SAT Vocabulary
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- rigor
- strictness or severity
- idiosyncrasy
- a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait
- monarch
- one who rules a state, usually for life and by hereditary right
- altruistic
- unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself
- girth
- the distance around something; circumstance
- savanna
- a flat, treeless plain in a tropical or subtropical region
- approbation
- official approval
- disarray
- confusion, disorder
- bleak
- gloomy and somber; dreary
- pompous
- characterized by excessive self-importance or exaggerated dignity
- charisma
- a quality of leadership that inspires great devotion in ones followers; personal magnetism or charm
- glee
- joy; happiness
- flag
- to slow down in pace
- peer
- a person or thing of the same rank
- Spartan
- hardy, frugal and highly disciplined; not lavish or luxurious
- obtuse
- slow in understanding; dull; stupid
- absolve
- to free from guilt or blame
- introverted
- directing one's interest inward
- destitution
- the lack of any means of subsistence
- enigma
- a perplexing, usually ambiguous puzzle
- vivacious
- full of animation
- deviate
- to depart from the norm
- submissive
- willing to obey without resistance; docile
- eulogy
- a speech or written tribute in praise of someone who has died
- intuition
- instinctive knowledge, acquired without conscious reason
- exemplary
- worthy to serve as a model
- gargantuan
- of huge size or capacity
- harbor
- to give shelter; to entertain or nourish (a specific thought or feeling)
- faculty
- a natural ability to do something
- diagnosis
- the recognition of a disease or injury by symptoms; a critical analysis of the nature of something
- portend
- to serve as a warning of
- exclude
- to refuse to admit or include; to shut out
- arid
- dry and barren; not interesting
- opportune
- suitable for a particular purpose; occurring at a favorable moment
- hapless
- unfortunate; unlucky
- relinquish
- to surrender or release
- euphemism
- the substitution of an agreeable word or phrase to replace one that might offend
- abhor
- to detest; to shrink from in disgust
- finite
- measurable; having an end
- assert
- to state confidently
- placid
- calm, undisturbed
- albeit
- although
- lackadaisical
- showing lack of interest or spirit
- blatant
- offensively obvious; unpleasantly noisy
- constitute
- to make up the parts of; to compose
- repulse
- to drive back; to repel, as in an attack; to cause distaste
- flux
- flow; continuous change or movement
- tactics
- methods used to gain an end, esp. military maneuvers
- velocity
- speed
- incarcerate
- to restrict by imprisonment; to keep in prison