SAT words (page 1)

itinerary

big-tents (circus) has itineraries

perturb

perturb is the keyword in the science of Chaos theory.

inordinately

gorge inordinate amount of fish

subpoena

she was subpoenaed by the court, what a stroke of luck

bland

his rant was rather bland

holistic

loook at those holistic men, holistically eschewing rationalism.

hubris

Hubris, though not specifically defined, was a legal term and was considered a crime in classical Athens. It was also considered the greatest sin of the ancient Greek world. That was so because it was not only proof of excessive pride, but also resulted in violent acts by or to those involved. The category of acts constituting hubris for the ancient Greeks apparently broadened from the original specific reference to mutilation of a corpse, or a humiliation of a defeated foe, or irreverent “outrageous treatment” in general.

colloquial

fuck is colloquial term for copulation

exacerbate

the incident exacerbates her hernia

shrivel

And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers — shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle — to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
Time Machine, chapter 12 (1989) by H G Wells.

strident

scratching tin against glass

accretion

accretion of knowledge

odious

something smells odious

disseminate

disseminate information

dissipate

dissipate energy and be spent, aptly as men in the process of procreation.

exasperate

i was exasperated by that fire siren, dreaming the songs of Sirens.

construe

stupid people construe lampoons as insults

placate

placate me

compendium

he made a compendium of syntactically ambiguous English phrases

spoof

you are reading a spoof of spoof

salient

her big-blue eyes is a salient feature
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