Sat Class Vocab 2

Front 1

Penchant

Back 1

Strong inclination, a liking

Front 2

Garrulity

Back 2

Talkativeness

Front 3

Pragmatic

Back 3

Practical, favoring utility

Front 4

Paucity

Back 4

Scarcity, a lacking of

Front 5

Precarious

Back 5

Uncertain, risky, dangerous

Front 6

Enervate

Back 6

weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate

Front 7

Partisan

Back 7

One sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced

Front 8

Anachronism

Back 8

Something out of place for its time

Front 9

Phlegmatic

Back 9

Calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional

Front 10

Sycophant

Back 10

Flatterer, parasite; a suck-up

Front 11

Perfunctory

Back 11

Superficial, listless, not thorough

Front 12

Transient

Back 12

Temporary, fleeting

Front 13

Nascent

Back 13

Coming into existence, emerging

Front 14

Libertine

Back 14

Immoral Person

Front 15

Sedulous

Back 15

Diligent, assiduous, devoted to a task

Front 16

intrepid

Back 16

Fearless, brave, undaunted

Front 17

Morose

Back 17

Gloomy, sullen

Front 18

Ardor

Back 18

Warm interest, passion, enthusiasm, zeal

Front 19

Dessicate

Back 19

To dry up, dehydrate

Front 20

Taciturn

Back 20

Untalkative, silent

Front 21

Adamant

Back 21

Hard and inflexible, unyielding

Front 22

Lachrymose

Back 22

Causing tears, tearful

Front 23

Laconic

Back 23

Brief, to the point, terse

Front 24

Erudite

Back 24

Learned, scholarly

Front 25

Squalid

Back 25

Foul, filthy

Front 26

Castigate

Back 26

To chastise, correct by punishing

Front 27

Implacable

Back 27

incapable of being placated, unpleasable

Front 28

assay

Back 28

an analysis, examination, test. To put to a test

Front 29

Boisterous

Back 29

Loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

Front 30

Garner

Back 30

To gather and save; to store up

Front 31

Delineate

Back 31

To portray, to depict, sketch out

Front 32

Burgeon

Back 32

grow forth, send out buds

Front 33

Lugubrious

Back 33

Mournful, excessively sad

Front 34

Verisimilitude

Back 34

Appearing true or real

Front 35

Urbane

Back 35

Elegant, refined in manners

Front 36

Inveterate

Back 36

Deep rooted, ingrained, habitual

Front 37

Ignoble

Back 37

Dishonorable, common, undignified

Front 38

Bellicose

Back 38

Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

Front 39

Poignant

Back 39

Physically painful, distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulating, emotional

Front 40

Pugnacious

Back 40

Contentious, quarrelsome, contumacious, given to fighting, belligerent

Front 41

Prosaic

Back 41

Everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian

Front 42

Pundit

Back 42

Learned Scholar, an authority on a subject

Front 43

Maladroit

Back 43

Clumsy, bungling

Front 44

Irascible

Back 44

Irritable, easily angered

Front 45

Mundane

Back 45

Worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday

Front 46

Mercurial

Back 46

Quick, changeable in character, fleeting

Front 47

Indomitable

Back 47

Not easily discouraged or subdued

Front 48

Bane

Back 48

Cause of injury, poison, source of harm

Front 49

Repudiate

Back 49

Disown, disavow, reject as untrue