SAT Vocab.
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- buoyant
- lighthearted, gay
- convergence
- the state of separate elements joining or coming together
- abdicate
- to give up a throne
- catalog
- to classify
- addendum
- something intended to supplement
- adulation
- excessive flattery or admiration
- braggart
- someone who boasts offensively and immodestly
- catacomb
- an underground burial place
- connoisseur
- an expert (usually in food)
- cacophonous
- having a harsh, unpleasant sound
- avant-garde
- innovative; especially in the arts
- brag
- to show excessive pride
- camaraderie
- goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or amoung friends
- callow
- lacking adult maturity of experience; immature
- castigate
- to scold; criticize; rebuke; punish
- abridge
- to reduce the amount of text
- bombast
- gradiloquent; pompous speech or writing
- aberration
- a departure from the normal
- clandestine
- kept or done in secret; to conceal an illicit purpose
- caricature
- a portrait that is mocking in nature
- chronical
- a long historic description
- caustic
- biting or sharp
- benign
- kind
- acrimonious
- bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous
- benevolent
- characterized by or suggestive of doing good
- cathartic
- purifying; refreshing
- buffer
- shock absorber; barrier, sheild
- chimerical
- fantastic; wild fancies
- accessory
- partener in crime
- ambiguous
- open to more than one interpretation
- convivial
- merry; festive
- acumen
- keen insight
- amiable
- lacking hostility
- chime
- a sound made by a bell
- abstinence
- refraining from indulging an appetite, as for food
- censure
- to criticize harshly
- certify
- to make official
- chaos
- a disorderly situation
- brusque
- abrupt in manner or speech; curt, discourteously blunt
- convoluted
- a confusing twisty plot or other storyline
- adversity
- a state of hardship of affliction
- clairvoyant
- having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be precieved by the senses; exceptionally insightful
- congregation
- a body of assembled people or things; a gathering
- circumscribe
- to limitnarrowly; restrict; to limit the freedom of
- autocrat
- a despotic ruler; a tyrant
- circuitous
- being taken in a round about, lengthy course
- aesthetic
- beautiful; roger-like
- altruism
- self-denying to help others
- clan
- a group of relatives
- agenda
- the order of things to be discussed for a meeting
- allay
- to lessen fear
- aghast
- extreme horror
- confrontation
- a fight
- conformist
- a person who complise with accepted rules and customs
- alacrity
- speed or quickness; celerity
- aviary
- a large enclosure for holding birds in confinement
- byzantine
- highly complicated; intricate and involved
- anemic
- lacking vitality; listless and weak
- condemn
- to express strong disapproval of
- cintemporary
- current or modern
- abbreviate
- to make shorter
- commandeer
- to seize for military use; confiscate
- bipartisan
- having to do with two partie; usually political
- bureaucracy
- an inefficient organization
- archipelago
- a group of islands
- anecdote
- a short account of an interesting or humorous incident
- beleaguered
- beseiged; harassed
- adroit
- skillful; being an expert at
- amicable
- characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill
- bog
- an area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground
- anachronistic
- out of proper time or chronological order
- analyst
- someone who studies data
- blurb
- a short notice
- archaic
- no longer current of applicable
- anesthetic
- medicine that lessens sensation of pain
- conflict
- a situation that lakes accord
- colloquial
- informal speech
- audacious
- bold; lacking timidity
- bureau
- a chest of drawers, especially a dresser for holding clothes
- conspicuous
- easy to notice
- collaborate
- to work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
- ape
- to immitate; to mimic slavishly but often with an absurd result
- cleave
- to split open
- antagonist
- foe, opponent, adversary
- anonymous
- nameless, without a disclosed identity
- coin
- to make a word
- apathetic
- lack of emotion or feeling; impassive
- antipathy
- strong hatred
- comely
- pleasing and wholesome in appearance
- arcane
- known or understood by few
- collaborator
- a partener in a prject
- appease
- to deal with a demand
- bilious
- having a peevish disposition; ill-humored
- accentuate
-
to put emphasis on
- cliche
- a hackneyed remark
- appalled
- shocked and horrified
- bestial
- acting like an animal (beast)
- approbation
- an expression of warm approval; praise
- appraise
- to determine worht
- arboreal
- pretaining to trees
- benchmark
- a very high standard
- apt
- exactly suitable; appropriate
- constellation
- a chain of stars
- assiduous
- constant in aplication or attention; dilligent
- auditory
- pretaining to hearing
- compunction
- a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
- conciliate
- to regain or try to regain(friendship) by pleasant behavoir
- archive
- a storage of documents
- compassion
- deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it
- conscientious
- characterized by dilligence
- compromise
- a settlement of differencesin which each side makes concessions
- belabor
- to discuss repeatedly at length; harp on
- balked
- to stop short and refuse to go on; to refuse abruptly
- conditional
- of, pretaining to , of charateristic of an action or operation that takes placed based on whether or not the condition is true
- arid
- extremely dry; dull and boring
- bask
- to expose to warmth
- condement
- a sauce or relish
- banish
- to put in exile
- banter
- casual conversation
- condescending
- possessing an attitude of superiority
- concord
- harmony or agreement of interests or feelings
- blandishment
- flattery
- asylum
- a place offering protection and safety; a shelter
- abstruse
- difficult to understand
- automaton
- one that behaves or responds in a mechanical way
- busybody
- a person who pries or meddles into the affaris of others
- belie
- to show to be false
- asymmetrical
- lacking balance
- conflated
- fused together; not distinct
- burlesque
- a drama that is mocking in nature