SAT Prep Vocabulary

a learned person, expert, or authority.

subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic

a complete and ignominious failure.

caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.

caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech behavior, etc.

insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic; hardened 

the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer.

Not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute

not typical

to praise highly

using few words; terse

extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.

a person who is killed in relationg stories and anecdotes interestingly

a shrine consecrated to a prophetic deity a wise person

to praise; extol

a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner

ample; abundant

a beginner or novice

sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding

pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic