SAT Word Whiz

Vociferous - (adj.) loud, boisterous (Kelly was tired of Shaun's vociferous complaining, so she dumped him on St. Patrick's Day.)

Insipid -(adj.) dull, boring (The first season of Gossip Girl was witty and cool, but now the name-dropping and banter have become insipid.)

Annul - (v.) to make void or invalid (Two hours after my parents got their marriage annulled, my mom had a new boyfriend. FML.)

Adept - (adj.) extremely skilled (Will never studies, but he’s so adept at cheating that he has a perfect GPA.)

Pervasive (adj.) having the tendency to spread throughout (The smell of mom's pot pie is so pervasive that I can smell it in the backyard!)

Vivacious - (adj.) lively, sprightly (Jan is so vivacious because she drinks six cups of coffee before going to school.)

Aversion - (n.) a particular dislike for something (Don didn't go to the student council pizza party because of his aversion to cheese.)

Upbraid - (v.) to criticize or scold severely (Lindsay's mom is usually laid back, but she upbraided Lindsay for failing bio.)

Infamy - (n.) notoriety, extreme ill repute (The senior prank of '04 lives in infamy, and teachers don't dare come to school on May 1.)

Stagnate - (v.) to become or remain inactive, not develop, not flow (Joey and Caitlin’s relationship stagnated when she left for college.)

Munificence - (n.) generosity in giving. (My private high school relies on the munificence of alumni donors to stay open.)

Arable - (adj.) suitable for growing crops (The farmer bought land for dirt cheap—pun intended—and then was shocked that it wasn't arable.)

Prescient - (adj.) to have foreknowledge of events (Either Max is prescient, or he stole the answer key from Mrs. Miller’s desk.)

Inchoate - (adj.) unformed or formless, in a beginning stage (Social groups are inchoate during freshman year, but solidified after that.)

Enamor - (v.) to fill with love, fascinate, usually used in a passive form followed by "of" or "with" (I'm enamored with Puck from Glee.)

Maelstrom - (n.) a destructive whirlpool that rapidly sucks in objects (Calc class is like a maelstrom of terror that makes everyone cry.)

Construe - (v.) to interpret (When Ali said, “You look like Miley,” Brie construed it as an insult, though it was meant as a compliment.)

Impetuous - (adj.) rash; hastily done (In an impetuous moment, Rob signed up for 6 AP classes and an SAT prep course.)

Nadir - (adj.) the lowest point of something (The nadir of my terrible day was when my boyfriend dumped me via text message. Burn.)

Anomaly - (n.) something that doesn't fit into the normal order (My math TA let me retake the test, as my low score was such an anomaly.)