SAT vocabulary set 2

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laud

to give praise; to applaud VERB (The perisainers lauded the preist after his homily.) lauding, lauder

fabercate

to lie VERB (Con artists fabercate details of themselfs so people don't know the truth.) fabercateiveADJ, fabercatetion NOUN fabercatetive ADJ fabercatection NOUN

conflagration

A large fire NOUN ( The conflagration burnt down many appartments on Lexington avenue.) conflagrative ADJ

malleable

Able to be bent, shaped, or adapted ADJ (The clay needs to sit for an hour inorder for it to be malleable enough to shape it.) malleableillity NOUN malleableness NOUN

ludicrous

Absurd; ridiculous ADJ (The high prices at hermes' are ludicrous!) ludicrously ADV

reiterate

to say again, repeat VERB (The spelling bee contestents may ask the judges to reiterate the word or the defenition.)

induce

Cause to happen VERB (We need to induce this marredge or it won't happen.) inducer,induced, induceing

bucolic

Charmingly rural ADJ (The town of Barnard is very bucolic because of its quaintness) bucolic

abridge

Condense or shorten VERB (We abridged the summery of the book because it was too long.) abridgeing, abridger, abridged

discrete

Distinct, separate ADJ (She had a very discrete look to her because of her bold feachers)

convivial

Fond of partying ADJ (Colledge freshmen are often more convivial than the seniors.) convivially ADJ, convivialityNOUN

strident

Harsh or loud ADJ (Cartoons are often strident because of their harsh sound effects.) stridently

pretentious

Making ridiculous claims ADJ (Uperclass people often make really pretentious claims or demands.) pretentiously ADV, pretentiousness NOUN

nonchalant

Not showing any concern or worry ADJ ( After Nanna's death, Lena was pretty nonchalant about it untill the funeral.) nonchalantlyly ADV nonchalantchelan NOUN

discreet

Sneeky or unocitable ADJ (He discreetly stole his favoret cheese from the top shelf.) discreetly

belabor

To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent VERB (Tim's mom belabored her comand untill he cleaned his room.) belaborer, belabord, belaboring

gesticulate

To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking VERB (The presidensal canedates gesticulate as they make large claims.) gesticulateulation NOUN

anarchy

a lack of government and law; confusion NOUN (There is anarchy in some countrys in Africa) anarchest

soporific

causing sleep or lethargy ADJ (The teachers lesson was soporific because she speaks so quietly.) soporificly

gullible

easily cheated or fooled ADJ (She was so gullible that she gave the theif all her money when he just asked her.) gulliblely


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