SAT Vocabulary - 2 of 3 Flashcards | StudBudSAT Vocabulary - 2 of 3
SAT vocabulary
1ostentatious
- to promote the growth or development of
- intended to attract notice and impress others
- intensify, increase or further improve the quality of
- a feeling or expression of joy or exultation
2precocious
- unusually advanced or mature in development
- wise or judicious in practical affairs
- deceitful and untrustworthy
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace
3orator
- one who prepares for, intervenes in, or controls
- a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled
- a person who tries to influence legislation
- one who promotes the growth or development of
4foster
- to promote the growth or development of
- feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
- delay or postpone action
- feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
5mundane
- sparing or economical with regard to money or food
- lacking interest or excitement; dull
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace; unromantic
- arrogantly superior disdainful
6pragmatic
- dealing with problems that exist in a specific situation
- serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control
- arrogantly superior and disdainful
- to promote the growth or development of
7proactive
- feeling or appearing casually calm
- serving to prepare for an expected occurence
- delay or postpone action
- a feeling of joy or exultation
8fraught
- causing or affected by great anxiety or stress
- a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
- dried out with heat
- sparing or economical with regard to money or food
9fortuitous
- intended to attract notice and impress others
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
- happening or produced by chance; lucky; fortunate
- intensify, increase, or improve the quality or value of
10extenuating
- try to lessen the seriousness by making excuses
- to promote the growth or development
- make legally null and void; cancel out
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
11nullify
- make legally null and void; cancel out
- patient self-control; restraint and tolerance
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
- dealing with the problems that exist in a specific situation
12nonchalant
- feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
- dealing with the problems that exist in a specific situation
- intensify, increase, or further improve the quality of
- arrogantly superior and disdainful
13perfidious
- delay or postpone action
- wise or judicious in practical affairs
- patient self-control
- deceitful and untrustworthy
14frugal
- ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish
- arrogantly superior and disdainful
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace; unromantic
- sparing or economical with regard to money or food
15florid
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace; unromantic
- having a red or reddish color; rosy in complexion
- lacking interest or excitement; dull
16fortitude
- mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty
- lacking interest or excitement; dull
- a long individual life
- dried out with heat
17prudent
- intensify, increase, or further improve the quality of
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
- wise or judicious in practical affairs
- make legally null and void
18enhance
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
- a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
- intended to attract notice and impress others
- intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value
19forbearance
- deceitful and untrustworthy
- patient self-control; restraint and tolerance
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
20jubilation
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
- dried out with heat
- a long individual life; great duration of individual life
- a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
21procrastinate
- delay or postpone action; put off doing something
- to lessen the seriousness by making excuses
- feeling or appearing casually calm
- a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
22prosaic
- having a red or reddish color
- arrogantly superior and disdainful
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace
- a public speaker
23parched
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace
- dried out with heat
- lacking interest or excitement, dull
- intensify, increase or further improve the quality of
24haughty
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace; unromantic
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
- make legally null and void; cancel out
- arrogantly superior and disdainful
25prosperity
- a feeling of joy or exultation
- to lessen by making excuses
- dried out with heat
- a successful or thriving condition, especially financially
26pretentious
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
- sparing or economical with regard to money
- delay or postpone action
- successful, flourishing, or thriving condition
27lobbyist
- made legally null and void; cancel out
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
- a person who tries to influence legislation
- a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled
28opulent
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace
- having a red or reddish color
- ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish
29hypothesis
- a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence
- a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation
- dried out with heat
- intensify, increase, or further improve the quality of
30longevity
- lacking poetic beauty; commonplace; unromantic
- a long individual life
- intensify, increase, or further improve the quality of
- serving to prepare for or control an expected occurrence
