Adventurous Alice SAT Word List 226-250

arbitrary

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

corroborated

confirmed

sojourn

a temporary stay; a short visit

authoritarian

demanding obedience

florid

excessively decorated or embellished

denunciation

expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly

hyperbole

extreme exaggeration

audacious

fearless, daring, bold

abstruse

hard to understand

cursory

hasty and superficial

infamous

having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

stature

height

antagonistic

hostile

potentate

monarch or ruler with great power

untenable

not able to be defended

obsolete

out of date

pugnacious

quarrelsome, fond of fighting

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated

inception

the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

subjugate

to bring under control; to conquer

scoff

to make fun of, to mock

exacerbate

to make worse

impartial

unbiased; neutral

whimsical

unpredictable; fantastic;

unimpeachable

unquestionable; beyond doubt