SAT Vocabulary Study Thread

<p>anecdote: a short account on an amusing or interesting event</p>

<p>Although highly unrealistic, the teacher found the boy’s anecdote about losing his homework rather amusing.</p>

<p>Next word: execrable</p>

<p>execrable: Terrible, abominable, abhorrent, very bad</p>

<p>Gigli was simply an execrable movie.</p>

<p>Next word: Condone</p>

<p>Condone</p>

<p>The teacher condoned his behaviour, he knew the boy couldn’t help his flagrant
attitude. </p>

<p>New word: Sanguine</p>

<p>sanguine-cheerful, optimistic</p>

<p>The sanguine dog leaped into its owner.</p>

<p>Next word: inimical</p>

<p>yo can somebody tell me what supermartingale means??? beat this…</p>

<p>and this floccinaucinihilipilification</p>

<p>Inimical: Unfriendly, hostile; Having adverse tendency or effect.</p>

<p>Example: An inimical tone of voice. A climate inimical to health.</p>

<p>Next word: Vicissitude</p>

<p>Vicissitude:the state of changing and variation</p>

<p>Example:The future is so uncertain and murky that we cannot easily take a profound outlook as to what is going to happen during this vicissitude period.</p>

<p>Next world:Serendipitous</p>

<p>Keep this thread alive, SAT’s in 4 days :X</p>

<p>Serendipitous: lucky/fortunate with discoveries</p>

<p>Example: The man was extremely serendipitous in his accidental discovering of the massive diamond.</p>

<p>Next Word: mawkishness</p>

<p>mawkish - extremely sentimental or emotional</p>

<p>The unduly mawkish girl cried at the same scene every time she watched it.</p>

<p>next word: inexorable</p>

<p>inexorable - unmoving or unchangeable</p>

<p>The inexorable truth that vocabulary is a pain in the rear end often pains SAT takers.</p>

<p>next word: fatuous</p>

<p>Fatuous - silly, foolish</p>

<p>The student’s fatuous remarks were jeered at by the rest of the class.</p>

<p>Next word: idiosyncratic</p>

<p>fatuous - foolish; silly</p>

<p>The fatuous worker signed the paper without reading it and had to work 1 year without pay.</p>

<p>next word: insurmountable</p>

<p>fatuous: complacently foolish</p>

<p>The student’s response to the principal was fatuous; consequently, he was suspended. </p>

<p>ephemeral</p>

<p>lmao… triple definition</p>

<p>ephemeral: anything short-lived</p>

<p>Insects that live for only a day are ephemeral insects.</p>

<p>next word: epicurean</p>

<p>epicurean - having luxurious tastes and habits</p>

<p>In “Tale of Two Cities,” Monsieur Evermonde was known for his epicureanism.</p>

<p>Next word:furor</p>

<p>furor - a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like.</p>

<p>Vans shoes were the new furor in my school.</p>

<p>Next word –> iconoclastic</p>

<p>Iconoclast - one who seeks to overthrow traditional or conventional beliefs and institutions</p>

<p>Martin Luther King, Jr. was an iconoclast, seeking to change society’s beliefs about the rights of African Americans.</p>

<p>Next word: vacuous</p>

<p>Vacuous - Devioud of content; Emptied</p>

<p>Jaded</p>