SAT Vocabulary List 5

List #5

Affirmative adj. in support of, affirming or giving assent.
When she was asked if she understood, she gave an affirmative nod.

Alleviate v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier.
Tylenol alleviates pains.

Augment v. to add to, enlarge.
The eye doctor said that he needs to augment the dose of his medication.

Corpulent adj. excessively fat.
She gets offended when they call her a corplent woman.

Correlate v. bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.
We need to correlate expenses and income.

Docile adj. willing to be taught, led, supervised or directed.
Maria was happy that she bought a docile dog.

Emanate v. proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
Water emanates from the ceiling into the house.

Embark v. set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.), to go on board, or to proceed despite danger risk.
They need to understand that it is time for me to embark on the journey of life.

Epitome adj. a standard or ideal example.
He is the epitome of goodness.

Exorbitant adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
Having 10 cars is just exorbitant luxury.

Fallible adj. likely to fail or be inaccurate.
When you search in the web you are likely to find fallible information.

Imperative adj. essential and urgent; requiring attention or action
It is imperative that you start your treatment now.

Indigence n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution.
Indigence is not crime, just a condition.

Inevitable adj. predictable, unavoidable, expected.
The inevitable end of human life is death.

Irate adj. feeling or showing extreme anger.
I hate attending to an irate customer.

Mediate v. to act between parties with a view to reconcile differences.
He mediated the dispute between the sexes.

Nonchalant adj. casual, causing no concern.
His nonchalant manner infuriated me.

Ostracize v. avoid speaking to or dealing with; to make an outcast.
His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.

Preclude v. to keep from happening or arising; to prevent.
Te insufficiency of the evidence precluded a conviction.

Proclamation n. a formal public statement.
Every time the president makes a proclamation, the country is outraged.

Punitive adj. inflicting punishment.
Some people are against punitive laws.

Querulous adj. habitually complaining.
Constant querulous annoys anybody.

Revert v. go back to a previous state.
Once something comes out of your mouth, they can never be reverted.

Spurious adj. false or fake.
The diamond was considered spurious because it was man made.

Vicarious adj. experienced at secondhand.
I heard her speak of her vacation and I felt vicarious excitement.