SAT Vocabulary #1

English Sat with Turner at Henry M. Gunn High School

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prosaic

dull, boring

*poetry

perspicacious

keen, shrewd

*perspective

disparage

degrade

* don't diss me!

mettle

vigor, and strength of spirit

*metal, steel is strong

felicity

great happiness

*Felicity, girl on TV show

infelicity

not appropriate, NOT unhappy

dalliance

play

*don't dilly dally

fastidious

scornful/meticulous

*make scones fast

petulance

rude, annoying

*loud pet

pestilence

epidemic, disease

incredulous

so incredible, can't believe

*incredible

sedulous

dilligent

*SAID TO YOU I WOULD DO IT, I DID IT

mercenary

soldier, "soldier for hire"

*video games

vocation

job, OPPOSITE of vacation

regression

to go back

quell

quiet, pacify

surfeit

excess, overabundant supply

*surf on excess of ocean (waves)

contemptuous $$

disapproval

ineffable

not expressed in words

presumptive

assume WITH evidence

*presume > assume

vacillate

wishy-washy, fluctuate, oscillate -> not a physical movement

steadfast

immovable

discrepant $$

disagreeing

*"discrepant in testimony"

egregious

flagrant, bad act, SHOWY

*gregg is a bad kid

decorum

manners

garrulous

talkative

*girls are talkative

tenuous

rare, slender, flimsy weak

*if you're 10 pounds, you're tenous

decried

to express disapproval

phlegmatic

stubborn, slow-moving

*think phlegm

hermetic

solitary, reclusive

*hermit crab

abstruse

confusing, difficult to comprehend

*ABSTR -> confusing

recondite

hidden, concealed

*klondlike bar, HIDDIN inside wrappying

specious

showy, flashy, deceptive

*specious argument - showy, but no foundation

penurious

frugal but negative connotation, very poor

*penny-pinching

recalcitrant

defiant, unruly

*won't DRINK MILK (calcium)

polarize

to break up into opposing groups

*separating people into opposite poles

vindicate $$

to free from allegation/blame

discern

understood, recognize, detect

*I discern this

trepidation

uncertain

*tripping = uncertain footing

neophyte

beginner, novice

*in Matrix, main character's name is NEO, neopets

enigmatic

mysterious, obscure

*ENIGMA -> puzzle game

unequivocal

clear, unambiguous

equivocal

unclear

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