Vocabulary Builder: Exploring Descriptive Words, Exams of Nursing

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SAT ENGLISH Numberless - Answer -too numerous to be counted Immeasurable - Answer -beyond calculation or measure Singular - Answer -Unique; extraordinary Duplicity - Answer -contradictory doubleness of thought, speech or action, especially the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or actions Apocryphal - Answer -Fictitious; of doubtful authenticity Immutable - Answer -Unchanging Marred - Answer -Made imperfect; spoiled; disfigured Abject - Answer -Of a situation - extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading; miserable, mean, vile, wretched Futile - Answer -Serving no worthwhile purpose; frivolous Inestimable - Answer -Too great or valuable to be properly measured Implausible - Answer -Not Trustworthy or believable Nebulous - Answer -Indistinct, vague Myriad - Answer -An indefinitely large number Fracas - Answer -Noisy dispute or quarrel Imbibe - Answer -To drink Infinitesimal - Answer -Too small to be measured Incongruous - Answer -Lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible Ensconce - Answer -To place comfortably, snuggly, or securely Invaluable - Answer -Priceless; valuable beyond estimation Melee - Answer -A confused struggle, esp, hand-to-hand fight among several people Underscore - Answer -To emphasize Downplay - Answer -Deemphasize Reclamation - Answer -Restoration to use; recovery Insuperable - Answer -Incapable of being surmounted or overcome Protean - Answer -Variable; readily Promulgation - Answer -An announcement Veracity; verity - Answer -Truthfulness, truth Punctilious - Answer -Marked by or concerned with exact, precise accordance with conventions and behavior; careful Superficial - Answer -Near the surface Primordial - Answer -First created or developed: primeval; primitive Machination - Answer -A scheming or crafty action; plotting or contriving Eschew - Answer -To avoid habitually; shun Vicissitude - Answer -Changes, the ups and downs as in life Usurp - Answer -To seize and hold (as in place or power) in possession by force or wrongfully Approbation - Answer -Approval Vagary - Answer -An erratic, unpredictable action or notion; caprice Raconteur - Answer -A storyteller Anachronism - Answer -An error in chronology; a person or thing in the wrong time pace Sacrosanct - Answer -Sacred Obfuscate - Answer -To darken, make obscure; to confuse (as in a speech that is designed to make something confusing) Plethora - Answer -Excess, superfluity Abstruse - Answer -Difficult to comprehend Esoteric - Answer -Of or relating to knowledge restricted to a small group; private Byzantine - Answer -Labyrinthine (maze-like) Desultory - Answer -Marked by lack of definite plan or purpose; random Perfunctory - Answer -Mechanical; lacking in interest or enthusiasm; apathetic Cursory - Answer -Rapidly and often superficially performed Aspersion - Answer -Act of defamation (of character), malign, false accusation of an offense Invective - Answer -An abusive expression or speech; insulting or abusive language; denunciatory Remonstrate - Answer -To say or plead in protest, reproof or opposition Inscrutable - Answer -Not readily investigated or interpreted; mysterious Prolific - Answer -Producing a lot; fertile Soporific - Answer -Causing sleep Presumptuous - Answer -Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties Sanctimonious - Answer -Hypocritically devout; affecting (acting) piety Ethereal - Answer -Celestial, heavenly; lacking material substance marked by unusual delicacy or refinement Equivocal - Answer -Uncertain; undecided Sedulous - Answer -Diligent, hard working, assiduous Irascible - Answer -Marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger Disciminating - Answer -Making a distinction: distinguishing; discerning Dogmatic - Answer -Something held as an established opinion, esp. a definite authoritative tenet Imperious - Answer -Marked by arrogant assurance; commanding, domineering Surreptitious - Answer -Done, made, or acquired by stealth; clandestine Ostentatious - Answer -Showy; marked by conspicuous display Obsequious - Answer -Subservient; exhibiting a servile attentiveness or complaisance Complaisance - Answer -Disposition to please or comply; affability Toady - Answer -One who flatters; a sycophant Zealot - Answer -A fanatical person; one who has fervor Emissary - Answer -One sent on a mission as an agent of another Adversary - Answer -An opponent Ally - Answer -One that is associated with another as a helper; a sovereign or state associated with another by treaty or league Muse - Answer -A source of inspiration Protagonist - Answer -One who takes the leading part in a drama, novel, or story Itinerant - Answer -A person who moves from place to place; a nomad Nemesis - Answer -One that inflicts retribution or vengeance; a formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent Dissenter - Answer -One that withholds assent (agreement); religious nonconformist Censor - Answer -One who supervises conduct and morals, as an official who examines publications, films, tv shows for objectionable matter Prodigy - Answer -A highly talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment, deed, or event Misanthrope - Answer -One who hates or distrusts mankind Pedant - Answer -One who parades his learning; one who is unimaginative or unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge Orator - Answer -One distinguished for his/her skill and power as a public speaker Firebrand - Answer -One who creates unrest or strife; agitator Curator - Answer -One who has the care and superintendence of something, such as a museum Dilettante - Answer -A lover of the arts; one with superficial interest in an art of branch of knowledge Dignitary - Answer -One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor Potentate - Answer -One who wields controlling power Aesthete - Answer -One who loves beauty, esp. in art Luminary - Answer -A person brilliantly outstanding in some respect Curmudgeon - Answer -A crusty, ill-tempered and usually old man Pariah - Answer -An outcast Penitent - Answer -One who repents or shows remorse or contrition Stoic - Answer -One apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain Sybarite - Answer -Lover of luxury Cerebral - Answer -Intellectual Visceral - Answer -Connotes emotions, pertaining to internal organs (guts) Munificent - Answer -Generous Contentious - Answer -Argumentative, controversial Sanguine - Answer -Cheerful Indecorous - Answer -Lack of proper behavior (propriety) Decorum - Answer -Propriety Fastidious - Answer -Exacting, meticulous Enervating - Answer -Worn out, tired Illicit - Answer -Illegal Nefarious - Answer -Wicked, evil (ex. nefarious dealings) Truculent - Answer -Lethal, brutal, murderous Innocuous - Answer -Harmless Alacrity - Answer -Speedy enthusiasm (very enthusiastic) Emergent - Answer -In the process of coming into being or becoming prominent Inure - Answer -Accustom someone to something, esp. unpleasant; to take effect Abate - Answer -To cause something to become smaller and less intense Reverberate - Answer -(Of a noise) Repeat several times like an echo; (of a place) to appear to vibrate or be disturbed because of a loud noise Fetid - Answer -Smelling extremely unpleasant Axiom - Answer -A statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self- evidently true Recalcitrant - Answer -Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority; a person with such attitude Indictment - Answer -A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime; the act of doing so Censure - Answer -To criticize Ineffable - Answer -Inexpressible in words Conflagration - Answer -A large, destructive fire Surly - Answer -Bad tempered and unfriendly Wry - Answer -Using or expressing dry, mocking humor Explicit - Answer -Speaking directly, so that nothing is or can be assumed Inconspicuous - Answer -Not clearly visible or attracting attention Sanguinary - Answer -Bloody Consanguinity - Answer -Descended from the same ancestor; of the same blood Corroborate - Answer -To confirm; support; strengthen Collaborate - Answer -To work together Willing - Answer -Favorably disposed or consenting; done cheerfully Willful - Answer -Said or done deliberately or intentionally Paradigm - Answer -A model or example Paradox - Answer -A statement that is self-contradictory Averse - Answer -Feeling dislike or reluctance Adverse - Answer -Hostile; opposed Impudent - Answer -Shamelessly bold, insolent Imprudent - Answer -Lacking in judgment or caution; rash Discreet - Answer -Prudent; careful about what one says or does Discrete - Answer -Separate and distinct; unrelated Elude - Answer -To avoid; evade Allude - Answer -To refer to indirectly Proscribe - Answer -To outlaw; prohibit Prescribe - Answer -To set down as a rule or direction Appraise - Answer -To estimate the value of Apprise - Answer -To inform Anomalous - Answer -Abnormal; irregular Apathy - Answer -Lack of emotion; indifference Atrophy - Answer -A wasting away or failure to grow Inter - Answer -To bury Infer - Answer -To conclude or deduce Trenchant - Answer -Mentally sharp, shrewd Malfeasance - Answer -Wrong-doing Complacent - Answer -Self-satisfied, smug Incisive - Answer -Shrewd Requisite - Answer -Required or necessary for something Vociferous - Answer -Clamorous; crying out noisily Vindicative - Answer -Vengeful; revengeful Affronted - Answer -To offend by open disrespect/ to confront/ to make ashamed/ confused Advent - Answer -The beginning Tangential - Answer -of superficial relevance if any Subsidiary - Answer -an assistant subject to the authority or control of another Incidental - Answer -Met by chance, nonessential Impalpable - Answer -Intangible; difficult for mind to grasp Itemize - Answer -List individual units/ parts of; list as a seperate part Effrontery - Answer -Shameless boldness Esculent - Answer -edible Truckle - Answer -Submit or yield tamely Tephra - Answer -Volcanic material from eruption Conjecture - Answer -Inference; guesswork Extrapolate - Answer -To infer or estimating known info Insinuate - Answer -To imply or communicate stealthily Lucid - Answer -Easily understood or clear Epigram - Answer -A short, often satirical poem, ends with witty thought Fractiousness - Answer -Unruly, irritable, quarrelsome Quandary - Answer -state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options Digressia - Answer -Leaving the main subject Disparage - Answer -To regard as being of little worth Partisan - Answer -devoted to a cause or party Reverent - Answer -showing great reverence for god Substantiate - Answer -solidify, firm, or strengthen Delineate - Answer -Show the origin Prophetic - Answer -foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention Wayward - Answer -Disobedient, unpredictable, opposite of desired Depravity - Answer -Corruption morally Juxtapose - Answer -Place or deal with close together to contrast Conciliatory - Answer -Intended or likely to pacify Impetuous - Answer -characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation Disengenuousness - Answer -Not genuine, sincere or candid typically by pretending that knows more than actually knows Decry - Answer -To publicly denounce Antipathy - Answer -Hostility Callous - Answer -Insensitive Banal - Answer -Unoriginal Baleful - Answer -Evil, malicious Astute - Answer -Mentally sharp, perspicacious Cathartic - Answer -Cleansing of the spirit, purge (Catharsis- Noun) Transient - Answer -Fleeting, quickly, evanescent, ephemeral. (Transitory-Noun) Intransient - Answer -Unwilling to compromise, adamant Abhorrent - Answer -Inspiring disgust and loathing Perverse - Answer -Contrary to the expected or accepted standard or practice Deride - Answer -Express contempt for; ridicule Lampoon - Answer -to satirize, parody Elucidate - Answer -To clarify Banal - Answer -unoriginal Baleful - Answer -Evil, malicious Diffidence - Answer -Lacking confidence Consecration - Answer -To make holy Material - Answer -Of relevance or importance Voluble - Answer -Wordy, loquacious Acrimonious - Answer -Bitter, sharp, ill-feeling Mellifluous - Answer -Harmonious, pleasant to hear Insolvent - Answer -bankrupt Idiosyncratic - Answer -peculiar; eccentric; unique to an individual Indomitable - Answer -Unconquerable Expeditious - Answer -fast, speedy Hubris - Answer -excessive pride or self-confidence Impetuosity - Answer -rash impulsiveness Valor - Answer -the qualities of a hero or heroine Substantiate - Answer -solidify, firm, or strengthen Scrupulous - Answer -characterized by extreme care and great effort; having scruples - principles, right from wrong Rambunctious - Answer -unruly; uncontrollable Irreverent - Answer -showing lack of due respect or veneration Debilitate - Answer -to weaken Extant - Answer -still in existence Tempered - Answer -adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element (criticism tempered with kindness) Myopic - Answer -lacking foresight or scope Dispatch - Answer -the act of sending off something; the property of being prompt and efficient Dilatory - Answer -wasting time Induction - Answer -entry into a group; an act that sets in motion some course of events; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles Occlusion - Answer -the act of blocking Amalgam - Answer -a combination of diverse elements; a mixture Immersion - Answer -complete attention (n); the act of wetting something by submerging it Circumscribed - Answer -Subjected to limits Myopic - Answer -Shortsidedness Dispatch - Answer -Send for a purpose; Done quickly and efficiently Amalgam - Answer -A mixture or blend Occlusion - Answer -The blocking of a vessel or organ Vocation - Answer -An occupation; a body of people doing the same kind of work Exclusive - Answer -not divided or shared with others