Sat Vocab Group 2

Front 1

Conciliatory

Back 1

Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

Front 2

Credible

Back 2

Capable of being believed; plausable

Front 3

Exonerate

Back 3

To free from blame

Front 4

Incontrovertible

Back 4

Indisputable; not open to question

Front 5

Indict

Back 5

To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime

Front 6

Litigious

Back 6

Prone to engage in lawsuit

Front 7

Partisan

Back 7

Devoted to or biased in support of a part, group, or cause

Front 8

Parity

Back 8

Equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity)

Front 9

Rectitude

Back 9

Moral uprightness; righteousness

Front 10

Remiss

Back 10

Lax in attending to duty; negligent

Front 11

Repudiate

Back 11

To reject the validity or authority of

Front 12

Sanctimonious

Back 12

Feigning piety or righteousness

Front 13

Scrupulous

Back 13

Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

Front 14

Solicitous

Back 14

Concerned

Front 15

Sophistry

Back 15

Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument

Front 16

Substantiate

Back 16

To support with proof or evidence; verify

Front 17

Veracity

Back 17

Adherence to the truth; truthfulness

Front 18

Vindicate

Back 18

To free from blame

Front 19

Cajole

Back 19

To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

Front 20

Chicanery

Back 20

Trickery

Front 21

Obsequious

Back 21

Fawning and servile

Front 22

Sycophant

Back 22

Insincere, obsequious flatterer

Front 23

Altruism

Back 23

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness

Front 24

Eminent

Back 24

Distinguished; prominent

Front 25

Empathetic

Back 25

Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives

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Extol

Back 26

To praise highly

Front 27

Laudatory

Back 27

Full of praise

Front 28

Magnanimous

Back 28

Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart

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Philanthropic

Back 29

Humanitarian; benevolent; relation to monetary generosity

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Reciprocate

Back 30

To mutually take or give; to respond in kind

Front 31

Defunct

Back 31

No longer existing or functioning

Front 32

Eradicate

Back 32

To get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish

Front 33

Expurgate

Back 33

To remove objectionable concent before publication or release

Front 34

Extirpate

Back 34

To destroy

Front 35

Quell

Back 35

To put down forcibly; suppress

Front 36

Raze

Back 36

To level to the ground; demolish

Front 37

Squelch

Back 37

To crush as if by trampling; squash

Front 38

Supplant

Back 38

To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics

Front 39

Stymie

Back 39

To thwart or stump

Front 40

Abase

Back 40

To lower in rank, prestige, or exteem

Front 41

Deride

Back 41

To mock contemptuously

Front 42

Derogatory

Back 42

Insulting or intended to insult

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Disparage

Back 43

To speak of negatively; to belittle

Front 44

Effrontery

Back 44

Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

Front 45

Ignominy

Back 45

Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct

Front 46

Impugn

Back 46

To attack as false or questionable

Front 47

Mar

Back 47

To damage, especially in a disfiguring way

Front 48

Pejorative

Back 48

Disparaging, belittling, insulting

Front 49

Vex

Back 49

To annoy or bother; to perplex

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Vindictive

Back 50

Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful