Sat Vocab Week 2

Front 1

Demonstrative

Back 1

Emotional, displaying ones feelings openly

Front 2

Empathy

Back 2

The ability to feel what you imagine another person feels, understanding

Front 3

Pathos

Back 3

Compassion, pity, sympathy

Front 4

Cacophony

Back 4

Jarring, harsh sound, dissonance

Front 5

Debacle

Back 5

A disaster or failure

Front 6

Deleterious

Back 6

Harmful,injurious, detrimental

Front 7

Desecrate

Back 7

To violate the sacredness of, to make profane

Front 8

Discordant

Back 8

Conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

Front 9

Eradicate

Back 9

To tear up by the roots

Front 10

Exacerbate

Back 10

To aggravate, make worse, make more severe

Front 11

Mar

Back 11

To ruin or spoil

Front 12

Raze

Back 12

To destroy completely, demolish

Front 13

Sully

Back 13

To soil or make dirty

Front 14

Virulent

Back 14

Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous

Front 15

Arable

Back 15

Suitable for farming

Front 16

Arid

Back 16

Lacking moisture, especially due to insufficient rainfall

Front 17

Conflagration

Back 17

A massive, destructive fire

Front 18

Blithe

Back 18

Care free and light hearted

Front 19

Equanimity

Back 19

Composure, being calm, balanced

Front 20

Euphoric

Back 20

Extremely happy, elated

Front 21

Levity

Back 21

Lightness of manner or speech

Front 22

Placid

Back 22

Calm, peaceful, serene

Front 23

Clandestine

Back 23

Kept or done in secret

Front 24

Furtive

Back 24

Characterized by stealth, sneaky

Front 25

Surreptitious

Back 25

Done, made or acquired by stealth

Front 26

Erudite

Back 26

Learned, scholarly

Front 27

Esoteric

Back 27

Understood by a small, specific group

Front 28

Profundity

Back 28

Depth, something intellectual or abstract

Front 29

Pundit

Back 29

An authority who expresses his/her opinions, expert, learned person

Front 30

Sage

Back 30

N) one venerated for experience, judgment, & wisdom. Adj) wise

Front 31

Felicitous

Back 31

Apt, pleasant, happy

Front 32

Serendipity

Back 32

A lucky, chance occurence

Front 33

Immutable

Back 33

Not subject or susceptible to change

Front 34

Innate

Back 34

From birth, inherent

Front 35

Invariable

Back 35

Not subject to change, constant

Front 36

Atypical

Back 36

Odd, different,unique, unusual, distinct

Front 37

Avant-garde

Back 37

Using experimental or new techniques

Front 38

Eccentric

Back 38

Strange, different, odd

Front 39

Idiosyncrasy

Back 39

A unique character trait

Front 40

Maverick

Back 40

An unbranded range animal, one that is independent in thought and action

Front 41

Novel

Back 41

Strikingly new, unusual, or different

Front 42

Vilify

Back 42

To speak evil of

Front 43

Scoff

Back 43

To mock or disregard as ridiculous

Front 44

Malediction

Back 44

A curse

Front 45

Impugn

Back 45

To attack verbally, to challenge as false or questionable

Front 46

Harangue

Back 46

To deliver a pompous speech or tirade

Front 47

Disparage

Back 47

To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way, belittle

Front 48

Deride

Back 48

To ridicule, mock, taunt

Front 49

Censure

Back 49

An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism

Front 50

Admonish

Back 50

To warn or scold gently, give advice