SAT list 13 Flashcards
(28 cards)
heed
To listen to.
hinder
To obstruct; to get in the way of.
irascible
Irritable.
merger
A joining or marriage.
nostalgic
Yearning for the old days.
pretentious
Pompous; self important.
saccharin
Sickly sweet; falsely sweet.
stanza
A section of a poem; verse.
venerate
To honor.
vilify
To speak of as a villain.
obfuscate
To confuse; to darken or becloud.
surreal
Dreamlike; eerie; bizarre.
peripatetic
Itinerant; traveling from place to place.
obviate
To make unnecessary; clear out of the way; remove.
proscribe
To condemn; to prohibit as wrong or dangerous.
replete
Abundantly supplied.
byzantine
Of or characterized by devious or surreptitious manner of operation; intricately involved or labyrinthine; convoluted.
portentous
Ominous; threatening.
vignette
A short descriptive literary sketch.
primordial
Existing at the very beginning.
hyperbolic
Exaggerated.
tongue-in-cheek
With sly humor; not to be taken seriously.
aphoristic
Stating a general truth.
metaphysical
Abstract; philosophical; theoretical.
