Summary of this Deck of Flashcards



DeckID49
DeckNameSAT Vocab Words
DeckDescriptionSAT GRE GMAT TOEFL Words needed to score big on the big day
Created3/12/2008 12:38:07 AM
AuthorID55501dd6-9efe-4a64-a30e-26b2ee476884




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allocate

to map or assign to

junta

a council or committee for political or governmental purposes

calumny

a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation

slander

lackadaisical

lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest; languid

tirade

a long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature

garrote

to execute by strangling or what is used to execute by strangling

cant

to talk or beg in a whining or singsong manner

ebullient

joyously unrestrained

showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling

deference

a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

"in deference to your wishes"

denunciation

an act of denouncing; especially a public condemnation

the act of declaring an action or person worthy or reprobation or punishment

came

a slender grooved lead rod used to hold together panes of glass especially in a stained-glass window

candid

without subtlety or evasion

straight forward; blunt

iconoclast

one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions

one who destroys sacred religious images

precipitately

headlong, hastily, rashly, swiftly

abdicate

to give up a position with no possibility of resuming it (royal power, responsibility, etc)

abjure

a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath

ignominious

marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame

disgraceful

deciduous

falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle

decamp

to break up a camp

to leave suddenly or unexpectedly

callow

lacking adult sophistication

without experience of the world

gamut

series or range (usually pertaining to color or music)

banal

lacking originality, freshness, or novelty

commonplace

darkling

uncanninly or threateningly dark or obscure

"secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"

occurring in the night

ignoble

completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose

"something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"

prudent

wise in handling practical matters

exercising good judgment or common sense

rapture

a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

cadenza

a solo passage, either written by the composer or improvised by the performer

gambol

to skip about in play; frolic

gait

a manner of walking or moving on foot

how one carries oneself when he moves

"he has a leisurely gait"

economize

to spend sparingly

edify

to build up; strengthen

to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge

reprove

to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent

canon

a secular law, rule, or code of law

abet

assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

repugnant

exciting distaste or aversion

repulsive

harbinger

One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner

educe

the bringing out of something potential or latent

to draw out

cabalism

superstitious devotion to one's religion