{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/tp-sat-vocab-2",
 "id": "tp-sat-vocab-2",
 "title": "SAT/ACT Vocabulary 2: Building Words",
 "category": "test-prep",
 "subject": "Vocabulary",
 "levels": [
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Eighty medium-difficulty words common in college-prep reading and writing.",
 "tags": [
  "sat",
  "act",
  "vocabulary"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Word",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "acute",
   "Sharp, intense or very perceptive"
  ],
  [
   "adversity",
   "Hardship or misfortune"
  ],
  [
   "aesthetic",
   "Having to do with beauty or taste"
  ],
  [
   "alleviate",
   "To make pain or a problem less severe"
  ],
  [
   "altruistic",
   "Caring about the welfare of others without seeking reward"
  ],
  [
   "ambivalent",
   "Having mixed or conflicting feelings"
  ],
  [
   "amiable",
   "Friendly and pleasant"
  ],
  [
   "analogous",
   "Similar in a way that allows comparison"
  ],
  [
   "anomaly",
   "Something that departs from what is normal"
  ],
  [
   "apathy",
   "Lack of interest or concern"
  ],
  [
   "arbitrary",
   "Based on random choice, not reason"
  ],
  [
   "arduous",
   "Requiring great effort; difficult"
  ],
  [
   "articulate",
   "Able to express ideas clearly"
  ],
  [
   "astute",
   "Clever and quick to see how to gain advantage"
  ],
  [
   "audacious",
   "Boldly daring, sometimes rudely so"
  ],
  [
   "austere",
   "Plain and strict; without luxury"
  ],
  [
   "autonomy",
   "Freedom to govern oneself"
  ],
  [
   "benevolent",
   "Kind and generous"
  ],
  [
   "candid",
   "Open and honest"
  ],
  [
   "capricious",
   "Changing mood or behavior suddenly and unpredictably"
  ],
  [
   "censure",
   "To criticize formally and severely"
  ],
  [
   "circumvent",
   "To find a way around"
  ],
  [
   "cogent",
   "Clear, logical and convincing"
  ],
  [
   "complacent",
   "Smugly satisfied and unaware of possible trouble"
  ],
  [
   "compromise",
   "An agreement reached by each side giving up something"
  ],
  [
   "condone",
   "To accept or overlook behavior that is wrong"
  ],
  [
   "conventional",
   "Following accepted customs"
  ],
  [
   "corroborate",
   "To confirm with additional evidence"
  ],
  [
   "credible",
   "Believable; able to be trusted"
  ],
  [
   "cynical",
   "Distrustful of people's motives"
  ],
  [
   "debilitate",
   "To weaken seriously"
  ],
  [
   "decorum",
   "Polite and proper behavior"
  ],
  [
   "deference",
   "Respectful yielding to another's wishes"
  ],
  [
   "deplete",
   "To use up; reduce greatly"
  ],
  [
   "derive",
   "To obtain from a source"
  ],
  [
   "detrimental",
   "Causing harm"
  ],
  [
   "didactic",
   "Intended to teach, often too much so"
  ],
  [
   "diligent",
   "Hard-working and careful"
  ],
  [
   "discern",
   "To recognize or make out clearly"
  ],
  [
   "disparity",
   "A noticeable difference or inequality"
  ],
  [
   "divulge",
   "To reveal a secret"
  ],
  [
   "eccentric",
   "Unconventional and slightly strange"
  ],
  [
   "eloquent",
   "Fluent and persuasive in speech or writing"
  ],
  [
   "empirical",
   "Based on observation or experiment"
  ],
  [
   "enigma",
   "A puzzling person or thing"
  ],
  [
   "ephemeral",
   "Lasting a very short time"
  ],
  [
   "equivocal",
   "Open to more than one interpretation; deliberately vague"
  ],
  [
   "erroneous",
   "Wrong; mistaken"
  ],
  [
   "esoteric",
   "Understood by only a small group"
  ],
  [
   "exemplify",
   "To be a typical example of"
  ],
  [
   "exonerate",
   "To clear of blame"
  ],
  [
   "facilitate",
   "To make easier"
  ],
  [
   "feasible",
   "Possible to do"
  ],
  [
   "fervent",
   "Showing intense and sincere feeling"
  ],
  [
   "frugal",
   "Careful about spending money"
  ],
  [
   "futile",
   "Having no useful result"
  ],
  [
   "gregarious",
   "Fond of company; sociable"
  ],
  [
   "haughty",
   "Arrogantly proud"
  ],
  [
   "hinder",
   "To get in the way of"
  ],
  [
   "hypocrisy",
   "Claiming standards one does not follow"
  ],
  [
   "impartial",
   "Treating all sides equally"
  ],
  [
   "impetus",
   "A force that sets something in motion"
  ],
  [
   "implicit",
   "Suggested but not stated outright"
  ],
  [
   "incessant",
   "Continuing without pause"
  ],
  [
   "indifferent",
   "Having no particular interest or sympathy"
  ],
  [
   "indigenous",
   "Native to a particular place"
  ],
  [
   "inherent",
   "Existing as a permanent part of something"
  ],
  [
   "innate",
   "Present from birth"
  ],
  [
   "innocuous",
   "Not harmful or offensive"
  ],
  [
   "integrity",
   "Honesty and strong moral principles"
  ],
  [
   "intricate",
   "Having many small interlocking parts"
  ],
  [
   "jeopardize",
   "To put at risk"
  ],
  [
   "lethargic",
   "Sluggish and lacking energy"
  ],
  [
   "lucid",
   "Clearly expressed; easy to understand"
  ],
  [
   "magnanimous",
   "Generous in forgiving"
  ],
  [
   "malleable",
   "Easily shaped or influenced"
  ],
  [
   "meticulous",
   "Showing great attention to detail"
  ],
  [
   "mitigate",
   "To make less severe"
  ],
  [
   "mundane",
   "Ordinary; dull"
  ],
  [
   "nostalgia",
   "A wistful longing for the past"
  ],
  [
   "novice",
   "A beginner"
  ],
  [
   "obscure",
   "Hard to see or understand; little known"
  ],
  [
   "obsolete",
   "No longer in use"
  ],
  [
   "ominous",
   "Suggesting that something bad will happen"
  ],
  [
   "optimal",
   "Best possible"
  ],
  [
   "ostentatious",
   "Showy in a way meant to impress"
  ]
 ]
}