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SAT Unit 6
Advocate1. To plead in
favor of (v)2. One who
defends (n)3. One who
pleads the cause of another (n)
4. A lawyer (n)
aestheticArtisticDealing with or capable of appreciation of the
beautiful
blightedSuffering from a disease; destroyed; marred
deployTo position or arrange; to utilize; to spread out
depravityCorruption; wickedness
Nordhausen Concentration Camp where 20,000 people are believed to have been killed
emaciatedMade unnaturally thin
eminentFamous, outstanding, distinguished
FLAGRANTGLARING; CONSPICUOUSLY BAD; DISAGREEABLE; UNPLEASANT
GUILEDeceit, cunning, deception, trickery,
fraud
You’ll hear the word “beguile,” which means to trick someone.
INANELacking sense, significance, or ideas;Foolish, empty, void
InaugurateTo start; initiate; to install in office
INCITETO STIR UP, ENCOURAGE, URGE ON; TO PROMPT TO ACTION
MEGALOMANIAA SYMPTOM OF MENTAL ILLNESS MARKED BY A FEELING OF POWER, WEALTH, TALENT, ETC THAT FAR EXCEEDS REALITY
NIRVANAOBLIVION TO CARING, PAIN OR REALITY IN BUDDHISM, THE FREEDOM FROM
ENDLESS REINCARNATION
PERFUNCTORYSUPERFICIAL; NOT THOROUGH; PERFORMED MERELY OUT OF ROUTINE; HASTY; LACKING INTEREST
PERTURBTo agitate, bother, disturb
REBUTTALAn argument against something by giving opposing information
RECTIFYTo make right; to set right; to correct
SATIRICALmocking; making fun of
What previous vocabulary word does this remind you of?
TENACIOUS
Stubborn, persistent, holding together firmly; tough; not giving up easily