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Details Title: SAT Description: SAT PRACTICE (DEFINITION/THESAURUS/CONCEPT) Total Flash Cards: 61 Created: 06/26/2004 22:44:43	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Entry: pungent Function: adjective Definition Definition: flavored Synonyms: acid, acrid, aromatic, bitter, effluvious, high, hot, nosey, odoriferous, peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, snappy, sour, spicy, stinging, stinking, strong, tangy, tart, whiffy, zesty Concept: taste Term Entry: poignant Function: adjective Definition Definition: sharp, affecting Synonyms: acrid, acute, biting, bitter, caustic, keen, penetrating, peppery, piercing, piquant, pointed, pungent, racy, sarcastic, severe, sharp, snappy, spicy, stinging, tangy, zesty, agitating, agonizing, bitter, distressing, disturbing, emotional, heart-rending, heartbreaking, impressive, intense, moving, painful, passionate, pathetic, perturbing, piteous, pitiful, sad, sentimental, sorrowful, touching, upsetting Concept: taste, mental sensing Term Entry: abject Function: adjective Definition Definition: hopeless Synonyms: base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, destitute, dishonorable, downtrodden, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hang dog, hopeless, humbling, humiliating, low, miserable, outcast, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, servile, squalid, stark, submissive, underfoot, worthless, wretched Concept: negativeness Term abjure (verb) Definition reject, abandon formally Term Entry: repudiate Function: verb Definition Definition: reject Synonyms: abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, flush, forsake, nix, oust, rat, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down Concept: neglect/ignoring Term turbid (adjective) Definition Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy: turbid water. Heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog. In a state of turmoil; muddled: turbid feelings Term turgid (adjective) Definition Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent: turgid prose. Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated: a turgid bladder; turgid veins. Term torpor (noun) Definition A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility. Lethargy; apathy. See Synonyms at lethargy. The dormant, inactive state of a hibernating or estivating animal. Term Entry: torpid Function: adjective Definition Definition: lazy Synonyms: apathetic, benumbed, comatose, dopey, dormant, drowsy, dull, fainéant, heavy, hebetudinous, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, lymphatic, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, slow, slow-moving, sluggish, slumberous, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, stuporous Concept: laziness Term Entry: comatose Function: adjective Definition Definition: unconscious Synonyms: cold, dead, dopey, drowsy, drugged, gorked, hebetudinous, inconscious, insensible, lethargic, loxed out, out, out cold, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporose, stupefied, stupid, torpid, vegged out Concept: health (poor) Term Entry: reminiscent Function: adjective Definition Definition: suggestive Synonyms: evocative, implicative, mnemonic, nostalgic, recollective, redolent, remindful, similar Concept: remembering Term Entry: omniscient Function: adjective Definition Definition: all-knowing Synonyms: all-seeing, almighty, infinite, knowledgeable, pansophical, pre-eminent, wise Concept: intelligence Term Entry: lackadaisical Function: adjective Definition Definition: careless Synonyms: abstracted, apathetic, bathetic, daydreaming, disinterested, dreamy, dull, emasculated, energyless, enervated, fainéant, gushy, half-hearted, idle, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, indolent, inert, laid back, languid, languishing, languorous, lazy, lethargic, limp, listless, moony, passive, romantic, sentimental, slothful, spiritless, spring fever, unconcerned Concept: carelessness Term abnegate (verb) Definition To give up (rights or a claim, for example); renounce. To deny (something) to oneself: The minister abnegated the luxuries of life. Term tocsin (noun) Definition An alarm sounded on a bell. A bell used to sound an alarm. A warning; an omen. Term Entry: decry Function: verb Definition Definition: criticize Synonyms: abuse, asperse, bad-mouth, belittle, blame, calumniate, censure, condemn, cry down, defame, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, diminish, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, downgrade, dump on, hit, knock, lower, malign, mark down, minimize, opprobriate, pan, poor-mouth, put down, rail against, rap, reprehend, reprobate, run down, slam, take away, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off Concept: criticizing Term descry (verb) Definition To catch sight of (something difficult to discern). See Synonyms at see1. To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect: descried a message of hope in her words. Term chauvinism (noun) Definition Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism. Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind: “the chauvinism... of making extraterrestrial life in our own image” (Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.). Term misanthrope (noun) Definition One who hates or mistrusts humankind. Term misogyny (noun) Definition Hatred of women: “Every organized patriarchal religion works overtime to contribute its own brand of misogyny” (Robin Morgan). Term misogamy (noun) Definition Hatred of marriage. Term Entry: antithesis Function: noun Definition Definition: opposite, contrast Synonyms: antipode, antipole, contra, contradictory, contrary, contrast, converse, counter, flip side, inverse, other side, reverse, antagonism, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, inversion, opposition, opposure, reversal Concept: oppositeness Term enthrall (verb) Definition To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience. To enslave. Term putrid (adjective) Definition foul-smelling, fetid, rancid, malodorous Term martinet (noun) Definition strict discplinarian Term malice (noun) Definition animosity, hatred Term parity (noun) Definition equality Term pious (adjective) Definition deeply religious, dedicated, devout Term delineation (noun) Definition depiction, representation Term vicissitude (noun) Definition change or variation, ups and downs Term approbation (noun) Definition praise, official approval Term stupefy (verb) Definition stun, astonish Term commute (verb) Definition change a penalty to a less severe one Term euphoria (noun) Definition feeling of well-being or happiness Term blatant (adjective) Definition glaring, obvious, showy Term paradigm (noun) Definition ideal example, model Term diabolical (adjective) Definition fiendish, wicked Term convoluted (adjective) Definition twisted, complicated Term ancillary (adjective) Definition accessory, subordinate, helping Term cygnet (noun) Definition young swan Term mottle (verb) Definition mark with spots Term infinitesimal (adjective) Definition extremely tiny Term lugubrious (adjective) Definition sorrowful, mournful Term proselytize (verb) Definition convert to a particular belief or religion Term dissipate (verb) Definition scatter Term forlorn (adjective) Definition unhappy, hopeless, despairing Term astute (adjective) Definition having good judgment Term renegade (noun) Definition traitor, person abandoning a cause Term proxy (noun) Definition power to act as a substitute for another Term vacuous (adjective) Definition empty, lacking intelligence, purposeless Term transient (adjective) Definition temporary, short-lived Term defile (verb) Definition spoil, disgrace, dishonor, dirty Term incense (verb) Definition infuriate, enrage Term depravity (noun) Definition sinfulness, moral corruption Term confound (verb) Definition baffle, perplex Term portent (noun) Definition omen Term restive (adjective) Definition restless, uneasy, impatient Term protean (adjective) Definition readily assuming different forms or characters Term peccadillo (noun) Definition minor sin or offense Term amulet (noun) Definition ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits Term caucus (noun) Definition meeting of a group (smaller group within an organization)