Vocab 4 - Word List

#	S.A.T. WORD	P.O.S.	DEFINITION OF S.A.T. VOCABULARY WORD
1	Adroit	Adj	Skillful in the use of the hands, or in handling difficult situations
2	Benign	Adj	Gentle; kind-hearted; mild
3	Capitulate	Verb	Surrender; yield
4	Desultory	Adj	Lacking a plan; aimless
5	Evasive	Adj	Tending to avoid giving direct answers
6	Gravity	Noun	Seriousness
7	Hamper	Verb	Interfere with
8	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
12	Juncture	Noun	Point in time, especially a crucial one; joint or connection
13	Languish	Verb	Lose energy or motivation; become weak or depressed
14	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
16	Nostalgic	Adj	Wishing for a return to the way things used to be; longing for the past; homesick
17	Obtuse	Adj	Dull; blunt; unintelligent; lacking sharpness
18	Pecuniary	Adj	Having to do with money; financial
19	Ponderous	Adj	Slow; weighty; labored
20	Prevalent	Adj	Widely-accepted; common; prevailing
21	Qualify	Verb	To limit the meaning of a previous statement; to modify
22	Recant	Verb	Take back something you’ve said; withdraw a statement or belief
23	Specious	Adj	Having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false
24	Symmetry	Noun	Balance; having a similar appearance on all sides
25	Tantamount	Adj	Equal; comparable
26	Undermine	Verb	To weaken by wearing away the foundation; to sabotage
27	Vacuous	Adj	Empty; stupid; purposeless
28	Wane	Verb	Grow gradually smaller
29	Wax	Verb	Grow gradually larger
30	Zenith	Noun	The highest point; apex