SAT Vocabulary
Terms
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- amiable
- friendly and agreeable; sociable
- obstreperous
- noisily and stubbornly defiant
- voluble
- talkative
- intrepid
- bold; fearless
- belie
- to picture falsely; to contradict
- trek
- to travel or migrate, esp. slowly or with great difficulty
- jurisdiction
- the extent of authority or control; the right and power to interpret and apply the law
- scale
- to climb
- parochial
- restricted; limited; narrow; local
- intrinsic
- relating to the essential nature of something
- congenital
- present since birth; being an essential characteristic
- myriad
- an indefinitely large number
- pedestrian
- done on foot; ordinary; commonplace
- metamorphosis
- a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function
- deploy
- to station or assemble troops or forces in position
- pedantic
- putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
- regimen
- a set of rules, usually followed for therapeutic effect
- specious
- seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false
- irony
- a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense
- effect
- to bring about
- harass
- bother; torment
- superfluous
- unnecesary; extra
- urban
- relating to a city
- feign
- to pretend; to fake
- legible
- capable of being read or deciphered
- vernacular
- informal speech; native language
- baroque
- fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate
- apt
- appropriate; having a natural tendency
- feat
- an act or accomplishment showing skill
- genre
- a kind, or type
- sloth
- laziness
- deflect
- to bend or turn away
- bizarre
- very odd in manner; grotesque; strange
- sanguine
- optimistic, cheerful
- respite
- temporary relief
- ego
- the self; the individual as self-aware; self-love
- anecdote
- a brief story, often humorous
- marine
- of the sea or shipping; nautical
- pantomine
- communication by means of gesture and facial expression
- solemn
- serious; grave
- petulant
- impatient or irritable
- ruthless
- having no compassion or pity
- contentious
- always ready to argue; quarrelsome
- mammoth
- very large; of clumsy or unwieldy size
- liable
- legally obligated; likely (with reference to an unfavorable outcome)
- undermine
- to weaken
- civic
- pertaining to a city or citizen
- municipal
- relating to local government
- sullen
- showing silent anger and unwillingness to be pleasant to people
- harangue
- a long pompous speech; a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotions; a tirade