SAT Words 181-200

deplete (verb) - to use up; to reduce; to lessen

amity (noun) - friendship

stringent (adjective) - strict; harsh; severe

voluminous (adjective) - very large; spacious (this word has nothing to do with sound)

auspicious (adjective) - favorable; looking up

fickle (adjective) - capricious; whimsical; unpredictable

lethargic (adjective) - tired; languid

hackneyed (adjective) - banal; overused (a cliché is a hackneyed expression)

amass (verb) - to accumulate

willful (adjective) - stubborn

bastion (noun) - stronghold; fortress

trepidation (noun) - fear

desecrate (verb) - to profane a holy place (the opposite of consecrate)

fortuitous (adjective) - accidental; happening by chance

vehement (adjective) - urgent; passionate

assuage (verb) - to soothe

prodigious (adjective) - very large

torpid (adjective) - sluggish; lethargic

furtive (adjective) - secretive

supercilious (adjective) - arrogant; haughty