SAT 9

• cajole


  1.(v.) to urge, coax(gently andpersistentlypersuade) (Fred’s buddies cajoled him into attending the bachelor party.)

  2.carefully manipulating something to achieve a desired result. "He carefully coaxed the door open without making a sound." "The birds were coaxed into many different breeds"
• calamity/ calamitous


  1.(n.) an event with disastrous consequences (The earthquake in San Francisco was a calamity worse than any other natural disaster in history.)
• callous


  (adj.) harsh, cold, unfeeling (The murderer’s callous lack of remorse shocked the jury.)
• calumny


  1.(n.) an attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies (The local official’s calumny ended up ruining his opponent’s prospect of winning the election.)
• camraderie


  1.(n.) brotherhood, jovial unity (Camaraderie among employees usually leads to success in business.)
• facetious


  1.treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

  "a facetious remark on the issue of cancer"
• daunting


  (adj.) intimidating, causing one to lose courage (He kept delaying the daunting act of asking for a promotion.)
• dearth


  (n.) a lack, scarcity (An eager reader, she was dismayed by the dearth of classic books at the library.)
• debacle


  (n.) a disastrous failure, disruption (The elaborately designed fireworks show turned into a debacle when the fireworks started firing in random directions.)
• debunk


  k (v.) to expose the falseness of something (He debunked her claim to be the world’s greatest chess player by defeating her in 18 consecutive matches.)
• decorous


  (adj.)socially proper, appropriate (The appreciative guest displayed decorous behavior toward his host.)

  
  

  Think: THE CHORUS.

  Kids in THE CHORUS are usually not

  rebels - they’re often DECOROUS.
• decry


  y (v.) to criticize openly (The kind video rental clerk decried the policy of charging customers late fees.)

  
  

  Think: CRIED.

  After my boss DECRIED my work in front

  of everyone, I went home and CRIED.
• deface


  (v.) to ruin or injure something’s appearance (The brothers used eggs and shaving cream to deface their neighbor’s mailbox.)
• succumb


  1.fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force; give in

  "he has become the latest to succumb to the strain".

  2. die from the effect of a disease or injury.

  "after a few blows there, the porcupine succumbs"
• reproach


  (v.) to scold, disapprove (Brian reproached the customer for failing to rewind the video he had rented.)
• preclude


  e (v.) to prevent (My grandfather’s large and vicious guard dog precluded anyone from entering the yard.)
• piquancy


  1.a pleasantly sharp and appetizing flavor.

  "these tomatoes have an intense flavor of great piquancy".

  2.

  • the quality of being pleasantly stimulating or exciting."the tragedy only adds piquancy to the tale"
• botch


  1.carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

  "the ability to take on any task without botching it"
• colleague


  1.a person with whom one works in a profession or business; coworker

  "she thanked her colleagues in the federation for their work this year"
• ebullient


  (adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic (She became ebullient upon receiving an acceptance letter from her first-choice college.)
• eclectic


  (adj.) consisting of a diverse variety of elements (That bar attracts an eclectic crowd: lawyers, artists, circus clowns, and investment bankers.)
• edict


  (n.) an order, decree (The ruler issued an edict requiring all of his subjects to bow down before him.)
• doeful


  1. sorrow; mournful.

  "a doleful look", "doeful consequences"
• magnanimous


  1.noble, generous (Although I had already broken most of her dishes, Jacqueline was magnanimous enough to continue letting me use them.)
• erratically


  1.in a manner that is not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictably."he had been seen driving erratically minutes before the accident"
• upholster


  1.provide (furniture) with a soft, padded covering."the chairs were upholstered in red velvet"

  2. cover the walls or furniture in (a room) with textiles."the day saloon was upholstered in blue silk"
• fabricate


  (v.) to make up, invent (When I arrived an hour late to class, I fabricated some excuse about my car breaking down on the way to school.)
• facile


  1. (adj.) easy, requiring little effort (This game is so facile that even a four-yearold can master it.) 2. (adj.) superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere (The business was in such shambles that any solution seemed facile at best; nothing could really helpit in the long-run.)
• fallacious


  fallacious (adj.) incorrect, misleading (Emily offered me cigarettes on the fallacious assumption that I smoked.)
• fastidious


  (adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards (Mark is so fastidious that he is never able to finish a project because it always seems imperfect to him.)