SAT Vocabulary Builders II - #03
hieroglyphics
1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic
canto
a major division of a long poem
horde
a moving crowd
sybarite
a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
omnipotent
all powerful
descry
catch sight of
placate
cause to be more favorably inclined
seditious
causing division or rebellion
paradoxically
counter to what one would think; contradictory
adversity
hardship
overbearing
having or showing arrogant superiority to
buxom
healthily plump and vigorous
uproarious
hilarious; hysterical; very funny
beguile
influence by slyness
ameliorate
make better
importunate
making persistent or urgent requests
turgid
ostentatiously lofty in style
excise
remove by cutting
manifest
reveal its presence or make an appearance
deft
skilful
mellow
soft; melodious; ripe
condone
tacitly support; overlook
superannuated
too old to be useful
evasiveness
trying to avoid something
dutiful
willingly obedient out of a sense of respect