SAT Vocabulary

Unit 2

ABSTRUSE• obscure• profound• Difficult to

understand

BELLIGERENT• GIVEN TO FIGHTING• WARLIKE

• ONE AT WAR

CANDOR

• OUTSPOKENNESS; FRANKNESS

DECORUM

• PROPER BEHAVIOR

• GOOD TASTE• ORDERLINESS

EFFRONTERY

• SHAMELESS BOLDNESS• IMPUDENCE• OUTRAGEOUS

BEHAVIOR THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE

FACET• A PHASE OR

ASPECT OF A TOPIC

• ONE OF THE SMALL SURFACES OF A DIAMOND

GAUDY• OSTENTATIOUSLY

FINE• SHOWY• TASTELESSLY FINE

HARASS

• TO DISTURB• TO TROUBLE BY

REPEATED ATTACKS• TO BOTHER

IMMINENT

• ABOUT TO HAPPEN

JURISDICTION

• THE LEGAL RIGHT TO HEAR AND DETERMINE A CAUSE

• AREA OF AUTHORITY

KINDLE

• TO START A FIRE• TO INSPIRE

LACONIC

• CONCISE• USING FEW WORDS

MALEVOLENT• SPITEFUL• SHOWING ILL WILL

• THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF ONE OF LAST WEEK’S WORDS…

NEBULOUS• VAGUE• CONFUSED• INDISTINCT• UNCLEAR

PALTRY

• TRIFLING• INSIGNIFICANT• MEAN• DESPICABLE

RATIFY

• TO APPROVE FORMALLY• VERIFY• CONFIRM

SAGACIOUS

• KEEN; SHREWD• HAVING INSIGHT

TACIT

• UNSPOKEN; SILENT• IMPLIED OR INFERRED

ULTIMATE

• MOST REMOTE IN SPACE OR TIME

• EXTREME• LAST IN

CONSEQUENCE

VACILLATE

• TO SWING INDECISIVELY FROM ONE IDEA OR COURSE OF ACTION TO ANOTHER