Sat Vocab #1 & 2
From list #1 - of or relating to the brain; an intellectual person
From list #2 - to put off until a later time
What is cerebral
What is procrastinate
From list #3 - hard, difficult, tiresome
From list #4- mood, feeling; general atmosphere
What is arduous
What is ambiance
From list #5 - to carry on through despite hardships; to put up with
From list #6 - skillful; to be very good at something
What is endure
What is proficient
From list #7 - a slingshot
From list #8 - someone who hopes to achieve something; a goal
What is catapult
What is aspire
From list #1 - harsh sounds
From list #2 - to obstruct or interfere with; to delay
What is cacophony
What is impede
From list #3 - the act or practice of recalling the past
From list #4 - to put in a rage; infuriate, anger
What is reminisce
What is enrage
From list #5 - continuing for a long time; continuous
From list #6 - one who works devilishly (a demon for work), a persistent person, force, or drive; an evil person
What is chronic
What is demonic
From list #7 - A mental illness of unreasonable anxiety, especially believing someone is out to get you, or that you are an important person
From list #8 - general agreement
What is paranoia
What is consensus
From list #1 - to remove; to delete; to erase
From list #2 - to rub away
What is expunge
What is efface
From list #3 - reminiscent of or pertaining to a pig; resembling a pig
From list #4 - a small opening as in a wall or rock face
What is porcine
What is cranny
From list #5 - a light-headed sensation; dizzy, frivolous
From list #6 - an extremely large number
What is giddy
What is myriad
From list #7 - to truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from
From list #8 - a fortress overlooking a city; a stronghold
What is curtail
What is citadel
From list #1 - an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste
From list #2 - cutting, incisive, having a sharp point; caustic, sarcastic
What is connoisseur
What is trenchant
From list #3 - overly dramatic, theatrical
From list #4 - to one side; crooked; awry; a sidelong look of contempt
What is Histrionic
What is Askew
From list #5 - to form or wait in line
From list #6 - attempting to impress with big words or grand gestures
What is queue
What is grandiloquent
From list #7 - to give birth; to create
From list #8 - pleasant to be around; social, agreeable
What is beget
What is congenial
From list #1 - stern, as in manner, without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain
From list #2 - in separate parts; apart from each other in position
What is austere
What is assunder
From list #3 - to besiege; beset, surround, harass
From list #4 - listlessness; torpor, weariness
What is beleaguer
What is lassitude
From list #5 - delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauze fabric; something delicate, light, flimsy
From list #6 - to lecture, berate; a long bombastic speech
What is gossamer
What is harangue
From list #7 - cowardly
From list #8 - someone willing to sacrifice and even give his/her life for a cause; also one who pretends suffering to gain sympathy
What is craven
What is martyr