Sat vocab set 3

201) postulate — v. to assume as true

202) potentate – n. monarch or ruler

203) pragmatic — adj. realistic, sensible

204) preclude – v. prevent from taking place

205) predilection – n. preference or liking for something

206) probity – n. honesty; integrity 

207) proclivity – n. the tendency toward

208) profligate – adj. recklessly extravagant

209) profound — adj. showing deep knowledge or insight

210) promulgate – v. promote widely

211) proscribe – v. forbid by law

212) protean – adj. able to change easily

213) prurient – adj. overly sexual

214) puerile – adj. childishly silly

215) pugnacious – adj. quick to fight

216) punctilious – adj. paying attention to detail

217) quaint –adj. old-fashioned

218) quixotic – adj. idealistic

219) quandary – n. state of perplexity; a dilemma

220) recalcitrant – adj. uncooperative attitude

221) relegate – v. cast to a lower rank or role

222) remiss – adj. negligent

223) reprieve – n. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment

224) reprobate – n. unprincipled person

225) rescind – v. take back

226) ribald – adj. improper; lewd

227) rife – adj. filled with; widespread

228) sanctimonious – adj. being morally superior to others

229) sanguine – adj. optimistic

230) scurrilous – adj. spreading disparaging claims about someone; slanderous

231) serendipity – n. chance or good luck

232) solicitous – adj. attentive to

233) spurious – adj. statement that appears truthful but is false  

234) staid – adj. sedate, respectable

235) stolid – adj. calm and dependable

236) substantial — adj. large in size, amount, or importance

237) supercilious – adj. behaving in a haughty manner

238) supposition — n. assumption without proof

239) surfeit – n. excessive amount

244) terse – adj. brief

245) torpid – adj. lethargic; inactive

246) travesty – n. a false representation of something

247) trenchant – adj. vigorous in expression; sharp

248) trounce – v. defeat heavily

249) truculent – adj. eager to argue or fight

250) turpitude – n. depravity, wickedness

251) ubiquitous – adj. present everywhere

252) umbrage – n. offense (i.e., to take umbrage at)

253) unconventional — adj. to act outside of the norm

254) undulate – v. move in a wave-like pattern 

255) unmitigated – adj. not lessened; absolute

256) unveil – v. reveal

257) upbraid – v. scold or find fault with someone

258) upshot – n. the outcome or result of an action 

259) usury – n. unethical money lending

260) validate — v. support the truth or value of

261) veracity – n. truth or accuracy

262) vestige – n. trace or remnant of something gone

263) viability – n. ability to work successfully

264) vicissitude – n. a change of circumstances

265) vilify – v. speak about in a disparaging manner

266) virtuoso – n. highly skilled person, particularly in the arts

267) vital – adj. necessary

268) vitriolic – adj. filled with hatred

269) vituperate – v. blame or insult someone strongly

270) vociferous – adj. outspoken

271) wanton – adj. deliberate and unprovoked; sexually unrestrained

272) winsome – adj. attractive or charming

273) yield – v. surrender, give way to pressure

274) yoke – v. tie two things together

275) zenith – n. the peak