recants

say you do not hold a belief anymore (so like taking it back)

Pretense

false appearance, deception (under the pretense that…)

Contempt

feeling someone is inferior or worthless

Disparage

belittle, disrespect

Deride

treat with contempt

Prudent

wise at handling stuff, good judgement

Imprudent

rash, not showing care for consequences

Vindicate

to clear from blame or suspicion

Brash

self-assertive in a rude & overbearing way

Capricious

impulsive & unpredictable

Impetuous

done quickly without thought or care

Reticent

quiet and reserved

Belie

to misrepresent

Lament

passionate grief

Supplant

take place of (like implant but completely taking over. Lots of sub words are like that)

Callous

insensitive

Canterkerous

aggressive, argumentative

Credulity

kinda naive

Incredulous

in disbelief

Dearth

scarcity or lack of something

Dogmatic

narrowly focused on certain principles

Flagrant

offensive

Idiosyncrasy

individual oddity

Incontrovertible

not deniable (think about as cannot be contrary to or have controversy with)

Scrupulous

diligent, attentive to detail (like scraping through)

Superfluous

unnecessary, too extra

Zealous

showing enthusiasm

Ardor

enthusiasm

Censure

severe disapproval (like youd only censor something if you feel censure)

Didactic

intended to teach/have moral lesson

Prosaic

commonplace, unromantic

Sanguine

cheerfully optimistic (linguini, luigi?? tangerine sunny happy? idk)

Tacit

understood w/ot said aloud (implicit)

Transient

not permanent

Adulation

excessive admiration/praise

Austere

strict & harsh, no comforts (australia rough tough)

Cajole

to persuade through praise

Dilatory

slow to cause delay (dilate time)

Equanimity

mental composure (like unanimity in the mid)

Esoteric

understood by few (eccentric knowledge)

Eulogy

speech for dead

Exorbitant

excessive

Gregarious

sociable fond of company (live laugh love grego)

Insipid

tasteless lacking flaver (in-sip-is nothing, i-sipped nothing)

Insolence

rude & disrespectful behavior (uhh incel. intolerable. no solace)

Opulent

wealthy (like lots of opals)

Paragon

model of excellence (paramount as a person)

Rancorous

w/ bitterness and resentment (rancid)

Sycophant

suck up to gain advantage

Anachronistic

out of place in time or space (not chrono, not time)

Arbitrate

reach settlement independently (could be arbitrary yk since INDEPENDENT)

Assiduous

showing great care and effort

Banal

lacking originality (basic)

Caustic

sarcastic bitterly (sarcastic causing hurt felling)

Charlatan

fraud, trickster (charmer. charlie the bigfoot. idk)

Concord

agreement (opposite of discord)

Consummate

supreme, pure (like bro consumed everyones power)

Contrite

feeling regret

Deleterious

causing harm & damage (deleting crap around you)

Denigrate

disparage

Ebullient

cheerful energetic (ecstatic)

Expedient

convenient, practical, suitable (expected, expectable)

Extol

praise enthusiastically

Florid

excessively detailed & complicated

Intransigent

unwilling to change one’s view

Invocation

call for assistance/authority

Maverick

independent, rebel

Obstinate

stubbornly refse to change opinion

Obstensible

appearing to be true, but not necessarily

Perspicacious

having insight/wisdom

Proliferate

increase rapidlyin number or amount

Sanction

threatened penalty for breaking ruleor law; can also mean official permission or approval

Surreptitious

obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.