English SAT Unit 1

Ameliorate

verb: make something bad better

Amelioration

noun- the act of making better or improving

Conserve

Verb: to protect save from harm

Conseruation

Noun: protection

Detriment

Noun- harmed or damaged

Detrimental

Verb- to damage

Exotic

(adj.) foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

Folly

noun; foolishness

Harmony

Noun-United together

Harmonious

Adj. to all be together

Formerly

Adverb-in the past

Ignore

Verb. To not pay attention

Ignoramus

Noun- stupid person

Impediment

Noun-obstacle or hindrance

Impede

verb: be a hindrance or block progress

Indolent

Adj.-lazy

indolence

Noun-laziness

Intact

Adj. together

invalid

Adj. not legal or appropriate

Invalidate

Verb. To make not count

noncarcinogenic

Not cancer

Parsimonious

adj. cheap, stingy

Parsimony

noun: stinginess

Raze

Verb. Completely destroy

Reticent

Adj. timid not sure

reticence

Noun. Timidity or state of being unsure

Retire

Verb. Withdraw from

Retort

Noun,verb- to be a smartallic

Subvert

Verb. To undermine

subversion

noun; sabotage; undermining

Tractable

adj. easily lead or munipliated

Tractability

Noun- physical lead

Baffle

to confuse

Cinema

movie theater

Despise

to hate

Ebullient

cheerful and full of energy

despicable

Something hated or not liked

exaggerate

To describe something as larger or greater than it really is.

Exhort

Calling to do something good

exhortation

Call to action

Expertise

specialized knowledge; expert skill

finicky

Difficult to please

Gall

To have guts

Innane

Unnecessary

Inanity

foolishness; shallowness

indemnify

compensate for loss, damage, or injury

Occident

west

Occidental

Western

Peruse

To browse, look

Perusal

A casual look

Scuffle

brawl; fight

Spurn

To totally ignore

Stipend

Bonus for a job

surveillance

(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

Tepid

Not very interested

Wager

to bet

Wane

To lose interest