Vocab Set 5 Flashcards | StudBudVocab Set 5
SAT vocab practice
1define morose
- excited
- happy
- Very serious, unhappy, and quiet
2Define synthesis
- a part of
- to combine
- something that is made by combining different things
3Define Affinity
- to hate
- A feeling of closeness and understanding
- fondness
4Define guile
- to be cunning
- truthful
- the use of clever and usually dishonest methods
5Define buttress
- weak
- a structure built against a wall in order to support it
- reinforcement
6Define redolent
- pungent
- having a strong smell
- aromatic
7define proliferation
- conception
- To increase in number or amount quickly
- to decrease
8Define Dearth
- wealth
- the state or condition of not having enough of something
- enough
9Define haughty
- arrogant
- the insulting attitude of people who think they're better
- humble
10Define exotic
- extraordinary
- very different, strange, or unusual
- familiar
11define inscrutable
- easily understood
- confusing
- difficult to understand
12define empirical
- practical
- based on testing or experience
- factual
13Define Circumspect
- watchful
- Thinking carefully about possible risks before doing
- Careless and foolish
14Define conflagration
- to combust
- a large destructive fire
- burning
15Define Veracity
- verity
- Truth or accuracy
- inaccurate
16Define enmity
- friendly
- hatred
- a very deep unfriendly feeling
17Define malice
- a desire to cause harm to another person
- friendly
- hostile
18define perfunctory
- cursory
- Used to describe something that is done without energy
- enthusiastic
19Define Acrimonious
- nasty in behavior
- Angry and bitter
- mean
20define sycophant
- bored
- person who praises powerful people in order to get approval
- not caring
