SAT 6 Flashcards
(58 cards)
Choleric
extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition. | Obsolete.
bilious.
causing biliousness. | bad-tempered | bilious or causing biliousness
Diorama
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background. | a life-size display representing a scene from nature, a historical event, or the like, using stuffed wildlife, wax figures, real objects, etc., in front of a painted or photographed background. | a spectacular picture, partly translucent, for exhibition through an aperture, made more realistic by various illuminating devices. | a building or room, often circular, for exhibiting such a scene or picture, especially as a continuous unit along or against the walls. | a miniature three-dimensional scene, in which models of figures are seen against a background | a picture made up of illuminated translucent curtains, viewed through an aperture | a museum display, as of an animal, of a specimen in its natural setting | (films) a scene produced by the rearrangement of lighting effects
Fecund
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland. | very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance. | greatly productive; fertile | intellectually productive; prolific
Servile
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. | characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience. | yielding slavishly; truckling (usually followed by to). | extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality. | being in slavery; oppressed. | of, pertaining to, or involving slaves or servants. | of or pertaining to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held as a slave or as partially enslaved: medieval rebellions against servile laws. | obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive | of or suitable for a slave | existing in or relating to a state of slavery
Dirge
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead. | any composition resembling such a song or tune in character, as a poem of lament for the dead or solemn, mournful music: Tennyson’s dirge for the Duke of Wellington. | a mournful sound resembling a dirge: The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer. | Ecclesiastical. the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung. | a chant of lamentation for the dead | the funeral service in its solemn or sung forms | any mourning song or melody
Felicitous
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman’s felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease. | having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person. | well-chosen; apt | possessing an agreeable style | producing or marked by happiness
Ineffable
incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy. | not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable: the ineffable name of the deity. | too great or intense to be expressed in words; unutterable | too sacred to be uttered | indescribable; indefinable
Marsupial
any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young. | pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium. | of or pertaining to the marsupials. | any mammal of the order Marsupialia, in which the young are born in an immature state and continue development in the marsupium. The order occurs mainly in Australia and South and Central America and includes the opossums, bandicoots, koala, wombats, and kangaroos | of, relating to, or belonging to the Marsupialia | of or relating to a marsupium
Parochial
of or pertaining to a parish or parishes. | of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide. | very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality. | narrow in outlook or scope; provincial | of or relating to a parish or parishes
Profundity
the quality or state of being profound; depth. | Usually, profundities. profound or deep matters. | a profoundly deep place; abyss.
Utilitarian
pertaining to or consisting in utility. | having regard to utility or usefulness rather than beauty, ornamentation, etc. | of, pertaining to, or adhering to the doctrine of utilitarianism. | an adherent of utilitarianism. | of or relating to utilitarianism | designed for use rather than beauty | a person who believes in utilitarianism
Circuitous
roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument. | indirect and lengthy; roundabout: a circuitous route
Disapprobation
disapproval; condemnation. | moral or social disapproval
Martinet
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one. | someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules. | a person who maintains strict discipline, esp in a military force
Proletarian
pertaining or belonging to the proletariat. | (in ancient Rome) belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people. | a member of the proletariat. | of, relating, or belonging to the proletariat | a member of the proletariat
Apocryphal
of doubtful authorship or authenticity. | Ecclesiastical.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.
of doubtful sanction; uncanonical. | false; spurious: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed. | of questionable authenticity | (sometimes capital) of or like the Apocrypha | untrue; counterfeit
Circumlocution
a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. | a roundabout expression. | an indirect way of expressing something | an indirect expression
Fickle
likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather. | not constant or loyal in affections: a fickle lover. | changeable in purpose, affections, etc; capricious
Inertia
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. | Physics.
the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.
an analogous property of a force: electric inertia. | Medicine/Medical. lack of activity, especially as applied to a uterus during childbirth when its contractions have decreased or stopped. | the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act | (physics)
the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change: thermal inertia
Parry
to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert. | to turn aside; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question. | to parry a thrust, blow, etc. | an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing. | a defensive movement in fencing. | Milman, 1902–35, U.S. classical scholar and philologist. | William Edward, 1790–1855, English arctic explorer. | to ward off (an attack) by blocking or deflecting, as in fencing | (transitive) to evade (questions), esp adroitly | an act of parrying, esp (in fencing) using a stroke or circular motion of the blade
Prolific
producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree. | producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer. | profusely productive or fruitful (often followed by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations. | characterized by abundant production: a prolific year for tomatoes. | producing fruit, offspring, etc, in abundance | producing constant or successful results | often foll by in or of. rich or fruitful
Sluggard
a person who is habitually inactive or lazy. | lazy; sluggardly. | a person who is habitually indolent | lazy
Vacillate
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader. | to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger. | to oscillate or fluctuate. | to fluctuate in one’s opinions; be indecisive | to sway from side to side physically; totter or waver
Circumscribe
to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. | to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations. | to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science. | Geometry.
to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
(of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner. | to restrict within limits | to mark or set the bounds of | to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Compare inscribe (sense 4) | to draw a line round
