SAT Set 2 Flashcards
Precipitously
(advb.) Very steeply
Precipitious
(adj.) Very steep
Peruse
(verb) To read something, typically in a thorough/careful way
Malleable
(adj.) Easily influenced; pliable
Malleability
(noun) The quality of being malleable
Balderdash
(noun) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; gibberish; foolishness
Duplicity
(noun) Deceitfulness; deception; trickery
Duplicative
(adj.) Involving duplication, especially unnecessarily; done the same way more than once; practically identical
Decrepit
(adj.) Weak, feeble, in bad shape
Uncouth
(adj.) A person’s behavior/appearance lacking good manners; uncivilized, crude, gross, crass, barbaric
Cavalier
(adj.) Showing a lack of proper concern; offhand; casual; indifferent; dismissive
Annex
(verb) To add as an extra part
Annex
(noun) A building joined/associated with the main building
Pedantic
(adj.) Over-precise; fussy; nitpicking; over-scrupulous; pretentious
Pedant
(noun) Someone who is pedantic
Kvetch
(noun) Somebody that complains a great deal
plural- kvetches
(verb) To complain excessively
Pithy
(adj.) Concise, brief, terse, forcefully expressive; short
Crepuscular
(adj.) Of or relating to twilight
Comely
(adj.) Pleasant to look at; attractive (typically of a person); pretty
Becoming
(adj.) (Especially of clothing) flattering, stylish, fashionable
Antonym of Becoming
Unbecoming
Malinger
(verb) To exaggerate or fake an illness in order to escape one’s responsibility (e.g., at work/school)
Incongruous
(adj) not in harmony or keeping with its surrounding, out of place, discordant
