SAT Vocabulary: Unknown Words
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- too much (think surplus)
- surfeit
- uncompromising
- intransigent
- to bring together, combine
- conflate
- to censor before publication
- expurgate
- excessive flattery
- adulation
- looking for a fight
- pugnacious
- burdensome
- onerous
- prompted by holistic understanding (rather than reason)
- intuitive
- acting with little interest or care
- perfunctory
- to encircle, limit, restrict
- circumscribe
- to deprive another of possession
- expropriate
- deflected from a straight path
- refracted
- to defame, belittle
- denigrate
- to remove by pinching or snipping
- nip
- to make uneasy, perplex
- discomfit
- to disguise or conceal; lie
- dissemble
- a plot or scheme
- machination
- an indication something was present
- vestige
- a collection of valuable found items
- trove
- worthy of reverence
- venerable
- to solidify, harden
- congeal
- devoid of emotion
- impassive
- flowery, as in style of writing
- florid
- frightened
- timorous
- to breed
- propagate
- full of hatred
- rancorous
- to prod or urge
- goad
- coldly detached
- glacial
- penetrating, clear, and sharp
- incisive
- having weakened strength or vitality
- enervated
- to entertain
- regale
- proper, well-mannered
- decorous
- replaced
- supplanted
- rude and impertinent
- insolent
- to drive away, disperse
- dissipate
- worn out, cynically wearied
- jaded
- a critical turning point
- watershed
- prone to complain
- querulous
- to attribute to a particular source
- impute
- to clear of guilt or blame
- absolve
- (adj) producing/stimulating vigor
- tonic
- sacred and inviolable
- sacrosanct
- varying often, explosive
- volatile
- the situation of appearing true or real
- versimilitude
- the art of public speaking
- elocution
- endless
- interminable
- to dedicate solemnly to a service or goal
- consecrate
- recklessness
- temerity
- clearness, lucidity
- perspicuity
- having a combined effect greater than individual effects
- synergistic
- lasting for a brief time
- ephemeral
- producing desired effect
- efficacious
- subtly harmful
- insidious
- lacking authenticity; not genuine
- spurious
- restored to unity
- reintegrated
- unquestionable
- incontrovertible
- the process of breaking into pieces
- fragmentation
- having splotches of color
- cariegated
- to deceive
- dupe
- a sudden flood, rush, outpouring
- spate
- softening and soothing
- emollient
- overfamiliar through overuse
- hackneyed
- to reduce the value of
- vitiate
- an expert
- pundit
- gracefully slender
- lithe
- the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
- syntax
- impulsive and passionate
- impetuous
- too filling, rich, or sweet
- cloying
- feeling as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
- vicarious
- anxious or expressive concern
- solicitude
- to free from blame
- exonerate
- bound by the arms
- pinioned
- existing or happening during the same period of time
- contemporaneous
- to unchain; set free
- unfetter
- diligent, unceasing, persistent
- assiduous
- derived from observation
- empirical
- communication using flags
- semaphore
- to try to harm another's character
- sully
- inappropriate levity
- flippancy
- a briefy saying
- maxim
- one who seizes and hold by force
- usurper
- praise or approval
- plaudits
- of superficial relevance
- tangential
- easily understood, intelligible
- lucid
- very sluggish
- torpid
- a leader who plays on the emotions of the common folk
- demagogue
- strait-laced, overly proper
- staid
- a lyric poet
- bard
- chattering unintelligibly
- gibbering
- the process of making up
- reconciliation
- one who attacks the "norm"
- iconcolast
- perceptible to touch
- tactile
- resolutely courageous; fearless
- intrepid
- green (old French: verde)
- verdant
- to knock down
- raze
- not precisely determined
- indeterminate
- discourteously blunt
- brusque
- a clumsy or stupid person
- lummox
- where they hold hold hands in a circle and speak to the dead
- séance
- endowed with the right to vote
- enfranchised
- to attack as false, questionable
- impugn
- showy; ostentatious
- proliferate
- an arena where spectacles are held
- amphitheater
- a system or body of law
- jurisprudence
- a motley assortment
- hodgepodge
- relating to trees
- arboreal
- a rule or principle
- precept
- a participant in a conversation
- interlocutor
- evil
- nefarious
- dissimilar
- disparate
- offensive, causing disgust; possibly harmful
- noisome
- treating humans as the center of the universe
- anthropocentrism
- out of time order
- anachronistic
- harmonious; agreeing
- concordant
- boldness, presumptiousness
- effrontery
- immorality; wickedness
- turpitude
- admirably suited
- felicitous
- roundabout; not direct in style
- elliptical
- a curse
- malediction
- noisily defiant
- obstreperous
- associated with letter writing
- epistolar
- an object wiht magical power
- talisman
- complaining fretfully
- carping
- possessed at birth; inborn
- innate
- to break into opposing groups
- polarize
- secure from violation
- inviolable
- belittled
- trivialized
- a beggar
- mendicant
- shaking because of fear
- tremulous
- on guard, watchful
- wary
- manageable (like a horse)
- tractable
- to disassociate from
- disavow
- abnormally large, powerful
- colossus
- a little
- modicum
- to inflict severe punishment
- castigate
- shapeless, formless
- amorphous
- fraught with uncertainty, doubt
- dubious
- tireless
- indefatigable
- to party excessively
- carouse
- strong disapproval, criticism
- censure
- relentless
- inexonerate
- feeling great happiness
- euphoric
- stubborn
- obdurate
- to urge by strong appeal
- exhort
- random, unselective
- indiscriminate
- ordinary, mundane, quotidian
- prosaic
- monetary generosity
- munificence
- vanishing
- evanescent
- secretive
- surreptitious
- a suck up
- sycophant
- to go back and forth
- vacillate
- causing shock or horror
- lurid
- loud, flahsy, gaudy
- garish
- supernatural forecasting
- divination
- sociable
- gregarious
- exceeding normal bounds
- immoderate
- fit for cultivation
- arable
- to cause to sleep or rest; to calm
- lull
- poor
- penurious
- a strict belief
- orthodoxy
- to defraud, cheat, swindle
- bilk
- undesirable noticeable
- obtrusive
- renouncing material comforts
- ascetic
- unpleasantly dull
- ponderous
- lowered in character or value
- debased
- ritual recitation of spells
- incantation
- approachable; pleasant
- affable
- determined, persistent
- dogged
- unpleasantly noisy
- raucous
- unable to be defended, justified
- untenable
- obvious
- manifest
- the history of a word
- etymology
- to conclude
- consummate
- lacking color
- pallid
- a quality arousing pity or sympathy
- pathos
- salty water from a se or ocean
- brine
- to stay low and run quickly
- scurry
- treacherous
- perfidious
- flunky; sycophant
- toady
- unconquerable
- indomitable
- a soggy ground or quagmire
- morass
- a lack or scarcity
- dearth
- self indulgent, pleasure-seeking
- hedonistic
- indescribable
- ineffable
- thick and adhesive
- viscous
- a short, descriptive literary sketch
- vignette
- extremely conservative
- reactionary
- intended to impress
- ostentatious
- (adj) complete and perfect
- consummate
- a malicious, false statement
- calumny
- inexcusable, unpardonable
- indefensible