SAT Vocab Quiz #8

indifferent

(adj.) having no preference

reticent

(adj.) silent; reserved

atrophy

(v.) to waste away

laud

(v.) praise highly, especially in a public context

caustic

(adj.) sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

tedious

(adj.) too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.

amiable

(adj.) friendly, good-natured

indolence

(n.) laziness

incoherent

(adj.) lacking cohesion or connection; unclear

augment

(v.) to make larger, increase

solemn

(adj.) formal and dignified; serious

fanatic

(n.) one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea

circum-

around

mis-

wrong; bad

equi-

equal

-escent

forming adjectives denoting a developing state or action

-cle

denotes a place appropriate to the action of a verb