SAT 8 Flashcards
(55 cards)
Colloquial
characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. | involving or using conversation. | of or relating to conversation | denoting or characterized by informal or conversational idiom or vocabulary Compare informal
Dotard
a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person. | doater2. | a person who is weak-minded, esp through senility
Furrow
a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow. | a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face. | to make a furrow or furrows in. | to make wrinkles in (the face): to furrow one’s brow. | to become furrowed. | a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plough or a trench resembling this | any long deep groove, esp a deep wrinkle on the forehead | to develop or cause to develop furrows or wrinkles | to make a furrow or furrows in (land) |
Misnomer
a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation. | an error in naming a person or thing. | an incorrect or unsuitable name or term for a person or thing | the act of referring to a person by the wrong name
Percipient
perceiving or capable of perceiving. | having perception; discerning; discriminating: a percipient choice of wines. | a person or thing that perceives. | able to perceive | perceptive | a person or thing that perceives
Quaff
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment. | to drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily: We spent the whole evening quaffing ale. | an act or instance of quaffing. | a beverage quaffed. | to drink heartily or in one draught
Vilification
to speak ill of; defame; slander. | Obsolete. to make vile. | to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign: he has been vilified in the tabloid press | (rare) to make vile; debase; degrade
Atrophy
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /??tro? fi ?/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. | degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought. | to affect with or undergo atrophy. | a wasting away of an organ or part, or a failure to grow to normal size as the result of disease, faulty nutrition, etc | any degeneration or diminution, esp through lack of use | to waste away or cause to waste away
Collusion
a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy: Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him. | Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement: collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce. | secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; connivance; conspiracy | a secret agreement between opponents at law in order to obtain a judicial decision for some wrongful or improper purpose
Furtive
taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance. | sly; shifty: a furtive manner. | characterized by stealth; sly and secretive
Perdition
a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation. | the future state of the wicked. | hell (def 1). | utter destruction or ruin. | Obsolete, loss. | (Christianity)
final and irrevocable spiritual ruin
this state as one that the wicked are said to be destined to endure for ever | another word for hell | (archaic) utter disaster, ruin, or destruction
Vindicate
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone’s honor. | to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy. | to uphold or justify by argument or evidence: to vindicate a claim. | to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition. | to claim for oneself or another. | Roman and Civil Law. to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure, or to assert one’s right to possession. | to get revenge for; avenge. | Obsolete. to deliver from; liberate. | Obsolete. to punish. | to clear from guilt, accusation, blame, etc, as by evidence or argument
Attenuate
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire. | to make thin; make slender or fine. | Bacteriology, Immunology. to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium. | Electronics. to decrease the amplitude of (an electronic signal). | to become thin or fine; lessen. | weakened; diminishing. | Botany. tapering gradually to a narrow extremity. | to weaken or become weak; reduce in size, strength, density, or value | to make or become thin or fine; extend | (transitive) to make (a pathogenic bacterium, virus, etc) less virulent, as by culture in special media or exposure to heat
Interminable
incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job. | monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant: I can’t stand that interminable clatter. | having no limits: an interminable desert. | endless or seemingly endless because of monotony or tiresome length
Peremptory
leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command. | imperious or dictatorial. | positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc. | Law.
that precludes or does not admit of debate, question, etc.: a peremptory edict.
decisive or final.
in which a command is absolute and unconditional: a peremptory writ. | urgent or commanding: a peremptory ring on the bell | not able to be remitted or debated; decisive | positive or assured in speech, manner, etc; dogmatic | (law)
admitting of no denial or contradiction; precluding debate
obligatory rather than permissive
Stevedore
a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel. | to load or unload the cargo of (a ship). | to load or unload a vessel. | a person employed to load or unload ships | to load or unload (a ship, ship’s cargo, etc)
Complacent
pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government. | pleasant; complaisant. | pleased or satisfied, esp extremely self-satisfied | an obsolete word for complaisant
Droll
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. | a droll person; jester; wag. | Archaic. to jest; joke. | amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical
Galleon
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts. | (nautical) a large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries
Mitigate
to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. | to make less severe: to mitigate a punishment. | to make (a person, one’s state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease. | to become milder; lessen in severity. | to make or become less severe or harsh; moderate
Perfidy
deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished. | an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery. | a perfidious act
Quandary
a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma. | a situation or circumstance that presents problems difficult to solve; predicament; dilemma
Virulent
actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite. | Medicine/Medical. highly infective; malignant or deadly. | Bacteriology. causing clinical symptoms. | violently or spitefully hostile. | intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious: a virulent attack. | (of a microorganism) extremely infective
(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | extremely poisonous, injurious, etc | extremely bitter, hostile, etc
Gambol
to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic. | a skipping or frisking about; frolic. | (intransitive) to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic | a playful antic; frolic
