Lesson #6
SAT VOCABULARY Lesson #5-10
Congenial: Compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic
Affable: Easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; amiable
Amiable: Friendly, kind
Levity: Lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition,
particularly when not appropriate
Jocular: Liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun.
Amicable: Showing goodwill; peaceable
Gregarious: Sociable, outgoing
Convivial: Sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of
good company
Cordial: Warm and friendly; amiable
Lesson #7
Cantankerous: Bad tempered; quarrelsome
Pugnacious: Eager to fight; belligerent
Antagonism: Hatred or hostility
Animosity: Hatred; ill will
Polemical: Inclined to argue or debate; controversial
Disputatious: Likely to dispute or argue
Captious: Made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling
Bellicose: Of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike
Predator: One who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival
Contentious: Quarrelsome; belligerent
Belligerent: Taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight
Lesson #8
Largess: Generous giving
Lavish: Generous in giving to others or in spending money
Magnanimous: Generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness
Benevolent: Giving freely and easily to others; charitable
Philanthropic: Showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane
Altruistic: Showing an unselfish concern for others
Squander: To spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion.
Munificent: Very generous
Prodigal: Wasteful; lavish
SAT VOCABULARY Lesson #5-10
Lesson #9
Miserly: Careful with how money is spent; thrifty
Frugal: Careful with money; thrifty; not costly
Avarice: Greed
Mercenary: Greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making
Austere: Having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries, frills
Parsimonious: Overly thrifty or miserly
Thrifty: Showing care with how money and resources are spent or
Penurious: Stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution
Lesson #10
Quandary: A dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation
Debacle: A failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical
Conflagration: A huge fire, an inferno
Labyrinth: A maze from which it is very hard to extricate(free) oneself
Enigma: A riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person
Turmoil: A very puzzling scenario or situation; tumult
Precarious: Dangerous or risky; uncertain
Adversity: Great trouble or difficulty
Turbulence: Great unrest; turmoil or disorder
Cryptic: Hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure
Confounding: Puzzling; baffling
used; miserly