SAT Core List 4 Flashcards
Abort
To give up half way
Affinity
Feeling closeness
Allay
Smooth and ease
Anesthesia
Loss of sensation
Archetypal
Common representation or typical example
Ascertain
Learn
Benevolent
Generous and doing good deeds
Boon
Gift or blessing
Carp
Annoy
Clairvoyant
Able to see things normal people can’t
Combustion
Burning
Condone
Pardon or excuse
Contusion
Bruise or injury
Copious
Abundant
Defer
Postpone
Delineate
Describe or outline
Derelict
Abandoned and run down
Despot
Someone with total power or a tyrant
Disdain
Low esteem
Divisive
Causing disagreement or fighting
Emollient
Soothing
Felicitous
Well suited or appropriate
Fickle
Always changing character
Furtive
Secretive
Heinous
Wicked
Incontrovertible
Indisputable or cannot be proved wrong
Indignation
Anger at something unfair
Infusion
Injecting one substance into another
Insinuate
To suggest indirectly
Intrepid
Brave even in danger
Negligent
Careless
Officious
Offer help when it’s not needed
Penurious
Miserly
Pervasive
Spreading everywhere
Polemic
Aggressive argument against a specific opinion
Privation
Lacking basic necessities
Raze
Demolish
Reservoir
A body of water used to store water
Ribald
Bad humor
Surreptitious
Stealthy
Uncanny
Supernatural
Veracity
Truthfulness and accuracy
Wallow
Helplessly rolls around