SAT VOCAB P-S Flashcards by Mags Leibold | Brainscape

Q

profane

A

violent; immoral

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

profilgate

A

wasteful; immoral

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

progenitor

A

ancestor; forefather

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

prolific

A

producing a lot of something (fruit, art, offspring)

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

propensity

A

a tendency to do something

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

propound

A

to propose

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

prosaic

A

ordinary; dull

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

puerile

A

childish; juvenile

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

quagmire

A

dangerous situation

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

quell

A

to put down; to quiet

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

quiescent

A

resting; dormant; temporarily inactive

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

rail

A

to yell at

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

raiment

A

clothing

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

rarefy

A

to make less (of a gas)

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

ratify

A

to take action to confirm/agree with something

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

raze

A

to destroy completely

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

reallocation

A

redistribution

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

recalcitrant

A

disobedient; hard to manage

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

recant

A

to take back a statement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

reciprocity

A

mutual exchange; both sides given privileges to each other

Q

reconnaissance

A

search or survey for information

Q

rectitude

A

straightness; correctness

Q

refractory

A

resistant to control; stubborn

Q

remission

A

temporary relief; forgiveness; pardon

Q

remonstrance

A

a protest

Q

remunerative

A

profitable

Q

respite

A

to relieve temporarily; to delay

Q

resumption

A

the act of starting something again

Q

retentive

A

the ability to retain something

Q

retrenchment

A

a reduction; retreating back

Q

ruffle

A

to annoy

Q

saccharine

A

overly/falsely sweet

Q

salient

A

occurring in many areas; common

Q

salubrious

A

healthful

Q

serendipity

A

good fortune; luck

Q

sinuous

A

having many curves; indirect

Q

slovenly

A

slobby; sloppy; untidy

Q

sojourner

A

wanderer

Q

solicitous

A

eager to help

Q

soporific

A

sleep-causing; boring/dull

Q

spate

A

a large amount; flood

Q

spurn

A

to reject

Q

squalid

A

filthy; miserable

Q

stilted

A

pompous; excessively formal

Q

stipulate

A

to require as a condition in making an argument

Q

stolid

A

dull; boring

Q

strident

A

loud; insistent

Q

stymie

A

to prevent; to block

Q

substantive

A

broad; real; important