November 2nd, 2013 SAT Vocabulary

serendipity: (noun) 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident 2. good fortune; luck the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for slanted: (verb [used without object]) 1. to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually followed by toward) tenacious: (adj.) 1. holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of) a tenacious grip on my arm 2. highly retentive a tenacious memory 3. pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate 4. adhesive or sticky; viscous or glutinous chasten: (verb [used with object]) 1. to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise 2. to restrain; subdue Age has chastened his violent temper. contrite: (adj.) 1. caused by or showing sincere remorse 2. filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement; penitent a contrite sinner atonement: (noun) 1. satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends cogent: (adj.) 1. convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling 2. to the point; relevant; pertinent misgiving: (noun) 1. a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension scintillating: (adj.) 1. animated; vivacious; effervescent a scintillating personality 2. witty; brilliantly clever a scintillating conversationalist; a play full of scintillating dialogue aberration: (noun) 1. the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course exhort: (verb [used with object]) 1. to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently admonish: (verb [used with object]) 1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something 2. to reprove or scold, especially in a mild and good-willed manner The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.

November 2nd, 2013 SAT Vocabulary

manifest: (adj.) 1. readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain a manifest error herald: (verb [used with object]) 1. to give news or tidings of; announce; proclaim a publicity campaign to herald a new film 2. to indicate or signal the coming of; usher in stigmatize: (verb [used with object]) 1. to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family. 2. to mark with a stigma or brand perquisite: (noun) 1. something demanded or due as a particular privilege homage that was once the perquisite of royalty apoplectic: (adj.) 1. of or pertaining to apoplexy (stroke) upbraid: (verb [used with object]) 1. to find fault with or reproach severely; censure The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice. vanguard: (noun) 1. the forefront of any movement, field, or the like ravenous: (adj.) 1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious feeling ravenous after a hard days work voracious: (adj.) 1. craving or consuming large quantities of food a voracious appetite 2. exceedingly eager or avid voracious readers; a voracious collector droll: (adj.) 1. amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish spate: (noun) 1. a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring a spate of angry words tutelage: (noun) 1. the act of guarding, protecting, guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship 2. the state of being under a guardian or a tutor lugubrious: (adj.) 1. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner lugubrious songs of lost love

November 2nd, 2013 SAT Vocabulary

unforthcoming: (adj.) 1. coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time the forthcoming concert 2. friendly and outgoing; sociable prosaic: 1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative a prosaic mind 2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry loquacious: (adj.) 1. talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous soporific: (adj.) 1. causing or tending to cause sleep 2. pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy churlish: (adj.) 1. like a churl; boorish; rude churlish behavior 2. difficult to work or deal with, as soil acolyte: (noun) 1. an altar attendant in public worship 2. any attendant, assistant, or follower complicity: (noun) 1. the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing complicity in a crime exonerate: (verb [used with object]) 1. to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate 2. to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task proscribe: (verb [used with object]) 1. to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit 2. to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw placate: (verb [used with object]) 1. to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures to placate an outraged citizenry avarice: (noun) 1. insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth malaise: (noun) 1. a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease 2. a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort