SAT words part 2

Abate Decrease, diminish

Abdicate Resign, give up

Aesthetic Beautiful, artful

Anachronistic Chronologically misplaced, in a wrong time

Arid Lacking sufficient water, dry

Asylum Shelter, sanctuary, refuge

Boisterous Loud, noisy, lively

Brazen Shameless

Brusque Rude, short, impolite

Camaraderie Good fellow-ship

Capitulate Surrender under agreed conditions

Clairvoyant Having great insight or psychic powers

Compromise A middle way

Conditional Dependent

Conundrum A difficult problem, puzzle

Convergence The act of coming together

Deleterious Harmful to living things, injurious

Demagogue Agitator

Divergent Different

Ephemeral Short-lived

Evanescent Passing, brief

Extenuating Lessening the seriousness of something

Florid Ornate, flowery

Forbearance Patience, tolerance

Fortuitous Lucky, fortunate

Foster Providing or receiving nurture

Hackneyed Common, unoriginal

Hedonist A pleasure seeker

Hypothesis A theory or guess

Impute Attribute, accredit, ascribe

Intrepid Fearless, brave

Jubilation Joy, happiness

Lobbyist A persuader, an influencer

Longevity Long-lived

Opulent Luxurious and grand

Orator A person who delivers a speech or oration, speaker

Parched Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

Perfidious Disloyal, unfaithful, betraying

Precocious Early maturity, advanced, forward

Prosaic Straight forward, matter-of-fact

Querulous Habitually complaining

Rancorous Bitter, hostilte

Reclusive Withdrawn from society, seeking solitude

Renovation Improving by renewing and restoring

Sagacity Sound judgement, wisdom

Spontaneous Unplanned, impulsive

Spurious Plausible but false, phony, not correct

Superficial Shallow

Surreptitious Marked by quiet caution and secrecy

Venerable Profoundly honoured, respected

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