SAT Vocab List 9 Flashcards
To make something better. Syn. Improve, upgrade
ameliorate, v.
The act of officially expressing strong disapproval and criticism. Ant. approval
censure, n.
a difference between things, especially an unfair difference. Syn. Inconsistency
disparity, n
A feeling of respect and admiration for someone. Syn. Regard, value
esteem, n.
esteem, v.
Lazy. Syn. Slowness, apathy. Ant. energy
indolence, n.
indolent, adj.
A way of dealing with bad or strong feelings and emotions, by expressing or experiencing them through writing, talking etc.
catharsis, n.
catharsis, adj.
Forgiveness and less severe punishment for a crime, usually given by someone in power such as a governor or president.
clemency, n.
- a liquid that produces small bubbles of gas.
2. someone or something who is cheerful and active
effervescent, adj.
To praise something very much
extol, v.
- an organization or state that is only recently been formed and is still developing.
- a young bird that is learning to fly.
fledgling, adj.
- Not likely to hurt you or cause cancer
2. Kind and unlikely to harm anyone.
benign, adj.
- Seeming not to think or worry about the effects of what you do.
- Literary – cheerful and having no worries.
blithe, adj.
- a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe to be true.
- a weakness in someone’s idea or argument that is caused by a mistake in the way they have thought about the idea or argument
fallacy, n.
- not serious or sensible especially in a way that is not appropriate for a particular occasion
- a persona who likes having fun rather than doing serious or sensible things.
frivolous, adj.
- Something or someone that makes it difficult for you to do something successfully.
- The act of making it difficult for someone to do something.
hindrance, n.
