SAT week 4 Flashcards
antiquated
old fashioned
choleric
easily angered
fecund
fertile
inebriation
drunkenness
marshal
to gather together
parity
equality
profound
having deep meaning
servile
overly submissive
usurp
taking position by force
apathetic
uninterested
felicitous
apt, well suited
ineffable
cannot be expressed in words
parochial
narrow minded
profundity
depth
apathy
lack of interest
circuitous
roundabout
disapprobation
disapproval
inept
having no skill
martinet
person who believes in strict discipline
proletarian
working class
skirmish
minor battle
apocryphal
having a questionable origin
circumlocution
using too many words
inertia
inactivity
masochist
person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself
prolific
producing a lot
circumscribe
limit
matriarchy
ruled by women
parsimonious
frugal
vacuous
meaningless
circumspect
unwilling to take risks, looking from all sides
fitful
stopping and starting
inexorable
relentless
maverick
loner, independent minded
parsimony
frugality
prosaic
dull, ordinary
smorgasbord
a buffet
vagrant
nomad
arable
can be cultivated
circumvent
avoid
discrepancy
inconstancy
flagrant
clearly wrong
inexpedient
not advisable
proscribe
forbid
solace
comfort for grief
vapid
dull, offers nothing stimulating
arbitrary
random
clairvoyant
psychic
fortune teller-ish
infallible
perfect
prosody
study of versification (poetry)
solicit
to seek, ask for
variegated
multicolored
arcane
secret, understood by a few
discursiveness
indirectness
prostration
lying face down
overcome with fatigue
somnambulist
sleepwalker
vehemence
forceful, violent
clandestine
secret
disdain
strong dislike
flippant
making jokes about serious things
menagerie
collection of animals
patronize
to show superiority over
vehement
forceful
archetype
classic example of
clemency
mercy
disinterested
unbiased
flout
defy
ingenue
naive
mendacious
lying
paucity
shortage
protean
changeable
sophomoric
immature
venal
corrupt
disparage
criticize
belittle
ingrate
ungrateful person
peccadillo
minor weakness
soporific
inducing sleep
veneer
varnish
disparity
inequality
fly by night
unreliable
inimical
hostile
mercurial
volatile, changeable
pedant
person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
artifice
deception
coalesce
merge
dispassionate
neutral
forensic
having to do with debate, law
innate
inherited
provincial
unsophisticated
specious
false
venial
minor
coddle
fuss over, pamper
disseminating
circulating
fortitude
bravery
innocuous
harmless
peerless
unrivaled
prudent
cautiously wise
veracity
truthfulness
ascetic
without luxuries
coercion
force
diurnal
active in the daytime
fortuitous
happening by chance
pejorative
derogatory
puerile
childish
sporadic
fitful–not continuous
verbose
talkative
assiduous
thorough
cogent
clear, well argued
fractious
irritable
inscrutable
mysterious
mettle
courage
pellucid
transparently clear
punctilious
meticulous
spurious
false
verbosity
using too many words
assuage
to calm
cogitate
ponder
insentient
unfeeling
milieu
environment
pensive
thinking deeply
purloin
steal
astute
perceptive
dogmatic
stubbornly opinionated
frivolous
carefree
insipid
bland
mire
swamp
penury
poverty
pusillanimous
cowardly
vestigial
not developed
collate
arrange in order
dolt
stupid person
instigate
provoke
misanthrope
hater of the rest of mankind
pyromania
obsessed with starting fires
vignette
small sketch