Thread of SAT Vocabulary

[jumpngo]

I had an idea. Throughout our studies, we could post words that we stumble upon in this post with their definnitions, and whatever supplements you can add for you to remember, or for others (such as sentences). In addition, this thread would be very convenient to access, etc. If you're interested, just stop by and drop some words. (you don't have to copy and paste the previous words and add your own, that just too much.)

[Feed]

Cool thread! *You spelt definitions wrong. >_<

Anyway, I shall commence:

1. Defile – n. a narrow passage or gorge. Mountaineers have to make their way through a lot of defiles to reach their destinations.

2. Enmity – n. active mutual hatred or ill will. There is enmity between those two men; they once had a fight.

3. Hiatus – n. an interruption in time or continuity. The miners' strike caused a hiatus in coal production.

4. Immure – v. to enclose within. The general wanted to immure the prisoners of war.

5. Pliant – adj. suitable for varied uses. She doesn't like baseball but she's pliant and will play if everyone else wants to.

6. Specious – adj. something that seems to be true but is actually false. She was a good speaker but she did not do well on the debate team because most of her arguments were specious.

7. Stupendous – adj. of amazing size or greatness. We saw stupendous, snow-covered mountains in Switzerland.

8. Pallidly – adv. with lack of color or liveliness.

9. Ebullience – n. the quality of lively expression of thoughts and feelings.

10. Errant – adj. behaving wrongly, moving about aimlessly. While playing golf, he hit an errant shot into the woods.

11. Festoon – n./v. a decorative chain, to decorate. His house was festooned with Christmas lights and decorations.

12. Gesticulate – v. to gesture when speaking. The speaker gesticulated to stress the importance of the point.

13. Officious – adj. volunteering one’s services when they are neither asked nor needed. He is so officious that he tries to tell everyone what to do.

14. Tumult – n. a violent agitation of feelings. The tumult from the angry mob was frightening.

15. Contrite – adj. feeling/showing sorrow for a shortcoming. The boy was contrite after he broke his mother’s favorite lamp.

16. Declivity – n. downward slope.

17. Susurrate – v. to whisper/murmur.

18. Vicissitude – n. a change in one’s life that is beyond one’s control. You could say that losing your job is just one of the vicissitudes of life.

19. Furtive – adj. secretive. The teacher was suspicious of the student's furtive behavior during the exam.

20. Tacit/tacitly – adj./adv. to imply something without saying it. The boss gave tacit approval to a marketing plan by asking to be told about its progress.

21. Detritus – n. loose remnants, debris. The road was blocked by the detritus from a rock slide.

22. Gyration – n. the act of rotating in a circle. A line of male dancers gyrated to the music while the audience applauded their appreciation.

23. Impalpable – adj. incapable of being felt by touch/not readily discerned by the mind. The tiny bird's heartbeat was almost impalpable.

24. Malevolently – adv. having vicious ill will. I could feel him watching me malevolently as I walked away.

25. Myriad – n./adj. great number, innumerable, infinite. An accountant must take care of a myriad of details.

26. Sinewy – adj. strong, marked by strength. The fighter had a strong, sinewy body.

27. Grimaced – v. facial expression of disgust. Helen made a grimace of disgust when she saw the raw meat.

[jumpngo]

<b> pragmatic </b> : defines something that is useful; syn (utilitarian?)

<b> pedagogical </b> : defines something that is related to teaching

<b> hackneyed </b> : banal; trite

[jumpngo]

lol feed. saving up are we? and my html bold codes messed up. i guess there are no spaces.. (and i spelled definitions wrong b/c i have a loose keyboard =])... maybe.

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I have a lot of vocab lists on my computer, so... I'll be happy to share. That's all.

The html code for bold is [b] not <b>.
Also, you could have edited your post.

Now it's like a murky spot on this budding thread.
*Sniff.

[jumpngo]

yeah, sorry. maybe you should "report problem post"

[Feed]

^ Nah, that would be a very egregious act.

We should all start talking via SAT vocab filled sentences. ^_^

[D-Yu]

wouldn't that be elitist and involve unnecessary use of esoteric and abstruse words?

[Sci-Fry]

Actually, when you refer to HTML tags, you are referring to (for example) <b>
[b] is an example of BBCode (lol, sounds funny)

[jumpngo]

you people need to stop your pretentious way of speaking. =]. And esoteric and abstruse were words on the BB SAT #5 section 5? or 2? Idk, i was just reviewing it last night. But nice use.

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@Sci-Fry, Lol. Thanks for pointing that out.

I see jumpngo just copied off of D-Yu's post. I wonder if that means he doesn't have a copious vocabulary or he's just too indolent to look up more words... =P

[jumpngo]

Oh please Feed. I have an ALRIGHT vocabulary, but your remark just illustrates that you're an insolent person, with an insolent reply. (i get indolent & insolent & redolent) confused. Stupid english. so many words.

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WHAT? Okay, I've taken umbrage on that comment.

>=|

I don't think this thread will be as redolent as it was before. Hmph.

[jumpngo]

i'll try to make it more appealing with my barrage of SAT vocab from the next section.

[jumpngo]

[b]winnow[b/] (v) to analyze critically; discriminate; distinguish

[b]supplant[b] (v) To take the place of (another) against the other's will.