1500 SAT Vocab Words You Must Know | Word list 3

[Music] alacrity someone with alacrity shows cheerful willingness and eager Behavior she showed alacrity in helping her friend move the heavy furniture buron to burgeon means to grow or develop rapidly the plant began to burgeon after the rain delerious if something is deleterious it does harm or makes things worse smoking has deleterious effects on your health euphemism a euphemism is a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant she passed away as a euphemism for she died hypocritical hypocritical means behaving in a way that contradicts one's beliefs or values she's hypocritical preaching about honesty but lying to her

friends lethargic when you feel lethargic you're sluggish or lacking energy she felt lethargic after staying up all night Ogle when you Ogle someone you look at them with love or desire in mind she felt uncomfortable when he began to Ogle her postulate assume something or present it as a fact and you postulate it let's postulate that she's innocent until proven guilty robust use robust to describe a person or thing that is healthy and strong regular exercise can lead to a robust immune system tractable tractable means easily managed or controlled dosel the teacher found the students

to be tractable and well behaved Alchemy Alchemy is a medieval practice of attempting to transform base Metals into gold Alchemy was an early precursor to Modern Chemistry burnish to burnish means to polish make shiny or smooth the Jeweler burnished The Silver Ring to a high shine deliberate to deliberate means to carefully think or talk something through he made a deliberate choice to quit his job eany euphony is Pleasant sounding combination of words or sounds the euphony of the bird singing soothes me Icona class an iconoclast is a person who attacks established beliefs or institutions he's

an iconoclast who challenges traditional Norms levity levity means lightness of mind or behavior lack of seriousness his levity during the funeral offended some MERS old factory something old factory has to do with the sense of smell the perfumer's old factory expertise helped create the unique scent pable if something is pable that means it's safe to drink the water must be pable before it's safe to consume rotund rotund describes anything that's plump or round she wore a rotund pumpkin costume tranquil tranquil means peaceful quiet and Serene the lake was tranquil in the early morning Alibi your

Alibi is evidence that proves your innocence he had an alibi for the night of the crime butress to butress is to support or reinforce something he buttressed his argument with strong evidence delineation delineation is the act of representing something or describing it the artist's delineation of the mountain was breathtaking evacuate to evacuate is to leave or remove from a dangerous or threatened area the residents were forced to evacuate due to the approaching storm idiosyncrasy an idiosyncrasy is a peculiar or unique characteristic or habit of a person he had an idiosyncrasy of singing loudly in the

shower libertarian a Libertarian is a person who advocates for individual Freedom he is a libertarian Ian and believes in small government ominous ominous means giving the impression that something bad is going to happen the dark clouds were ominous before the storm potent potent means having great power influence or effect the medicine was potent and relieved her pain quickly ruminate to ruminate means to think deeply about something he needed time to ruminate on the problem transcribe to transcribe means to write or type out spoken or recorded information please trans subcribe this audio recording for me Alay

to Al means to alleviate calm or reduce in intensity a cup of tea can help Alay my headache by line a biling is the line that tells you who wrote an article the by line read written by John Doe Demmer to demour means to hesitate or object raise doubts or objections he demurred when asked to sign the contract exacerbate to exacerbate is to make a problem situation or feeling worse stress can exacerbate health issues ignominious ignominious means deserving or causing Public Disgrace or shame his ignominious defeat ended his political career linament a linament is a

medicated liquid or lotion for rubbing on the skin I applied linament to my sore muscles after exercising omnipotent omnipotent means having unlimited power or authority God is often depicted as omnipotent in many religions pragma pragmatic means practical focused on results rather than Theory his pragmatic approach helped the company grow quickly ruse a ruse is a trick or deception he used a ruse to avoid paying for the meal transgress to transgress means to violate a law or moral principle he transgressed the rules by cheating on the test alleviate to alleviate means to make something less severe

or intense drinking warm tea can alleviate a sore throat cacophony a cacophony is a harsh unpleasant mixture of sounds the band's music was a cacophony of drums Guitar and shouting denounce to denounce is to publicly condemn or criticize someone or something the politician ounces corruption in government exasperated exasperated means feeling extremely frustrated or annoyed she was exasperated with his constant interruptions ignominy ignominy is a noun meaning great public shame or disgrace the team suffered an ignominy defeat in the final match live life means graceful and flexible the dancers's movements were Li and fluid omniscient to

be omniscient is to know everything God is often depicted as omniscient in many religions pragmatist a pragmatist is a person who values practicality over ideology John is a pragmatist who always looks for the most efficient solution sacarin sacarin is a sweet tasting artificial compound used as a sugar substitute sacarin is sweeter than than sugar but has no calories transient something that is temporary or short-lived is transient the transient feeling of Happiness didn't last very long aloof aloof means not friendly or involved with others she kept an aloof attitude towards him cajo to cajo is to

persuade someone to do something by coaxing or flattery I tried to cajo my friend into coming with me to the party deplete to deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource the drought has depleted the water supply in the region exceptionable exceptionable means objectionable not acceptable his behavior was exceptionable and we won't tolerate it illuminate to illuminate is to light up or make something brighter she used a flashlight to illuminate the dark room livid if you're livid you're Furious in a black cloud of anger she was livid when she found out he lied

to her honorous if something is onerous it is very difficult to deal with or do his job was onerous and left him exhausted every day Preamble a preamble is a brief introduction to a speech document or event the speaker gave a short Preamble before beginning his speeech sacr sanct sacrosanct means very holy inviable some people consider their beliefs to be sacrosanct Traverse to Traverse means to travel across an extended area we will Traverse the forest to get to the other side altruism altruism is selfless concern for the well-being of others he showed altruism by donating

his bonus to charity cauldron a cauldron is a large cooking pot often with handles the witch brewed her potion in The Cauldron deplore the verb deplore is used to express strong disapproval of something we deplore the use of violence to solve conflicts exculpate to escapate means to find someone not guilty of criminal charges he hoped his Alibi would exculpate him from suspicion ucer elusory means based on an illusion or deception not real the magician created an illusory World lobbyist a lobbyist is a person who tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause she hired

a lobbyist to advocate for her company 's interests in Congress onus onus is responsibility or burden the onus is on you to complete the task before the deadline precarious precarious means unstable dangerous or difficult and likely to get worse her financial situation became more precarious after losing her job Sous sagacious to describe someone who is wise and insightful the CEO sagacious decision saved the company from bankruptcy trepidation trepidation is a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen she entered the haunted house with trepidation a mass a mass means to gather or accumulate

a large quantity of something the company was able to amass a vast collection of data cow cow means inexperienced or immature the cow in turn made a lot of mistakes on his first day depravity depravity is moral corruption or wickedness his depravity led him to commit heinous crimes execrable if something's execrable it's extremely bad or unpleasant his behavior was execrable and caused many people to leave immoderate immoderate means excessive or extreme his immoderate drinking caused him to lose his job lofty lofty means arrogant or hotty having an attitude of superiority her lofty Behavior made her

unpopular with her colleagues opaque opaque means not transparent difficult to understand or explain the window was opaque so I couldn't see through it presedent a precedent is something that sets a standard for future events the judge cited a legal precedent to support his ruling Sage use the word sage for someone or something wise and judicious the sage advised him to invest in real estate trinket a trinket is a small ornament or piece of jewelry of little value the antique shop sells various Trinkets and knickknacks ambiguity something with ambiguity is unclear the ambiguity of the statement

caused confusion candid candid means honest and straightforward Frank he appreciated her candid response to his question deprecate to deprecate is to express disapproval of something he would deprecate any criticism of his daughter aesus an exegesis is a scholarly explanation or interpretation his exegesis of the poem revealed new layers of meaning immutable if you can't change it it's immutable the contract terms were immutable and couldn't be renegotiated longevity longevity is long life or the length of time something lasts the longevity of turtles can exceed a 100 years opulent opulent means luxurious and Rich the the opulent

lifestyle of the wealthy is often envied precept a precept is a general rule or principle that guides Behavior or thought his precept is to always strive for excellence salacious salacious means obscene or lustful the Tabloid featured a salacious story about a celebrity Affair TR trit means overused and lacking originality I'm tired of hearing the same trite excuses ambiguous ambiguous means unclear or having multiple possible meanings her response was ambiguous leaving me unsure of her intentions cander cander means honesty sincerity and openness in speech or behavior she appreciated his cander about the mistake deride deride means

to mock or ridicule someone or something he derided her for wearing mismatched shoes exemplary something exemplary is so good that it is an example for others to follow the student's exemplary behavior earned him a school award impartial impartial means unbiased not favoring one side over the other the judge remained impartial throughout the trial loquacious loquacious means talkative tending to talk a lot she's so loquacious she can talk for hours without taking a breath ordain to ordain is to officially make someone a minister priest or Rabbi he was ordained as a minister after completing Seminary School

Precinct a Precinct is a district of a city or town as defined for police purposes the police officer patrolled the downtown Precinct solo salow means unhealthy in appearance often yellow in color her salow complexion indicated illness trivial something that is Trivial is not important or significant he dismissed the trivial mistake and moved [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] on