SAT Unit 6

Advocate1. To plead in

favor of (v)2. One who

defends (n)3. One who

pleads the cause of another (n)

4. A lawyer (n)

aestheticArtisticDealing with or capable of appreciation of the

beautiful

blightedSuffering from a disease; destroyed; marred

deployTo position or arrange; to utilize; to spread out

depravityCorruption; wickedness

Nordhausen Concentration Camp where 20,000 people are believed to have been killed

emaciatedMade unnaturally thin

eminentFamous, outstanding, distinguished

FLAGRANTGLARING; CONSPICUOUSLY BAD; DISAGREEABLE; UNPLEASANT

GUILEDeceit, cunning, deception, trickery,

fraud

You’ll hear the word “beguile,” which means to trick someone.

INANELacking sense, significance, or ideas;Foolish, empty, void

InaugurateTo start; initiate; to install in office

INCITETO STIR UP, ENCOURAGE, URGE ON; TO PROMPT TO ACTION

MEGALOMANIAA SYMPTOM OF MENTAL ILLNESS MARKED BY A FEELING OF POWER, WEALTH, TALENT, ETC THAT FAR EXCEEDS REALITY

NIRVANAOBLIVION TO CARING, PAIN OR REALITY IN BUDDHISM, THE FREEDOM FROM

ENDLESS REINCARNATION

PERFUNCTORYSUPERFICIAL; NOT THOROUGH; PERFORMED MERELY OUT OF ROUTINE; HASTY; LACKING INTEREST

PERTURBTo agitate, bother, disturb

REBUTTALAn argument against something by giving opposing information

RECTIFYTo make right; to set right; to correct

SATIRICALmocking; making fun of

What previous vocabulary word does this remind you of?

TENACIOUS

Stubborn, persistent, holding together firmly; tough; not giving up easily