ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14(only one more to go…)

Amenable

• (adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible – Syn: agreeable, compliant– Ant: resistant, recalcitrant

Berate

• (v) to scold sharply– Syn: chide, rebuke– Ant: praise, compliment

Credulous

• (adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived– Syn: gullible– Ant: dubious, skeptical

Deplete

• (v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption– Syn: exhaust, drain– Ant: replenish, refill

Expatiate

• (v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely – Syn: elaborate, expound– Ant: summarize, condense

Obdurate

• (adj) stubborn, unyielding – Syn: obstinate, intractable– Ant: yielding, flexible

Sadistic

• (adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel– Syn: brutal, vicious– Ant: merciful, humane

Challenge Word: Extraneous(adj) coming from

the outside, foreign; present but not essential irrelevant – Syn: incidental,

extrinsic– Ant: relevant,

pertinent

Challenge Word:Inception

• (n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. – Syn: commencement, outset– Ant: conclusion, termination

ChallengeWord:Jejune

• (adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile – Syn: insipid, puerile– Ant: mature