Vocabulary Review Part 1 (SAT words) Flashcards | StudBudVocabulary Review Part 1 (SAT words)
vocabulary review
1aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty or the arts
- agreeable
- hard-working
- friendly
2clairvoyant
- possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
- momentary, transient, fleeting
- exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future
- careful and hard-working
3anonymous
- friendly, agreeable
- nameless
- identifiable
- ghost writer
4circuitous
- exceptionally insightful
- indirect, taking the longest route
- harmful, destructive, detrimental
- depending on a condition
5asylum
- vacation spot
- cemetery, burial site
- desert, dry land
- sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
6conformist
- person who quarrels with others
- person who complies with accepted rules
- person who rebels against rules
- person who blames others
7compassion
- sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
- friendly, agreeable
- wealth or success
- honesty, wholeness
8adulation
- adversary
- extremely dry
- misfortune
- high praise
9anachronistic
- detrimental
- an unfavorable turn of events
- weakening, tiring
- out-of-date
10demagogue
- peacemaker
- leader, rabble-rouser
- apprentice, beginner
- person who pursues pleasure as a goal
11convergence
- the state of separate elements joining
- the state of separating, moving in different directions
- the act of refraining
- the state of complying with accepted rules
12arid
- extremely hot or infuriating
- extremely cold or standoffish
- extremely windy or full of hot air
- extremely dry or deathly boring
13abbreviate
- friendly, agreeable
- foe, opponent, adversary
- to shorten, abridge
- high praise
14camaraderie
- leader, rabble-rouser
- sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
- trust, sociability amongst friends
- a crowd of people, an assembly
15condescending
- controlled, repressed, restricted
- weakening, tiring
- complaining, irritable
- possessing an attitude of superiority
