SAT Word List I

Unusually varied or mixed

Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate

Delineate - Describe or portray precisely

Related to knowledge or understanding

A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights

Contrary to what one expects

Arbitrate - Reach an authoritative judgment or settlement

Secure against change or violation

Lacking a fixed plan

Respite - A break; intermission

Procedure; code of behavior

Obsequious - Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning

To waver, as between conflicting opinions, or courses of action; vacillate

Intractable - Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn

Destructive; deadly ; evil