SAT Core List 9 Flashcards
Accede
Agree
Adamant
Immovable and unyielding
Amicable
Friendly
Anthology
Selection of songs or writings
Ardor
Extreme vigor, energy, or enthusiasm
Atone
Repent and make amends
Audacious
Excessively bold
Calumny
Trying to spoil someone’s reputation by spreading lies
Chide
Disapprove
Circumscribed
Marked off boundary or border
Coherent
Logically consistent
Compunction
Feeling guilty
Constrain
Forcibly restrict
Coup
Brilliant and unexpected act
Covert
Secretly engaged in
Destitute
Impoverished
Dubious
Doubtful, uncertain
Duress
Hardship, threat
Efface
Wipe out
Equivocal
Ambiguous
Exacerbate
Make more violent
Excavate
Dig out of the ground
Florid
Flowery
Forbearance
Patience, tolerance
Haughty
Disdainfully proud
Immutable
Not changeable
Indolent
Lazy
Insurgent
Rebel
Interject
Put in between other things
Jubilant
Extreme joy
Largess
Generous gifting
Licentious
Lacking moral or restraint
Manifold
Diverse
Nonchalant
Not concerned
Obfuscate
Make hard to understand
Ostensible
Seemingly
Paragon
Perfect example
Poignant
Deeply moving
Presage
Omen
Prescient
Seeing the future
Quotidian
Daily
Refract
Distort
Ruminate
Reflect
Sagacity
Shrewdness
Sanctimonious
Giving a hypocritical piety
Tantamount
Equal in value
Venerable
Deserves respect