SAT Vocab (Set 2)

characterized by or produced with extravagance and abundance

tending to engage in lawsuits

very talkative

easily understood; clear

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

courageously noble in mind and heart

to inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on

one who is independent and resists adherence to a group

lying; untruthful

motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain; a professional soldier

extremely careful and precise

a small, moderate, or token amount

having great variety; diverse

the state of being various or manifold

infamous by way of being extremely wicked

fresh; original; new

full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning

stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action

troublesome or oppressive; burdensome

exhibiting a display of great wealth

elaborately decorated

adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion

relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

equality, as in amount, status, or value

devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause

smallness of number; fewness

characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules

describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone

a definite liking; a strong inclination

tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly

having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted

humanitarian; benevolent

calm or quiet; undisturbed by tumult or disorder

an indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen

one who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch

practical

manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude

knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight

enormous

great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning

to grow or increase rapidly

very productive; producing great quantities

unimaginative; dull

a formal summary of a proposed venture or project

to put down forcible; suppress

being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive

hateful; marked by deep seated ill-will

to level to the ground; demolish

to mutually take or give

seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

moral uprightness; righteousness

having or emitting fragrance; aromatic; suggestive, reminiscent

to become twice as great

needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression

to retire from; give up or abandon

lax in attending to duty; negligent

to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement

to reject the validity or authority of

arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive

inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

of or relating to basic facts or principles; elementary' being in the earliest stages of development

feigning piety or righteousness

of a healthy reddish color; ruddy; cheerfully confident; optimistic

brilliant

principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

anxious or concerned

producing a deep or full sound

inducing or tending to induce sleep

having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually not true

occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate

to crush by or as if by trampling; squash

unemotional; serious

to form, arrange, or deposit in layers

loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant

to thwart; stump

to support with proof or evidence; verify

a deceptive stratagem or device

disdainful; haughty; arrogant

extra; unnecessary

to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics

done by secretive means

a service self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people

the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects

merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant

moderate in degree or quality; restrained

of, relating to, or limited by time

persistence

having little substance or strength; shaky

having or exhibiting healing powers

passing away with time; passing from one place to another

noisy and disorderly

being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

to sway from one side to the other; oscillate

lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull

having streaks, marks or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored

adherence to the truth; truthfulness

green with vegetation; covered with green growth

to annoy or bother; to perplex

felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

on the alert; watchful

a short scene or incident, as from a movie

to free from blame

disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful

using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure

subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable

to remain devoted to or be in support of something

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness