SAT vocab (Leo)
SAT vocab for those in Leo's reading class
or for those who just wish to expand their vocabulary
or for those who just wish to expand their vocabulary
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- Effulgent
- radiant, splendorous
- Ebullient
- extremely lively
- Inure
- to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation
- Latent
- hidden, but capable of being exposed
- Languid
- sluggish from fatigue or weakness
- Assiduous
- hard-working, diligent
- Impetuous
- rash, hastily done
- Perfunctory
- showing little interest or enthusiasm
- Anathema
- a cursed, detested person
- Alacrity
- eagerness, speed
- Malevolent
- wanting harm to befall others
- Insidious
- appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive
- Expunge
- to obliterate, eradicate
- Protean
- able to change shape
- Prescient
- to have foreknowledge of events
- Cacophony
- tremendous noise, disharmonious sound
- Conundrum
- puzzle, problem
- Hegemony
- domination over others
- Jubilant
- extremely joyful, happy
- Pejorative
- derogatory, uncomplimentary
- Dissemble
- to conceal, fake
- Manifold
- diverse, varied
- Paragon
- a model of excellence or perfection
- Impervious
- impenetrable
- Desecrate
- to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
- Cajole
- to urge, coax
- Approbation
- praise
- Oblique
- diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward
- Impinge
- to impact, affect, make an impression
- Perfidious
- disloyal, unfaithful
- Licentious
- displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints
- Rebuke
- to scold, criticize
- Pellucid
- easily intelligible, clear
- Buttress
- to support, hold up
- Adumbrate
- to sketch out in a vague way
- Acerbic
- biting, bitter in tone or taste
- Cursory
- brief to the point of being superficial
- Petulance
- rudeness
- Pertinacious
- stubbornly persistent
- Inveterate
- stubbornly established by habit
- Ostensible
- appearing as such
- Exculpate
- to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
- Evince
- to show, reveal
- Puerile
- juvenile, immature
- Pulchritude
- physical beauty
- Promulgate
- to proclaim
- Iconoclast
- one who attacks common beliefs
- Conflagration
- big fire
- Indefatigable
- incapable of defeat, failure, decay
- Imperious
- commanding, domineering
- Boon
- a gift or blessing
- Opulent
- characterized by rich abundance verging on ostentation
- Imprudent
- casually rude, insolent, imperinent
- Inchoate
- unformed or formless, in a beginning stage
- Ephemeral
- short-lived, fleeting
- Officious
- offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed
- Palliate
- to reduce the severity of
- Obsequious
- excessively compliant or submissive
- Probity
- virtue, integrity
- Mendacious
- having a lying, false character
- Fecund
- fruitful, fertile
- Garrulous
- talkative, wordy
- Fallacious
- incorrect, misleading
- Laconic
- terse in speech or writing
- Mercurial
- characterized by rapid change or temperamentality
- Munificence
- generosity in giving
- Clemency
- mercy
- Fetid
- having a foul odor
- Expiate
- to make amends for, atone
- Impertinent
- rude, insolent
- Exigent
- urgent, critical
- Inexorable
- incapable of being persuaded or placated
- Abjure
- to reject, renounce
- Eschew
- to shun, avoid
- Acumen
- keen insight
- Ignominious
- humiliating, disgracing
- Cupidity
- greed, strong desire
- Abrogate
- to abolish, usually by authority
- Limpid
- clear, transparent
- Gregarious
- drawn to the company of others, sociable
- Pernicious
- extremely destructive, harmful
- Portent
- an omen
- Largess
- the generous giving of lavish gifts
- Mawkish
- characterized by sick sentimentality
- Nadir
- the lowest point of something
- Buffet
- to strike with force
- Maelstrom
- a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
- Panacea
- a remedy for all ills or difficulties
- Malediction
- a curse
- Burnish
- to polish, shine
- Intransigent
- refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion
- Punctilious
- eager to follow rules or conventions
- Rancor
- deep, bitter resentment
- Legerdemain
- deception
- Prosaic
- plain, lacking liveliness
- Pithy
- concisely meaningful
- Morass
- a wet swampy bog
- Acrimony
- bitterness, discord
- Ascetic
- practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
- Deprecate
- to belittle, depreciate
- Concomitant
- accompanying in a subordinate fashion
- Polemic
- an aggressive argument
- Fractious
- troublesome or irritable
- Iniquity
- wickedness or sin
- Plethora
- an abundance
- Quagmire
- a difficult situation
- Incontrovertible
- indisputable
- Primeval
- original, ancient
- Diaphanous
- light, airy, transparent
- Parsimony
- frugality, stinginess
- Nefarious
- heinously villainous
- Aspersion
- a curse, expression of ill will
- Capricious
- subject to whim, fickle
- Myriad
- consisting of a very great number
- Enervate
- to weaken, exhaust
- Fastidious
- meticulous, demanding, having high often unattainable standards
- Modicum
- a small amount of something
- Penurious
- miserly, stingy
- Propensity
- an inclination, preference
- Ineffable
- unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words
- Decry
- to criticize openly
- Discursive
- rambling, lacking order
- Obdurate
- unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
- Grandiloquence
- lofty, pompous language
- Fatuous
- silly, foolish
- Cogent
- intellectually convincing
- Proscribe
- to condemn, outlaw
- Magnanimous
- noble, generous
- Nascent
- in the process of being born or coming into existence
- Brusque
- short, abrupt, dismissive
- Extol
- to praise, revere
- Hapless
- unlucky
- Blandish
- to coax by using flattery
- Calmuny
- an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies
- Inimical
- hostile
- Pathos
- an emotion of sympathy
- Impassive
- stoic, no susceptible to suffering
- Obtuse
- lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect
- Prurient
- eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex
- Dither
- to be indecisive
- Contrite
- eager to be forgiven
- Odious
- instilling hatred or intense displeasure
- Demure
- quiet, modest, reserved
- Propitious
- favorable
- Defile
- to make unclean, impure
- Harangue
- a ranting speech
- Invective
- an angry verbal attack
- Juxtaposition
- the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comprison
- Hackneyed
- unoriginal, trite
- Quixotic
- idealistic, impractical
- Execrable
- loathsome, detestable
- Platitude
- cliche
- Diffident
- shy, quiet, modest
- Obstreperous
- noisy, unruly
- Maudlin
- weakly sentimental
- Extant
- existing, not destroyed or lost
- Perspicacity
- shrewdness, preceptiveness
- Pariah
- an outcast
- Evanescent
- fleeting, momentary
- Implacable
- incapable of being appeased
- Obfuscate
- to render incomprehensible
- Antipathy
- a strong dislike, repungance
- Multifarious
- having great diversity or variety
- Desiccated
- dried up, dehydrated
- Pallid
- lacking color
- Neophyte
- someone who is young or inexperienced
- Arrogate
- to take without justification
- Feral
- wild, savage
- Florid
- flowery, ornate
- Querulous
- whiny, complaining
- Paucity
- small in quantity
- Effrontery
- impudence, nerve, insolence
- Egregious
- extremely bad
- Credulity
- readiness to believe
- Deride
- to laugh at mockingly, scorn
- Proclivity
- a strong inclination toward something
- Deleterious
- harmful
- Pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- Ingenuous
- not devious, innocent and candid
- Precocious
- advanced for one's age