SAT Vocabulary Study Thread

<p>jaded - satiated by excessive self-indulgence; wearied or exhausted</p>

<p>Does anyone think that our society has become jaded by television?</p>

<p>innocuous</p>

<p>innocuous- harmless</p>

<p>Your innocuous insults do not perturb me.</p>

<p>perturb</p>

<p>perturb - bother or disturb</p>

<p>sacrosanct</p>

<p>sacrosanct- most sacred or holy</p>

<p>To Jimmy, the small yet heartfelt gift from Jaime was sacrosanct among all of his belongings.</p>

<p>next vocab: pulchritudinous</p>

<p>pulchritude: Physical Beauty</p>

<p>Next: panegyrize</p>

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<p>Panegyrize: to praise with extreme enthusiasm;to view as an impeccable icon;to address a panegyric</p>

<p>E.g: Tom is panegyrized by the school principal for his outstanding academic achievements.</p>

<p>Next—> baroque</p>

<p>baroque: elaborately ornamented</p>

<p>I think we should help each other out by including some really easy way to remember the phrase…
Baroque sounds a bit like Barack, so:</p>

<p>Barack Obama lives in a baroque home.</p>

<p>Next –> enigmatic</p>

<p>enigmatic: mysterious</p>

<p>The magic he played was enigmatic.</p>

<p>Next—> uproarious</p>

<p>uproarious: noisy, bositerous</p>

<p>the kids were uproarious.</p>

<p>next -----> Flotsam</p>

<p>Flotsam: debris, usually from a ship</p>

<p>When the ship sank it left a large amount of flotsam.</p>

<p>next -------> Loquacious</p>

<p>Loquacious: Very talkative</p>

<p>The student is loquacious.</p>

<p>next----> strident</p>

<p>Strident: loud, high-pitched, piercing</p>

<p>The toddler’s strident scream interupted the beautiful concert.</p>

<p>next----> Brouhaha</p>

<p>Brouhaha: Excited discussion.</p>

<p>The brouhaha seized at the beginning of the lecture.</p>

<p>Next----->Stagnation.</p>

<p>Stagnation: idleness, inactivity</p>

<p>The company’s stock prices dropped because they were going through economic stagnation.</p>

<p>next word = condescending</p>

<p>Condescending: belief that you are superior to others</p>

<p>In a condescending tone, I told the boys to get off my sack.</p>

<p>next-----> virulent</p>

<p>violently or spitefully hostile.
intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious</p>

<p>He virulently stated that he wished her to fail.</p>

<p>Picayune</p>

<p>picayune: small; trivial; of little importance</p>

<p>Many kids assume that the SAT’s are picayune and don’t study for it.</p>

<p>next word:ineffable</p>

<p>^Indescribable</p>

<p>The odd painting in the art room is ineffable.</p>

<p>next word ------> auspicious</p>

<p>auspicious: favoring success</p>

<p>next word: burgeon</p>

<p>to grow quickly/develop quickly</p>

<p>He burgeoned into a great actress.</p>

<p>next work-----> aboriculture</p>