SAT Vocabulary — Group 15

A person who believes pleasure and enjoyment are the most important goals in life.

Exaggerated language not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

A person who challenges or attacks widely accepted beliefs, traditions, or institutions.

Not allowed by law or social custom; forbidden.

Not able to be changed or altered.

Not able to be affected or penetrated by something.

Happening by accident, without intention or awareness.

Impossible to stop, persuade, or turn aside from a relentless course.

Extremely clever and original, especially in solving a problem.

Impossible to read or understand clearly, especially someone's thoughts or feelings.

Special words or expressions used by a particular profession or group that outsiders find hard to understand.

Full of cheerful friendliness and good humor.

The sound of a bell rung slowly, especially to mark a death or an ending.

Using very few words; terse.

To mock or ridicule someone or something through exaggerated satire.

Generous giving, especially of money or gifts, often from someone wealthy or powerful.

Given or spent in great, extravagant abundance.

A light, humorous treatment of a situation that might otherwise feel heavy or serious.

Lacking energy or enthusiasm, indifferent to activity.

Very high, either physically or in terms of ambition and ideals; sometimes overly proud.

Exaggeratedly or theatrically mournful, beyond what a situation calls for.

A scheming or crafty plot, usually devised in secret.

A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is hard to identify.

Having or showing a wish to cause harm to others.

An independent-minded person who breaks from convention rather than following the group.