SAT Vocabs #1251-1300 Flashcards
Apprehend
To become aware of through the senses.
Rotund
Rounded in figure; plump.
Idiosyncrasy
A particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait.
Idiosyncratic.
Apprehension
Worry or unease.
Apprehensive.
Strident
Loud, shrill, or harshly grating; forcefully assertive or harshly critical.
Rampant
Unrestrained.
Acquit
To declare free of guilt; to clear.
Supplant
To take the place of.
Tortuous
Winding, twisted.
Ilk
Kind; sort; class.
Debunk
To expose the falsehood of.
Folly
An act of foolishness.
Impetus
An impelling or originating force.
Cache
A hiding place for storage of provisions or valuables.
Sensuous
Appealing to the senses, esp. those involved in appreciating beauty.
Congeal
To solidify by or as if by freezing.
Transpose
To change the relative position or order of.
Transportation.
Gratis
Free of charge.
Martinet
One who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much.
Appall
To horrify.
Appalling.
Scenario
An outline for a planned series of events, either real or imagined; a summary of a work of fiction.
Plight
Sad situation.
Oligopoly
Domination or a market by only a few businesses.
Shambles
Utter disorder
Exorbitant
Excessive.
Exorbitance.
Stratum
A level or layer.
Strata.
Stratify.
Paradox
A statement or situation that appears contradictory.
Paradoxical.
Utilitarian
Stressing practical use over other values.
Vestige
A trace of something that once existed but has disappeared.
Denizen
An inhabitant; one who is often found in a particular place.
Parlay
To use success in one thing to achieve greater success in further things; to transform a gain into something of greater value.
Dispatch
To send off promptly.
Efficient speed; a message, esp. official or from a journalist.
Malcontent
A dissatisfied person.
Usurp
To take by force or without legal authority.
Usurpation.
Oblique
Not straight to the point; indirect.
Insensible
Not able to feel or perceive; unresponsive.
Insensibility.
Uproarious
Extremely funny.
Consign
To give to the care of another; to set apart.
Consignment.
Complicity
Association or participation in a wrongful act.
Complicitous.
Whimsical
Not able to be predicted; constantly changing.
Whimsy.
Caustic
Capable of burning or corroding by chemical action; bitingly sarcastic, cutting.
Truncate
To cut short.
Inscribe
To write, carve or engrave words or letters on or in a surface.
Inscription.
Impertinent
Rude.
Impertinence.
Municipal
Relating to a city, town, village, or the like with local self-government.
Margin
A border or edge; a limit in condition or ability; an amount or degree of difference.
Marginal.
Subsidize
To assist financially or pay for, esp. by the government.
Subsidy.
Sporadic
Occurring irregularly.
Dislodge
To force out of a concealed position.
Decisive
Conclusive; beyond doubt; showing determination.
