SAT Core List 8 Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
Q
Abstain
A
To choose not to do something
2
Q
Acute
A
Having keen insight
3
Q
Ameliorate
A
Improve
4
Q
Amenable
A
Willing
5
Q
Antecedent
A
Something that came before
6
Q
Arbitration
A
Resolving a dispute
7
Q
Assuage
A
Ease
8
Q
Atypical
A
Not typical
9
Q
Calamity
A
Disaster
10
Q
Circuitous
A
Roundabout
11
Q
Cognizant
A
Aware
12
Q
Compound
A
Stalled area with a group of buildings
13
Q
Consecrate
A
Dedicate to something holy
14
Q
Coronation
A
Crowning
15
Q
Cosmopolitan
A
Sophisticated and worldly
16
Q
Deprecate
A
Belittle
17
Q
Despondent
A
Depressed and discouraged
18
Q
Divulge
A
Reveal a secret
19
Q
Dour
A
Stern and joyless
20
Q
Duplicity
A
Crafty and dishonest
21
Q
Embezzle
A
Steal money with false records
22
Q
Epistolary
A
In letters and mail
23
Q
Exalt
A
Glorify
24
Q
Fidelity
A
Loyalty
25
Flagrant
Offensive
26
Hardy
Can survive in hard situation
27
Ignominious
Humiliating and disgracing
28
Indigent
Very poor
29
Inquisitor
Someone who forcefully questions people
30
Instigate
Urge
31
Iridescent
Showing rainbow colors
32
Irrevocable
Incapable of being taken back
33
Larceny
Taking thought stealing or trickery
34
Manifest
Easily understandable and obvious
35
Mollify
Soften in temper
36
Nominal
Insignificant
37
Orthodox
Conventional and based of a protocol
38
Paradox
Contradictory but true
39
Pliable
Flexible
40
Predilection
A preference
41
Preponderance
Superiority
42
Quixotic
Idealistic and impractical
43
Reconcile
Make consistent with existing ideas
44
Restitution
Restoration to the rightful owner
45
Rhapsodize
Excessive enthusiasm
46
Salient
Significant
47
Semaphore
Visual signal
48
Staid
Serious and disciplined
49
Tangential
Divergent and on a tangent
50
Vapid
Dull
51
Vocation
Profession or job
