SAT Vocabs #1301-1350 Flashcards
Medley
A mixture; an arrangement of songs performed together.
Infringe
To trespass; to violate.
Deference
Yielding an opinion, desire, or position to another out of respect.
Deferential.
Warrant
To justify or deserve.
Scurrilous
Using indecent or abusive language; slanderous or defamatory.
Forgo
To abstain from or relinquish; to do without.
Distraction
Mental distress; that which amuses or entertains.
Distract.
Dilate
To make wider; to expand.
Dilation.
Detest
To hate.
Belated
Delayed; postponed; detained.
Gadfly
A persistent critic; a nuisance; someone who provokes others.
Circumvent
To go around, bypass; to surround.
Poise
Self-assurance; composure; equilibrium.
Opulence
Extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance.
Opulent.
Fissure
A split; an opening.
Bridle
To restrain.
Presage
To indicate or warn in advance.
Reproach
To express disapproval for a fault, usually out of a sense of disappointment.
Reproach.
Reproachful.
Rapacious
Excessively greedy; taking by force.
Rapacity.
Viscous
Resistant to flow; thick (of a liquid).
Viscosity.
Divine
Related to a god; supremely good or beautiful.
Divinity.
Shibboleth
A custom or phrase distinctive of a particular group, class, etc.
Pauper
One who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity.
Lavish
Generous; extravagant.
Adversary
An enemy or opponent.
Adversarial.
Deter
To prevent or discourage from acting by means of fear or doubt.
Deterrence.
Glutton
One who eats too much.
Gluttony.
Proliferate
To grow or reproduce rapidly.
Unmitigated
Absolute; positive; severe.
Inscrutable
Hard to understand; enigmatic.
Decry
To speak out against strongly and openly.
Horde
A group of people; a large crowd.
Tangent
An abrupt digression or change of course.
Tangential.
Chaos
Complete disorder.
Chaotic.
Apprise
To inform or notify.
Comprise
To include; to contain; to be composed of.
Vertex
Highest point; summit.
Vertices.
Pundit
A person who gives opinions or commentary; an educated person.
Depreciate
To reduce in price or value.
Depreciation.
Sustenance
The support of life or health.
Sustain.
Surfeit
An excess.
Stringent
Imposing strict standards of performance; constricted.
Stringency.
Calumny
A false and malicious statement; slander.
Calumnious.
Calumniate.
Accede
To agree to something.
Demise
Destruction; death.
Construe
To interpret.
Disheveled
Disarranged; untidy; rumpled.
Oracle
A person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy.
Oracular.
Virtuoso
One with great skill, esp. in music or the arts.
Symbiotic
Involving a close relationship of mutual dependence.
Symbiosis.
