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