Verba+SAT

1. enigma Milan 2. apathy Roop 3. indifferent Meaghan 4. revere Morgan 5. candor Darice 6. reticent Taryn 7. aesthetic Kristin 8. ascetic Shannon 9. autonomy Sarah 10. disdain Mr. Bahun 11. innocuous Dylan 12. banal Nicola 13. ambiguous Ms. Cupps 14. anarchy Polchies 15. ameliorate Milan 16. atrophy Roop 17. innovate Meaghan 18. servile Morgan 19. extol Darice 20. augment Taryn 21. benevolent Kristin: kind, compassionate, altruistic, good. 22. derision Shannon: mockery, scorn, contempt, disdain, 23. disparity Sarah: discrepancy, divergence, gap, gulf, dissimilarity 24. flagrant Bahun: blatant, glaring, obvious, conspicuous, barefaced, brazen, unconcealed 25. indolence Dylan: laziness, sloth, inertia, languor, sluggishness 26. acquiesce Nicola: accept, consent, allow, concede, comply with 27. prodigal Ms Cupps: wasteful, extravagant, profligate (generous, lavish, liberal) (abounding in, abundant in) 28. capricious Polchies: fickle, inconstant, mercurial, volatile, quirky, labile 29. prosaic: ordinary, routine/ unimaginative, dull, mundane, factual, unpoetic 30. austere: severe, stern, strict, dour/ ascetic, self-denying,frugal, Spartan, abstemious, abstinent/ plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished 31. complacent: smug, self-satisfied, gloating, triumphant (NB **complaisant:**  willing, acquiescent , agreeable , amenable , cooperative , accommodating , obliging) ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense [pleasant] ): from Latin //complacent-// //‘pleasing,’// from the verb //complacere//. USAGE Complacent and complaisant are two words that are similar in pronunciation and that both come from the Latin verb //complacere// ‘to please’, but which in English do not mean the same thing. Complacent is the more common word and means ‘smug and self-satisfied’: // : after four consecutive championships, the team became complacent//. Complaisant, on the other hand, means ‘willing to please’: //the local people proved// //complaisant// //and cordial//. 32. compliance Milan 33. dubious Roop 34. ephemeral Meaghan 3**5. inevitable Morgan****: unavoidable/inexorable/assured/fated/predestined** 46. parsimony/Meaghan: cheapness/stinginess/penny-pinching 47. provincial/Roop: narrow-minded/unsophisticated/ parochial/small-town ,/ suburban ,/ insular;rural/country/nonurban 48. respite/Milan: rest, break, breathing space , interval , intermission , interlude , recess , lull 49. anecdote: story, tale, narrative , incident ; urban myth/legend, yarn. 50. drone: speak boringly, go on and on, talk at length ; intone , pontificate ; spout , sound off , jaw , spiel , speechify 51. pedestrian: boring, tedious , monotonous , unremarkable , tiresome , wearisome , uninspired , unimaginative,uninteresting ; repetitive , routine 52. insipid 53. desecrate 54. perfidious 55. euphonious 56. cacophanous 57. guile 58. immutable 59. incessant 60. static 61. bastion 62. benign 63. credulous 64. disparage 65. eccentric 66. philanthropic 67. squander 68. virtue 69. zeal 70. acuity 71. affable 72. assuage 73. avarice 74. dissonance 75. listless 76. philistine 77. scrupulous 78. tentative 79. adulation 80. dogmatic 81. futile 82. languid 83. pious 84. ponderous 85. protracted 86. deference 87. heretic 88. paucity 89. profuse 90. conciliate 91.contrite 92. didactic 93. diffident 94. digression 95. dissent 96. elucidate 97. gullible 98. strut 99. denounce 100. surreptitious 101. astute 102. blasphemy 103. censure
 * 36. obscure Darice:** **unclear/uncertain;abstruse/arcane/esoteric;little known/insignificant;indistinct/vague/nebulous/blurry/hazy**
 * 37. depravity Taryn:** **corruption/degeneracy/immorality/indecency/wickedness**
 * 38. discern Kristin:** **perceive/determine/distinguish/identify**
 * 39. expedite Shannon:** **accelerate/facilitate/stimulate/catalyze/fast-track**
 * 40. peripheral Sarah:** **outlying/surrounding;secondary/lesser/nonessential;ancillary**
 * 41. taciturn MR. Bahun:** **untalkative/uncommunicative/reticent/silent/reserved/withdrawn**
 * 42. apprehensive Dylan:** **anxious/worried/uneasy/fearful**
 * 43. expedient Nicola:** **convenient/advantageous/beneficial/practical**
 * 44. fastidious Ms. Cupps:** **scrupulous/punctilious/meticulous/hypercritical/demanding; persnickety/ nitpickjng/ ana**
 * 45. novel Polchies: new/unconventional/innovative/pioneering/experimental/newfangled**