Sat Vocab #9

Front 1

stipend

Back 1

noun
1.
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.

2.
fixed or regular pay; salary.

Front 2

vindicate

Back 2

verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
1.
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.

2.
to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.

3.
to uphold or justify by argument or evidence: to vindicate a claim.

4.
to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.

5.
to claim for oneself or another.

Front 3

ferret

Back 3

a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.

2.
black-footed ferret. verb (used with object)
3.
to drive out by using or as if using a ferret (often followed by out ): to ferret rabbits from their burrows; to ferret out enemies.

4.
to hunt with ferrets.

5.
to hunt over with ferrets: to ferret a field.

6.
to search out, discover, or bring to light (often followed by out ): to ferret out the facts.

7.
to harry, worry, or torment: His problems ferreted him day and night.

Front 4

replica

Back 4

a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.

2.
any close or exact copy or reproduction.

Front 5

intractable

Back 5

not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.

2.
(of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal.

3.
hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable pain in his leg.

Front 6

disperse

Back 6

to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.

2.
to spread widely; disseminate: to disperse knowledge.

3.
to dispel; cause to vanish: The wind dispersed the fog.

4.
Physical Chemistry . to cause (particles) to separate uniformly throughout a solid, liquid, or gas.

5.
Optics . to subject (light) to dispersion.

Front 7

incontrovertible

Back 7

not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.

Front 8

embellish

Back 8

to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.

2.
to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.

Front 9

plethora

Back 9

overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.

2.
Pathology Archaic . a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.

Front 10

remorse

Back 10

deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.