SAT 10

• enumerate


  1.mention (a number of things) one by one.

  "there is not space to enumerate all his works"
• eludicate


  1.make (something) clear; explain.

  "work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter"
• defunct


  1.no longer existing or functioning.

  "a now defunct technology that only people over a certain age remember"
• arcane


  • 1.(adj.) obscure, secret, known only by a few (The professor is an expert in arcane Lithuanian literature.) ("modern math and its arcane notation")
• extraneous


  s (adj.) irrelevant, extra, not necessary (Personal political ambitions should always remain extraneous to legislative policy, but, unfortunately, they rarely are.)
• circumvent


  1.find a way around or to avoid (an obstacle).

  "if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it"
• eclipse


  1)to block light, creating a shadow. 2)to make another person or thing seem much less important, good, or famous. "His sudden rise to fame seemed to eclipse the achievements of his long-time colleagues, leaving them feeling overlooked and underappreciated."
• repudiate


   to reject. (Kwame made a strong case for an extension of his curfew, but his mother repudiated it with a few biting words.) He has publicly repudiated the government's policies.

  
  

  Think: "re-pu-DATE"

  
  

  She REPUDIAED him for his offer to go out on a DATE
• proclaim


  1)announce officially or publicly.

  "the joint manifesto proclaimed that imperialism would be the coalition's chief objective"
• recant


  1.say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.

  "heretics were burned if they would not recant" "After facing backlash for his comments, he chose to recant his statements during the press conference."
• altruistic


  1.showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.

  "it was an entirely altruistic act"
• foppish


  1.concerned with one's clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way (typically used of a man).

  "he is foppish and vain"
• magistrate


  a judge or civil authority in court
• aspersion


  1.an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.

  "I don't think anyone is casting aspersions on you"
• conjugal


  relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship
• caress


  1.touch or stroke gently or lovingly.

  "she caressed the girl's forehead"
• peevish


  1.easily irritated, especially by unimportant things.

  • "She clenched the air in her hands like a peevish child."
• impervious


  1.not allowing fluid to pass through.

  "an impervious layer of basaltic clay"

  2. unable to be affected by.

  "he worked, apparently impervious to the heat"
• enmity


  1.the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

  "decades of enmity between the two countries"
• efface


  1.(v.) to wipe out, obliterate, rub away (The husband was so angry at his wife for leaving him that he effaced all evidence of her presence; he threw out pictures of her and gave away all her belongings.)
• efficacious


  (adj.) effective (My doctor promised me that the cold medicine was efficacious, but I’m still sniffling.)
• effrontery


  (n.) impudence, nerve, insolence(rude) (When I told my aunt that she was boring, my mother scolded me for my effrontery.)
• impudent


  1.not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

  "he could have strangled this impudent upstart"
• ignoble


  1.not honorable in character or purpose; dishonorable;shameful

  "ignoble feelings of intense jealousy"
• garish


  (adj.) gaudy(extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless), in bad taste "Mrs. Watson has poor taste and covers every object in her house with a garish gold lamé."
• garrulous


  (adj.) talkative, wordy (Some talk show hosts are so garrulous that their guests can’t get a word in edgewise.)
• genial


  (adj.) friendly, affable (Although he’s been known to behave like a real jerk, I would say that my brother is an overall genial guy.)
• goad


  • (v.) provoke orannoy(someone) so as to stimulatesome action or reaction. ("he was trying to goad her into a fight")
• gourmand


  (n.) someone fond of eating and drinking (My parents, who used to eat little more than crackers and salad, have become real gourmands in their old age.)
• grandiloquence


  (n.) lofty, pompous(self-important in an irritating way) language (The student thought her grandiloquence would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.)