SAT Vocabulary
Terms
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- surmise
- to infer something by intuition or with slender evidence
- vitality
- the force that distinguishes life from death; exuberance
- biennial
- happening every two years
- allocate
- to set apart for a special purpose; designate
- noisome
- disgustingly offensive; foul
- outmoded
- no longer in fashion
- pensive
- thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad things
- strident
- loud and shrill or grating
- contract
- to reduce in size by drawing nearer
- proliferate
- to grow or reproduce rapidly
- telling
- strikingly effective
- modicum
- a small quantity
- amnesty
- governmental pardon
- negligent
- careless; inattentive
- rustic
- of or living in the country
- veracious
- honest; truthful
- fervid
- extremely emotional; passionate
- appropriate
- to set apart for a specific use; to take possession of, often without permission
- flighty
- unstable or easily excited
- modest
- limited in amount, extent, etc.
- harrowing
- very distressing, painful
- sporadic
- occurring irregularly
- assail
- to attack; to assault
- inclined
- disposed; willing
- rancorous
- bitter and resentful
- supercilious
- feeling or showing proud contempt
- vacuous
- lacking substance or intelligence
- compost
- a mixture of decaying organic matter used to improve soil
- propaganda
- material distributed by those in favor of a specific cause and reflecting their point of view
- listless
- having no interest in what is going on about one; languid; spiritless
- affirmation
- a confident declaration of truth
- upset
- to overturn
- insular
- narrow in outlook; provincial
- caustic
- capable of burning or corroding by chemical action; bitingly sarcastic, cutting
- junta
- a group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power