SAT Day 4
Terms
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- grandiloquence
- pompous or bombastic speech; lofty, welling language
- grisly
- frightening; ghastly; gory; hideous
- grovel
- act in a servile way; cringe; kneel
- guile
- wiliness; deceit; cunning
- guzzle
- gulp; swill; consume to excess
- hackneyed
- trite; common; overdone; banal
- haggle
- dicker; barter; make a deal
- hallow
- make holy; consecrate; sanctify
- hamper
- hinder; frustrate; impede
- harbor
- preserve; conceal; secure; shelter
- hardy
- stalwart; robust; sturdy
- haughty
- arrogant; disdainful; blatantly proud; contemptuous
- hearten
- encourage; give strength
- hedge
- enclose; surround; fence
- hedonism
- intemperance; self-indulgence; excess
- herald
- announce; broadcast; report
- heretic
- nihilist; infidel; radical; dissenter
- hiatus
- interruption; pause; gap
- hilarity
- boisterous merriment; enjoyment
- histrionic
- pertaining to actors; melodramatic
- hoary
- frosted; grey; grizzled
- hyperbole
- exaggeration; fanciful statement; enhancement
- iconoclasm
- attack on religious values or symbols
- ignoramus
- moron; fool; dimwit
- immutable
- incorruptible; enduring; unchanging
- impecunious
- poor; destitute; penniless
- imperturbable
- even-tempered; level-headed; calm
- impervious
- airtight; sealed; impenetrable
- impetuous
- hasty; rash; impulsive
- impregnable
- invincible; invulnerable; unable to be captured or entered
- impromptu
- makeshift; spontaneous
- improvident
- reckless; rash
- impugn
- denounce; cesnor; attack
- inauspicious
- unfavorable
- inaudible
- faint; soft; hard to hear
- incipient
- embryonic; developing; in the beginning stages
- incisive
- perceptive; astute
- inclusive
- all-encompassing; broad in scope; comprehensive
- incoherent
- illogical; incosistent
- innocuous
- dull; harmless; innocent
- incongruous
- incosistent; unsuitable; contradictory
- incorrigible
- uruly; delinquent; incapable of reform
- indecorous
- inappropriate; indelicate; unseemly
- indefatigable
- diligent; persistent; inexhaustible
- indenture
- contract binding a person to work for another
- indolence
- lethargy; idleness; sloth
- inebriation
- drunkenness; intoxication
- ingenuous
- genuine; open; candid; frank
- inimical
- antagonistic; hurtful; harmful; adverse
- inscrutable
- mysterious; perplexing
- insipid
- dull; banal; tasteless
- insolvent
- bankrupt; unable to pay debts
- felicity
- greaty happiness; bliss
- fetid
- possessing an offesnive smell; malodorous; foul; gamey
- fetter
- restrain; restrict; curb
- fickle
- capricious; erratic; spasmodic
- flippant
- nonchalant; frivolous; superficial; light
- florid
- ornate; flushed with rosy color; ruddy
- flout
- ridicule; scoff; mock; scorn
- foible
- frailty; imperfection; weakness
- forswear
- repudiate; forsake; eschew
- fulsome
- loathsome; excessive
- fume
- gas; vapor; harmful or irritating smoke
- furtive
- clandestine; secretive; surreptitious; covert
- gambol
- play; frolic; romp
- garble
- confuse; scramble; distort
- garish
- gaudy; ostentatious; excessive
- garner
- collect; receive; attain; acquire
- giddy
- scatterbrained; silly; frivolous
- goad
- incite; pressure; irk; arouse; awaken
- fledgling
- young or inexperienced person; young bird