SAT Words Flashcards
Abandon (noun form)
a total lack of inhibition, don’t care what people think
Beatific
(adj.) displaying calmness and joy
Celerity
(noun) speed or haste
Dispassionate
(adj.) unaffected by bias or strong emotions
Fodder
(noun) raw material, as for artistic creation, readily abundant ideas or images
Grandiloquence
(noun) pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language
Hegemony
(noun) the domination of one state or group over its allies
Implacable
(adj.) inferable, not capable of being changed or pacified
Jettison
(verb) to discard, to rid of
Bombastic
(adj.) high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated
Calumny
(noun) a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation
Wan
(adj.) pale
Supercilious
(adj.) behaving as if one is superior
Riotous
(adj.) exiting, fun, full of energy
Benediction
(adj.) the act of praying for divine, the utterance or bestowing of a blessing
Redolent
(adj.) having a pleasant oder
Complacent
(adj.) pleased
Lilliputian
(adj.) extremely small
Macabre
(adj.) having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome
Nefarious
(adj.) intensely wicked or evil
Obdurate
(adj.) stubbornly persistant, resistant to persecution
Rancor
(noun) bitter hatred
Saccharine
(adj.) excessively sweet or sentimental
Palatial
(adj.) relating to a palace; magnificent
Veracity
(noun) accuracy; truth
Yen
(noun) a strong desire or craving
Adroit
(adj.) skillful; accomplished; highly competent
Balk
(verb) to stop short and refuse to go on
Cacophony
(noun) a jarring, unpleasant noise
Dour
(adj.) sullen + gloomy
Emollient
(adj.) soothing to the skin
Magnanimous
(adj.) very generous or forgiving
Laudable
(adj.) deserving praise and commendation
Turgid
(adj. ) 1: swollen and distended or congested
2: tediously pompous or bombastic
Ineffable
(adj.) too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
Denizen
(noun) an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place
Convivial
(adj.) friendly, lively, and enjoyable
Feckless
(adj.) lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible
Gauche
(adj.) lacking social refinement
Histonics
(noun) the deliberate display of emotion for effect
Imperious
(adj.) commanding
Junta
(noun) a small governing body, especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
Limber
(adj.) flexible, capable of being shaped
Mellifluous
(adj.) having a smooth, rich sound
Ornery
(adj.) having an irritable disposition
Plaintive
(adj.) expressive of woe, suffering, or melancholy
Variegated
(adj.) varied, different colors
Worst
(verb) to gain the advantage, to defeat
Zeitgeist
(noun) the mood or spirit of the time
Ersatz
(adj.) artificial; an inferior substitute
