SAT Set 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Meticulous
A
extremely careful and precise
2
Q
Candor
A
open, honesty
3
Q
Inundate
A
to flood, to overwhelm
4
Q
Cordial
A
warmly pleasant
5
Q
Appease
A
to calm, pacify
6
Q
terse
A
brief
7
Q
Fallow
A
inactive, not in use
8
Q
Mollify
A
to calm, comfort
9
Q
Strident
A
loud, harsh-sounding
10
Q
Aversion
A
dislike
11
Q
Conviction
A
a firm belief
12
Q
Rancor
A
resentment, hostility, spite
13
Q
Surly
A
rude, unpleasant
14
Q
Erudite
A
highly educated
15
Q
Saccharine
A
overly sweet or agreeable
16
Q
Brusque
A
rudely brief
17
Q
Preclude
A
prevent, to make impossible
18
Q
Dissonance
A
disagreement; lack of harmony
19
Q
Distend
A
to expand, extend
20
Q
Willful
A
stubborn
21
Q
Torpor
A
inactivity
22
Q
Stagnate
A
to lie motionless
23
Q
Exasperate
A
to anger or irritate
24
Q
Instigate
A
to provoke to action
25
Opaque
impenetrable by light, hard to understand
26
Fitful
irregular; inconsistent
27
Circumspection
caution
28
Loathe
to hate, scorn
29
Score
the written form of a piece of music
30
Morose
sad, sorrowful
