Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Vocab 4 - Word List

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S.A.T. WORD

P.O.S.

DEFINITION OF S.A.T. VOCABULARY WORD

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Adroit

Adj

Skillful in the use of the hands, or in handling difficult situations

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Benign

Adj

Gentle; kind-hearted; mild

3

Capitulate

Verb

Surrender; yield

4

Desultory

Adj

Lacking a plan; aimless

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Evasive

Adj

Tending to avoid giving direct answers

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Gravity

Noun

Seriousness

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Hamper

Verb

Interfere with

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Harbor

Verb

To provide shelter or refuge; hide

9

Impasse

Noun

A situation from which you cannot escape; stalemate

10

Infiltrate

Verb

Penetrate by passing through gaps; enter secretly and become established, such as a spy might do in an enemy organization

11

Intractable

Adj

Stubborn; immovable

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Juncture

Noun

Point in time, especially a crucial one; joint or connection

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Languish

Verb

Lose energy or motivation; become weak or depressed

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Latent

Adj

Existing but inactive, such as a certain quality; dormant or still; invisible

15

Malleable

Adj

Able to be reshaped by force; pliable; impressionable

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Nostalgic

Adj

Wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick

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Obtuse

Adj

Dull; blunt; unintelligent; lacking sharpness

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Pecuniary

Adj

Having to do with money; financial

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Ponderous

Adj

Slow; weighty; labored

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Prevalent

Adj

Widely-accepted; common; prevailing

21

Qualify

Verb

To limit the meaning of a previous statement; to modify

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Recant

Verb

Take back something you’ve said; withdraw a statement or belief

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Specious

Adj

Having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false

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Symmetry

Noun

Balance; having a similar appearance on all sides

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Tantamount

Adj

Equal; comparable

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Undermine

Verb

To weaken by wearing away the foundation; to sabotage

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Vacuous

Adj

Empty; stupid; purposeless

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Wane

Verb

Grow gradually smaller

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Wax

Verb

Grow gradually larger

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Zenith

Noun

The highest point; apex

Vocab 3 - Word List

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S.A.T. WORD

P.O.S.

DEFINITION OF S.A.T. VOCABULARY WORD

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Abstruse

Adj.

Difficult to understand

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Blight

Noun

Decay, disease, widespread death

3

Caustic

Adj.

Burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm

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Deference

Noun

The act of yielding to someone out of respect

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Eloquence

N/Adj…

Speech that is powerfully effective

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Flagrant

Adj.

Openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous

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Garrulous

Adj.

Very talkative; loquacious

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Harangue

N/V

A long, lecturing “speech”; to lecture or rant

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Inchoate

Adj.

Not yet fully developed

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Jocular

Adj.

Joking, playful, jesting, witty

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Lament

V/N

To express sorrow; to complain… An expression of…

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Malefactor

Noun

Person who tries to hurt others; a criminal

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Nullify

Verb

To remove or cancel all value or force; to negate

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Onerous

Adj.

Burdensome; oppressive

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Penury

Noun

Extreme poverty or destitution

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Recondite

Adj.

Hidden; difficult to understand; profound

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Sonorous

Adj.

Loud; full in sound; booming

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Torpid

Adj.

Sluggish; dull; lacking enthusiasm

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Undulate

Verb

To move in a waving manner

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Virulent

Adj.

Poisonous or destructive; filled with hate; harsh

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Wastrel

Noun

A person who wastes his money or resources

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Affable

Adj.

Friendly; easygoing

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Bumptious

Adj.

Pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive

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Cloister

N/V

A place of seclusion; to seclude or isolate

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Decadence

N/Adj…

A moral decay or decline; declining in morals

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Enmity

Noun

Mutual hatred

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Fallacious

Adj.

False, Misleading

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Germane

Adj.

Relevant or fitting

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Homage

Noun

Respect paid to someone/thing; a tribute or honor

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Incorrigible

Adj.

Impossible to correct, control or discipline