SAT Vocab Lesson 3 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Bauble
(n) a worthless but attractive adornment
Bureaucracy
(N) government through administrative organization or departments
Condolence
(N) a sympathy for or acknowledgment of another’s pain or grief
Conflagration
(N) an extensive fire
Denude
(V) to remove covering
Dissuade
(V) to convince a person to abandon an action or belief
Exacerbate
(v) to make worse; to aggravate a problem or condition
Ghastly
(Adj) having a horrible appearance
Impetus
(N) a factor that causes action
Jaundice
(N) a yellow discoloration on the skin and tissues caused by a medical condition, such as hepatitis
Lenient
(Adj) tending to give a lesser punishment or penalty
Myth
(N) a fictional story told as true in a particular culture, often containing a moral or explaining natural phenomena through supernatural tales
Navigate
(V) to control the course and direction of vessel or vehicle; to find a route, as with a map
Omnivorous
(Adj) eating food from both animals and plants
Pandemic
(Adj) Widespread and pervasive; affecting everyone
Perspective
(N) A particular mental outlook or point of view
Premonition
(N) A prophetic feeling; an impression that an event, often a bad event, will happen in the future
Ravine
(N) A deep, long depression in the earth, as a canyon or gorge
Reticent
(Adj) unwilling to speak; tending to be silent
Shiftless
(Adj) lacking willingness or energy to accomplish anything
Tacit
(Adj) not stated out right but understood
Trepidation
(N) A feeling of anxiety or uncertainty
Veneer
(N) A superficial, often deceptive, outer layer
Zealot
(N) A person who is fanatical or holds extreme and passionate views on a particular topic, especially a religion
