SAT Hot Word Vocab: Unit 6

Loquacious

• adj. Quiet

• adj. Reserved

• adj. Annoying

• adj. Very talkative or chatty

Supercilious

• adj. Friendly

• adj. Looking Down on others, Proud and Scornful

• adj. Humble

• adj. Modest

Desecrate

• v. To honor and worship a sacred place or thing

• v. To clean and maintain a sacred place or thing

• v. To respect a certain group of people

• v. To treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect

Futile

• adj. Capable of producing desired results

• adj. Useless, hopeless

• adj. Completes the bare minimum

• adj. Effective and productive

Prosaic

• adj. Exciting

• adj. Neutral

• adj. Creative

• adj. Dull, unimaginative, or ordinary

Cryptic

• adj. Clear

• adj. Obvious

• adj. Scary

• adj. Mysterious, hidden, hard to understand

Ominous

• adj. Friendly

• adj. Pertaining to an evil omen or foreboding

• adj. Joyful

• adj. Grouchy

Facilitate

• v. Complicate the process

• v. Delay the task

• v. To make friends

• v. Make an action or process easier or more efficient.

Heresy

• n. Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

• n. A term used in baseball

• n. An organized group of people

• n. An award-winning TV show

Resolute

• adj. Indecisive, wavering, and hesitant

• adj. Lazy, unmotivated, and apathetic

• adj. Stubborn, Incapable of working with others

• adj. Determined, firm, unwavering