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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Sat Vocab 6 Notes

  1. Abominate (verb) to hate violently I abominate kale
  2. Anecdote (Noun) a brief account of some interesting event he told us an anecdote about --
  3. Candid (adj) straightforward think about candor
  4. Deterrent (adj) hindering action through fear think nuclear sign
  5. Fallible (adj) capable of making mistakes every one is fallible
  6. incite (verb) to rouse to a particular action the women marches were to incite respect for women
  7. Jargon (noun) confused unintelligible speech or highly technical speech doctors have their own medical jargon
  8. Muddle (verb) to confuse Rilita can muddle any situation
  9. Perpetuate (verb) to preserve or keep going think about perpetual motion
  10. Refute (verb) prove to be wrong the media refuted Donald Trump's "alternative facts"
  11. Scarcity (noun) Insufficiency of supply for needs Think about how a city would be scared if they had a scare-city of food
  12. Subservient (adj) excessively obedient think of secretary to mean boss
  13. Transient (noun) one who is of temporal existence think of the homeless
  14. Virtual (adj) being in essence or effect but not in form or appearance think of ocean sim
  15. Efflorescence (noun) blooming of flowered state of blooming