SAT vocabulary unit 6

Cards (40)

  • dawdle - to send time wastefully
  • desolate - devoid of inhabitance
  • fallible - subject to error or fault; not infallible
  • fawn - to praise someone too much and give them a lot of attention that is not sincere, in order to get a positive reaction
  • filch - to steal secretly
  • garble - to alter or distort to create a wrong impression
  • minion - a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.
  • neophyte - beginner, a new convert
  • pacify- quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
  • prevaricate - to deviate from the truth
  • carp - to find fault or complain
  • emissary - a designated agent /secret agent
  • facade - the front of a building / artificial appearance or effect
  • flagrant - inconsistent with what is right or proper
  • fracas - a noisy quarry / brawl
  • futile - serving no purpose
  • gait - a manner of walking or moving
  • genesis - the beginning
  • immaculately - spotlessly clean / not having any errors
  • kindred - a similer nature or character
  • dawdle
    synonyms - laze, loiter, mosey, saunter
    antonyms - haten, rush
  • desolate
    synonyms - bare, bleak, derelict, dreary
    antonyms - bright, full, befriended
  • fallible
    synonyms - frail, untrustworthy
    antonyms - unerring, strong, perfect
  • fawn
    synonyms - crouch, grovel, abase, blandish
    antonyms - ignore, reject
  • filch
    synonyms - embezzel, pilfer, purloin
    antonyms - give, contribute, buy, purchase
  • garble
    synonyms - misquote, jumble, belie, obscure
    antonyms - purify, straighten , decipher
  • minion
    synonyms - lackey, flunky, stooge, toady,
    antonyms - leader, master
  • neophyte
    synonyms - novice, abecedarian, tyro
    antonyms - expert, professional
  • pacify
    synonyms - ameliorate, mitigate, placate, quell, repress
    antonyms - incite, provoke, agitate
  • prevaricate
    synonyms - belie, cavil, dodge, equivocate, tergiversate
    antonyms - confront, order, meet
  • carp
    synonyms - objurgate, nitpick, criticize, quibble
    antonyms - sanction, laud
  • emissary
    synonyms - intermediary, envoy, ambassador,
  • facade
    synonyms - apparence, disguisement, semblance
    antonyms -personality, character
  • flagrant
    synonyms - atrocious, brazen, egregious, heinous,
    antonyms - canceled , respectable , magnifient
  • fracas
    synonyms - altercation, squabble, dispute,
    Antonyms - harmony, peace
  • futile
    synonyms - fruitless, hallow, impractical , vain
    antonyms - valuable, effective , profitable
  • gait
    synonyms - bearing, amble, carriage, movement, stride
  • genesis
    synonyms - origin, province, commencement,
    antonyms - completion, death , stop
  • immaculate
    synonym - exquisite, impeccable, unsullied,
    antonyms - defective , dull, imperfect
  • kindred
    synonyms - agnate, congeneric, affiliated
    antonyms - dissimler,