SAT Vocab 201 - 230 Flashcards
201-Amiable
friendly
202-Lethargy
laziness, sluggishness, indifference
203-Trepidation
fear, apprehension
204-Desecrate
to pollute a holy place
205-Sycophant
one who sucks up to others
206-Tenet
a principle held as true
207-Tenacious
persistent holding to a belief
208-Furtive
secretive
209-Supercilious
snobbish; conceited; haughty; patronizing
210-Verbose
wordy; overly talkative
211-Hackneyed
lacking significance through being overused; unoriginal (a clich? is a hackneyed expression)
212-Amass
to accumulate
213-Vehement
urgent; passionate
214-Assuage
to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
215-Prodigious
extraordinary; enormous
216-Torpor
sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
217-Innocuous
harmless; innocent; safe
218-Pedestrian
common; ordinary; dull; boring
219-Subtle
not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty
220-Prudent
careful; having foresight
221-Retract
to take back; withdraw; pull back
222-Facilitate
to make easier
223-Diffident
timid; lacking in self confidence
224-Nullify
to do away with; invalidate; reverse; to make unimportant
225-Impetuous
characterized by sudden energy or emotion
226-Mercurial
quick and changeable in mood
227-Prerogative
an exclusive right, advantage
228-Salubrious
promoting health or welfare
229-Arbiter
one who decides a disputed matter
230-Anomaly
a deviation from a rule or from expectation, an incongruity; outlier
