Junior SAT vocab list Flashcards
Iconoclast
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditions, institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition
Impassive
Without emotion; apathetic; unmoved; calm
Implausible
Not having the appearance of truth or credibility
Incipient
beginning to exist or appear
Interloper
a person who interferes with the affairs of others
Intrinsic
belonging to a thing by its true nature
leery
wary; suspicious
lionize
to treat a person as a celebrity
malodorous
having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad
myriad
a very greater indefinitely great number of persons or things; innumerable
niche
a place or position suitble or appropriate for a person or thing
obstreperous
resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner
omniscient
having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; to perceive all things
panacea
a remedy for all disease or ills
parochial
relating to or financially supported by the local church parishes
pathos
pity; obsolete; suffering
patronize
to trade with
to behave in an offesively manner towards someone
to support
salubrious
favorable to or promoting health
sardonic
grimly mocking; cynical
scoff
to mock or jeer
sequester
to banish, exile, seclude, or isolate
sordid
vile, mainly selfish, morally innoble
squander
to spend or use estravagantly/wastefully
subjugate
to bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
