SAT Vocab #15

(adj.) revolting; vile; detestable; odious

(adj.) pernicious; deadly or harmful in influence; menacing

(adj.) calmness

(adj.) scattered, wasted; wasteful in pursuit of pleasure

(v) to decline

(n) a person who attacks cherished beliefs or established institutions

(v) to indicate or warn of in advance; to foretell

(n) abundance; a great or generous amount; extravagance

(adj.) lacking courage; cowardly

(n) uncontrollable urge to start fires

(n) one taking the blame for the mistakes and crimes of others

(n) a beginner, novice; neophyte

(adj.) beyond doubt or reproach; unquestionable

(adj.) excellent, but existing only in fancy or theory; given to dreams of schemes of perfection

(n) whirlpool; fluid rotation around a central point