SAT Vocabulary #2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Auspicious
Showing that future success is likely
Assuage
Something that pains or distresses
Autonomous
Power of self government
Banality
Lacking originality or freshness
Benevolent
Marked by doing something good
Benign
Gentle kindhearted
Boon
Something that is helpful or beneficial
Calamity
An event causing sudden distress, disaster
Calumny
Making false statements to damage a reputation
Camaraderie
A mutual trust between people who spend a lot of time together, friendship
Candor
The quality do being very open and honest, frankness
Censure
To express severe disproval, typically in a formal statement
Chronology
The arrangement of orders and dates in the order of occurrence
Circuitous
A route or journey longer that the most typical way
Circumvent
Finding a way around an obstacle
Civility
Formal politeness and courtesy and behavior in speech
Cogent
An argument clear, logical, and convincing
Cognizant
Having knowledge of being aware
Colloquial
Language used in ordinary of familiar conversation
Compatriots
Fellow citizen or national of country
Comprehensive
Complete, including all elements
Conciliatory
Intended or likely placate or pacify
Condensation
Water vapor, physical change
Condescending
Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority