Psat & Sat Vocab 2

Front 1

compunction

Back 1

feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret

Front 2

conciliatory

Back 2

overcoming distrust or hostility

Front 3

condone

Back 3

to pardon, forgive; overlook, jstify, or excuse a fault

Front 4

conduit

Back 4

tube, pipe, or similar passage

Front 5

conflagration

Back 5

big, destructive fire

Front 6

confound

Back 6

to baffle, confuse

Front 7

congeal

Back 7

to become thick or solid, as a liquid freezing, coagulate

Front 8

congenial

Back 8

similar in tastes and habits

Front 9

conglomerate

Back 9

n. anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements, also companies; adj. consisting of parts so gathered, clustered; v. to bring together into a cohering mass

Front 10

consolidate

Back 10

to combine, incorporate, merge

Front 11

constrained

Back 11

forced, compelled, obliged

Front 12

construe

Back 12

to explain or interpret

Front 13

contentious

Back 13

quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent

Front 14

continence

Back 14

self-control, self-restraint

Front 15

contravene

Back 15

to contradict, deny, act contrary to

Front 16

contrite

Back 16

deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

Front 17

conundrum

Back 17

riddle, puzzle or problem with no solution

Front 18

convalescence

Back 18

gradual recovery after an illness

Front 19

convene

Back 19

to meet, come together, assemble

Front 20

convoluted

Back 20

twisted, coiled ; complicated, intricately involved

Front 21

copious

Back 21

abundant, plentiful

Front 22

corroborate

Back 22

to confirm

Front 23

cosmopolitan

Back 23

free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments, at home all over the world

Front 24

coterie

Back 24

small group of people with a similar purpose

Front 25

covert

Back 25

hidden, secret

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covet

Back 26

to desire something possessed by another strongly

Front 27

crass

Back 27

crude

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craven

Back 28

cowardly

Front 29

credence

Back 29

acceptance of something as true or real

Front 30

creed

Back 30

statement of belief or principle

Front 31

culmination

Back 31

climax, final stage

Front 32

culpable

Back 32

guilty

Front 33

cupidity

Back 33

greed

Front 34

curmudgeon

Back 34

cranky person

Front 35

cursory

Back 35

hastily done, superficial

Front 36

curt

Back 36

abrupt, blunt

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curtail

Back 37

to shorten

Front 38

cynic

Back 38

person who distrusts the motives of others

Front 39

daunt

Back 39

to discourage, intimidate

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dearth

Back 40

lack, scarcity, insufficiency

Front 41

debase

Back 41

to degrade or lower in quality or stature

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drivel

Back 42

stupid talk; slobber

Front 43

droll

Back 43

amusing in an odd way or in a wry, subtle way

Front 44

dulcet

Back 44

pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear

Front 45

dupe

Back 45

to deceive, trick; a fool or pawn

Front 46

duplicity

Back 46

deception, dishonesty, double-dealing

Front 47

dyspeptic

Back 47

suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable

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ebb

Back 48

to fade away, recede

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ebullient

Back 49

exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits

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eclectic

Back 50

selecting from various sources

Front 51

ecstatic

Back 51

joyful

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edict

Back 52

law, command, official public order

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edifice

Back 53

building

Front 54

efface

Back 54

to erase or make illegible

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edify

Back 55

to instruct morally and spiritually

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effervescent

Back 56

bubbling; vivacious, lively

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effigy

Back 57

stuffed doll; likeness of a person

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effrontery

Back 58

shamless or impudent boldness, audacity

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effulgent

Back 59

brilliantly shining

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effusive

Back 60

epressing emotion without restraint