SAT Vocab VI

destiny

• kismet

• foible

• solace

• collusion

remove blame or guilt from wrong doing

• cajole

• balk

• exonerate

• quaff

a selfless act

• talisman

• temerity

• blasphemy

• altruism

so focused on one small thing that the whole picture can't be seen

• myopic

• haughty

• implacable

• inept

shock or excite, typically into taking action

• deride

• galvanize

• augment

• abhor

lacking social grace

• noxious

• haughty

• gauche

• placid

the top of a trajectory; the highest point

• diatribe

• precursor

• ennui

• zenith

incapable of producing any result

• tenacious

• replete

• futile

• erudite

to think deeply

• lampoon

• acquiesce

• ruminate

• engender

tense bitterness in a relationship

• acrimony

• sycophant

• coquette

• anomaly