11 Honors SAT Vocab Units 4-6 Review

an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith

to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

complete or perfect int he highest degree; to bring to a state or completion or perfection

floating debris; homeless, impoverished peopole

fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder

marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principals

a state of agreement; harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact

certain, not to be doubted or denied

to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a filed by the reapers

a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

silly, empty of meaning or value

easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

the act of accusing; a formal accusation

in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

keenness in observing and understanding

a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble

open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case

to imprison, confine, jail

the state of quality of being just, fair or impartial; the value of a property above mortgage

a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

present or existing everywhere

consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

ridiculous, laughable, ansurd

a pricly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate

a new convert, beginner, novice

according to reputation/general belief;having widespread acceptance and good reputation;alleged

a fortified place, stronghold

a strong attraction or inclination

costly, rich, magnificent

a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation 

the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away

shame and disgrace

a crude image of a despised person

a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; neglectful of duty

in a reclining position, lying down, int he posture of one sleeping or resting

involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded,woody

humorous, jesting,jolly, joking

a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise;to ridicule by imitating in burlesque way

frenzied, highly agitated

biting or caustic in thought, manner , or style, sharply or bitterly harsh

complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

resoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy