SAT Hit Parade Flashcards
Pious
Reverent.
Devout.
At least they appear to be.
Resignation
Reluctant acceptance of bad situation.
Complacent
Smug.
Heresy
An opinion violently opposed to established beliefs.
Deference
Submission to another’s will.
Respect.
Courtesy.
Vacillate
Be indecisive.
Waver back and forth between opinions or decisions.
Fervor
Passionate.
Profound
Deep.
Opposite of superfluous.
Condone
To overlook.
Dissent
Disagreement.
Volition
Will. Choice.
Disparate
Different.
Compliant
Submissive.
Fastidious
Meticulous.
Exacting.
Demanding.
Languish
To become weak.
Stagnation
To be motionless.
Reprehensible
Blamable.
Scanty
Inadequate.
Fallacious
False.
Repress
To hold down.
Solicit
To ask for.
To seek.
Indolence
Laziness.
Congenial
Friendly. Agreeable.
Efface
To rub out. To remove.
Flagrant
Shocking.
Relegate
To ban. To send away.
Immutable
Unchangeable.
Permanent.
Blasphemy
Irreverence to something held sacred.
Profanity.
Levity
Lax in seriousness.
Sycophant
Sucker.
Tedious
Boring.
Inadvertent
Intention less. Careless.
Incongruous
Unfitting.
Not in harmony.
Incompatible.
Frivolous
Lax in seriousness.
Sage
Keen.
Scrupulous
Strict with ethical issues.
Honest.
Refute
To disprove.
To prove to be false.
Stoic
Indifferent to pain or happiness.
Idiom
A peculiar expression.
Brevity
Briefness.
Deplete
To use up.
Amity
Friendship.
Voluminous
Great in quantity.
Amass
To gather.
Willful
Insistent to get it in one’s way.
Deliberate.
Obstinate.
Bastion
Fortitude.
Trepidation
Fear. Apprehension. Nervous trembling.
Desecrate
To profane.
Vehement
Urgent.
Passionate.
Torpor
Sluggishness.
Fanatic
Deeply into something.
Rescind
To repeal.
To take back formally.
Innumerable
Myriad.
Meander
To wander.
Brawn
Muscle.
Ambulatory
Able to walk.
Drone
To talk on and on in a dull way.
Blithe
Carefree. Cheerful.
Heed
To listen to.
Hindrance
An obstruction.
Annoying interference.
Saccharine
Very sweet.
Stanza
A section of a poem or verse.
Vilify
To defame.
Impartial
Objective.
Unbiased.
