SAT vocab
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- milestone
- an important event
- primp
- to dress or groom with careful attention to detail
- gradient
- a ramp or slope
- draconian
- extremely harsh and severe
- deviate
- to depart from the norm
- waggish
- mischievous; playful
- crux
- an essential or pivotal point; a perplexing difficulty
- cadaver
- a dead body, esp. a human body to be dissected
- queasy
- sick to one's stomach; nauseated
- ravine
- a deep, narrow gorge, esp. one worn down with running water
- coerce
- to force by threat or intimidation
- vex
- to disturb; to distress
- melange
- a mixture; a hodgepodge
- refuse
- garbage
- mayhem
- deliberate injury of someone, esp. maiming; a state of violent chaos
- consul
- official residing in a foreign country
- voracious
- devouring; extremely hungry
- stamina
- resistance to fatigue or hardship; endurance
- discard
- to throw out
- embroil
- to engage in trouble; to complicate
- sarcasm
- harsh, often ironic ridicule, intended to hurt
- deluge
- a great flood
- herald
- to bear news; to announce
- obsequious
- showing too great a willingness to serve or obey
- slovenly
- careless about one's own appearance
- occult
- relating to the supernatural; beyond human comprehension; mysterious
- elucidate
- to make something clear; to clarify
- zenith
- maximum; the highest point
- rift
- a break in friendly relations
- ostracize
- to shun
- hirsute
- having excessive body hair
- chic
- smartly elegant in syle and manner
- zeal
- intense passion or enthusiasm
- filament
- a fine wire or thread
- piquant
- agreeably pungent or sharp in taste; tart; agreeably stimulating or interesting
- rancid
- spoiled or rotten
- skittish
- nervous; easily frightened
- couch
- to phrase in a particular way
- scintillate
- to give off sparks; to be animated or brilliant
- comely
- attractive or pleasing in appearance; pretty; handsome
- tantalize
- to torment or tease by showing something desirable while keeping it out of reach
- lenient
- inclined not to be strict
- become
- to be appropriate or suitable to; to look good with
- frugal
- careful in spending money or resources
- grotesque
- strangely or absurdly distorted
- warren
- an enclosed space in which rabbits breed or are numerous; any place that is crowded like a rabbit warren
- quip
- a remark or reply that is witty or sarcastic
- quixotic
- foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous
- usurp
- to take over by force without legal authority
- buoy
- to keep afloat; to raise the spirits of
- equilibrium
- a state of balance or equality between opposing forces
- bowdlerize
- to censor, esp. prudishly
- superlative
- excellent; of the highest quality
- skulk
- to lurk; to move secretively
- protean
- easily taking on different forms
- knoll
- a small rounded hill
- homely
- unattractive, plain looking
- eugenics
- the study of hereditary improvement of human beings by controlled breeding
- lassitude
- a feeling of weakness
- flower
- to reach the best or most vigorous stage
- congenial
- suited to one's needs or nature; friendly; sympathetic
- demure
- coy; modest; reserved
- xenophobia
- fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
- shade
- a small variation, a nuance; a small amount
- svelte
- slender and graceful in outline
- acme
- the highest point, as of perfection
- inept
- without skill; absurd or foolish
- mien
- bearing or manner, esp. as revealing one's inner state of mind
- rue
- to regret
- tender
- to offer formally; a legal offer; something esp. money, offered in payment
- recluse
- one who hides from the world
- plausible
- appearing worthy of belief or trust
- dapper
- neat and trim in appearance
- disheveled
- disarranged; untidy; rumpled
- waif
- a person without home or friends
- skirmish
- a minor conflict
- transcend
- to exceed; to go beyond or above the limits
- maverick
- one who rebels; a nonconformist; an individualist
- fleet
- moving swiftly
- vogue
- prevailing fashion
- mesmerize
- to hypnotize or spellbind
- bequeath
- to pass down to; to hand down, esp. in a will
- narcissistic
- excessive interest in one's own appearance, confort, importance, etc.
- banal
- dull or stale; commonplace
- gaudy
- characterized by tasteless or showy colors
- remonstrate
- to make objections
- chauvinism
- unreasoning and boastful devotion to one's country or sex
- lineaments
- any of the features of the body, usually the face
- bedlam
- any place or condition of noise and confusion
- dynasty
- a succession of rulers or people in power from the same family
- fop
- a man who is preoccupied with his clothes and manner
- redeem
- to turn in and receive something in exchange; to make up for
- caveat
- a warning
- blanket
- applying to all conditions or instances
- bulwark
- a wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defense or safeguard, oft. figurative
- chary
- very cautious
- elysian
- heavenly or delightful
- prototype
- the original model; someone or something that serves to illustrate the typical qualities of a class
- best
- to defeat