SAT Vocab Lesson 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Banal
(adj) overused or common
Bibliophile
(n) one who loves to collect books
Culprit
(n) the person responsible for an unlawful or u allowable act; the guilty party
Discomfort
(n) physical or mental pain or distress
Exhume
(v) to remove from the ground something that was buried, especially removing a body from a grave
Fray
(v) to tear, cut, or pull the edges of a cloth or rope, so that the strings separate from each other
Granule
(n) a small particle; single grain, as of salt
Habitual
(adj) usual; done by custom or habit
Horde
(n) large group or crowd; a mass of people or living things
Inundate
(v) to overwhelm as if being bombarded by a large quantity of water
Jovial
(adj) cheerful and joyous
Kind-hearted
(adj) having a kind or gentle disposition
Loathe
(v) to hate or despise
Monomania
(n) an obsession with a single thing or idea
Nefarious
(adj) exceedingly or undeniably evil
Outrage
(n) an action that is outlandishly offensive or vicious
Philosophize
(v) to express an attitude or moral position; to espouse a philosophy
Purloin
(v) to steal
Resilience
(n) the ability to quickly or easily recover or regain a former state
Suffrage
(n) the legal right to vote
Tremulous
(adj) unsteady and shaking
Unison
(n) a state of acting together as one
Voluble
(adj) easily and readily speaking; fluent
Zenith
(n) the highest point; a peak of achievement
