SAT Vocabulary List 2

(adj.) having a salty taste or unpleasant to drink

(n.) an object that serves as a good luck charm

(v.) to move in waves or wavelike motion

(n.) a situation resembling a whirlpool in size and destruction

(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval

(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

(adj.) acting in a shifty or underhanded way

(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way

(adj.) pertaining to actors; theatrical, melodramatic

(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

(adj.) shortsighted; lacking a realistic view of a situation

(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

(n.) the state of being proper; standards of what is socially acceptable

(n.) strategy, ploy

(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly

(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or approval

(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up rebellion

(n.) a legendary bird or (adj.) calm, peaceful, happy, prosperous

(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action