8th Grade SAT Vocab Review

To match or surpass typically by imitation

A scarcity or lack of something

Characterized by vengefulness or resentment

Being unable to choose between two courses of action because choices are of equal value

To prevent the presence; to make impossible

Unimaginative; ordinary; dull

To astonish or shock

Keenly felt; affecting or moving the emotions

To praise highly

Mock scornfully; express contempt for

To move in a wave-like motion

An instance of placing close together or side by side especially for comparison or contrast

Weak or slight; flimsy and insubstantial

Wealth

Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

Excessive display of learning; scholarly boring; overemphasizing rules or minor details

To flood or overwhelm

Promising success; favorable conditions; given or being a sign of fortune

Characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing

Crying out nosily; clamorous

Inflammatory; designed to cause fires (both literally and figuratively)

Working diligently; showing perseverance

Truthfulness

Likely to occur at any moment; impending

Excessively greedy

Rude and irrelevant

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is actually possessed

To annoy, provoke, or irritate

A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that which it exists

Excessive praise

To obtain something from something else

A large densely packed crowd of people or animals

Of such excellence as to inspire great admiration; superb

Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear or a lack of confidence

Intended to attract notice; characterized by pretentious display

Bitter or sour (literally or figuratively)

Obviously placed, planned, or forced; artificial

Tending to argument; quarrelsome

Requiring a strenuous effort; difficult

Wisdom; soundness of judgment

Reluctant to speak especially about oneself

Inhabitant

To bounce back after being bent; to bounce back from a bad situation

To irritate intensely; infuriate

Diligent in application or attention

To amuse or entertain with speech

In low spirits from loss of spirit or courage

Without meaning; empty; lacking in ideas or intelligence

Causing one to feel drained of energy; exhausting

Famous or well respected within a particular profession

Harmless; not likely to irritate or offend

To resound; to echo; to stick with

Insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic (for others)

Lacking significance through having been overused (words and phrases).