SAT vocab #8 Flashcards | StudBudSAT vocab #8
SAT Vocabulary list #8
2Austere
- (verb) to agree with
- (noun) a choice between two unpleasant or difficult options
- (adj) stern; severe; plain
- (adj) quiet and modest
3Droll
- (verb) to annoy
- (verb) to act in a whimsical way
- (noun) a complete, ridiculous failure
- (adj) amusing in an odd or whimsical way
4Extrovert
- (adj) without sense or meaning
- (verb) to confine
- (noun) one who is outgoing
- (adj) severe
5Root: decor
- off
- turn
- beauty, elegance, splendor
6Decorum
- (adj) amusing in an odd or whimsical way
- (verb) the whole range or extent
- (noun) conformity to accepted standards of conduct
- (verb) to distribute
8Abate
- (verb) to lesson someone's happiness
- (noun) to detest; to hate strongly
- (adj) the whole range or extent
- (verb) to lessen in violence or intensity
9Gamut
- (adj) plain
- (noun) the whole range or extent
- (noun) intentional deceit in speech or conduct
- (verb) to confine
10Abhor
- (adj) amusing in a whimsical way
- (verb) to love
- (noun) intentional deceit in speech or conduct
- (verb) to detest; to hate strongly
11Dole
- (verb) to strive to be equal
- (verb) to lessen in violence
- (verb) to distribute; to give out sparingly
- (adj) stern; severe
12Prefix: ab-
- off, away from, apart
- turn
- out, from
13Effigy
- (verb) to lessen in violenceor intensity
- (noun) image representing a hated person or group
- (noun) the whole range or extent
- (verb) image representing a hated person or group
14Duplicity
- (noun) a heated argument
- (noun) intentional deceit in speech or conduct
- (adj) stern; severe; plain
- (verb) to detest
