SAT Core List 6 Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
Q
Abrogate
A
Abolish by authority
2
Q
Acerbic
A
Bitter
3
Q
Ambiguous
A
Uncertain
4
Q
Analgesic
A
Something that reduces pain
5
Q
Annex
A
A small room attached to a larger one
6
Q
Ascetic
A
Practicing restraint for discipline or religion
7
Q
Assail
A
Attack
8
Q
Bombastic
A
Excessively confident
9
Q
Buttress
A
Support
10
Q
Catalyze
A
Charge or inspire
11
Q
Cloying
A
Sickeningly sweet
12
Q
Congeal
A
Thicken into a solid
13
Q
Convention
A
Assembly of people
14
Q
Corpulence
A
Extreme fatness
15
Q
Denounce
A
Criticize publicly
16
Q
Desiccated
A
Dehydrated
17
Q
Diffuse
A
Scatter and break up
18
Q
Dissent
A
Disagreeing
19
Q
Dissuade
A
To persuade someone to not do something
20
Q
Dogmatic
A
Arrogant
21
Q
Empirical
A
Capable of being proved or disproved by experiment
22
Q
Equanimity
A
Composure
23
Q
Espouse
A
Support
24
Q
Flabbergasted
A
Astounded
25
Grandiose
Magnificent and exaggerated scale
26
Hypothetical
Supposed or assumed
27
Impudent
Casually rude
28
Incumbent
Obligatory
29
Injunction
Order for official warning
30
Innovate
To do in an unprecedented way
31
Invective
Angry verbal attack
32
Inviolable
Secure from assault
33
Lucid
Clear and easy to understand
34
Mitigate
Make less violent
35
Noisome
Unpleasant and offensive
36
Opulent
Rich abundance
37
Panacea
Remedy for ills and difficulties
38
Phlegmatic
Uninterested
39
Pithy
Concisely meaningful
40
Potentate
A ruler
41
Pulchritude
Physical beauty
42
Quaint
Charmingly old fashioned
43
Reciprocate
Give in return
44
Revel
Enjoy intensely
45
Ruse
A trick
46
Saccharine
Sickeningly sweet
47
Somnolent
Sleepy
48
Tacit
Expressed without words
49
Utilitarian
Relating to or aiming at usefulness
50
Vicissitude
Event that occurs by chance
51
Yoke
To join
