SAT words (page 8)

forensic

“forensic science” — what a hateful phrase! It refers to the collection of techniques based on sciences that “proves things under law” mostly in criminal courts. For example, examing corps (autopsy) to determine cause of death, finger prints ... are forensic sciences.

enthrall

she had me enthralled...

mollify

mollify one's wrath

consummate

“I wish a divorce because our marriage is not consummated”

dialog from film Three Colors: White (1994).

contrite

a criminal without contriteness

brawn

brain and brawn

abate

abate your indulgence...

neophyte

a newbie...

impersonate

try not to impersonate your brother

stymie

consorship stymies the nutrients for ideas

maudlin

the difference between an opera and a soap opera, is the difference between passion and maudlinness.

parlance

... technical parlance ...

niche

Perl is a niche language

morale

this is not the time for promoting morale

dialog from TV program, a Vocan in Star Trek

gist

the gist of this list is in fact not about English vocabulary, but me.

mascot

For a family of underachievers, the Simpsons have achieved quite a bit. In the show, Homer has been a monorail conductor and a baseball mascot; he won a Grammy (for Outstanding Soul, Spoken Word or Barbershop Album) and survived eating a deadly blowfish.

“Simpsons Forever!” (1994-05-02) By Richard Corliss. Time Mag. Source

prescriptive

My PhD dissertation was entitled Prescriptive Kanji Simplification.

Kanji is a japanese term for Chinese characters. Simplification refers to a system of writing Chinese using less complex characters. See 简体/繁體字表 (Simplified/Traditional Chinese Characters List)

prescriptive = giving directives or rules, as in “prescriptive grammar”; based on or prescribing a norm or standard; normative. Usually this is used in contrast of “descriptive”, in the context of dictionaries.