Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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

2

Blight

Noun

Decay, disease, widespread death

3

Caustic

Adj.

Burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm

4

Deference

Noun

The act of yielding to someone out of respect

5

Eloquence

N/Adj…

Speech that is powerfully effective

6

Flagrant

Adj.

Openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous

7

Garrulous

Adj.

Very talkative; loquacious

8

Harangue

N/V

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

9

Inchoate

Adj.

Not yet fully developed

10

Jocular

Adj.

Joking, playful, jesting, witty

11

Lament

V/N

To express sorrow; to complain… An expression of…

12

Malefactor

Noun

Person who tries to hurt others; a criminal

13

Nullify

Verb

To remove or cancel all value or force; to negate

14

Onerous

Adj.

Burdensome; oppressive

15

Penury

Noun

Extreme poverty or destitution

16

Recondite

Adj.

Hidden; difficult to understand; profound

17

Sonorous

Adj.

Loud; full in sound; booming

18

Torpid

Adj.

Sluggish; dull; lacking enthusiasm

19

Undulate

Verb

To move in a waving manner

20

Virulent

Adj.

Poisonous or destructive; filled with hate; harsh

21

Wastrel

Noun

A person who wastes his money or resources

22

Affable

Adj.

Friendly; easygoing

23

Bumptious

Adj.

Pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive

24

Cloister

N/V

A place of seclusion; to seclude or isolate

25

Decadence

N/Adj…

A moral decay or decline; declining in morals

26

Enmity

Noun

Mutual hatred

27

Fallacious

Adj.

False, Misleading

28

Germane

Adj.

Relevant or fitting

29

Homage

Noun

Respect paid to someone/thing; a tribute or honor

30

Incorrigible

Adj.

Impossible to correct, control or discipline

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