SAT Prep

Accommodate

v. to adapt oneself to a new condition, setting, or situation

Adversarial

adj. relating to hostile opposition

Assertion

n. a strong declaration

Complacent

adj. satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

Contend

v. to maintain or assert (an opinion)

Conventional

adj. abiding by accepted standards

Deplete

v. to (over)use over time (usu. resources)

Diligence

n. conscientiousness; the quality of being committed to a task

Empirical

adj. derived from experience, observation, or an experiment

Entrenched

adj. firmly established

Inversion

n. a reversal

Irreconcilable

adj. incapable of being in harmony or agreed upon

Lucrative

adj. capable of making a lot of money; profitable

Malleable

adj. capable of being molded or changed

Momentous

adj. historically significant

Onset

n. the beginning or early stages

Provocative

adj. intending to provoke, inspire, or arouse

Quirk

n. a strange habit

Refute

v. to prove to be untrue, unfounded, or incorrect

Squalid

adj. run-down, sordid, or sleazy

Subsequently

adv. happening later or after something

Sufficient

adj. enough; just meeting a requirement

Ubiquitous

adj. being everywhere at once

Unadorned

adj. undecorated, plain

Undermine

v. to weaken or subvert (usu. gradually or secretly)