SAT Test Prep
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- precocious
- exceptionally eraly in development; characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement"
- apex
-
pinnacle;
vertex: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid" - gusto
-
enthusiasm;
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment - phlegmatic
-
easy-going
showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" - deprecation
-
disapproval;
the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) - avaricious
-
greedy;
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" - pertinacious
-
persistent;
dogged: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion - voluminous
-
immense;
large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt" - idiosyncrasies
-
unusual mannerisms;
peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting" - sardonic
-
bitter or scornful;
Like sarcastic, but more in order to cause amusement than insult.
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- - inveigle
-
beguile;
wheedle: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" - impresario
-
director;
showman: a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments - expostulate
-
to reason earnestly;
reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion - wizened
-
ages;
shriveled: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; - apoplexy
- a stroke caused by a borken blood vessel in the brain