SAT VOCABULARY

A.
Abase: humiliate
Abash: embarrass
Abate: lessen
Abominate: hate
Abstruse: difficult to understand
Acclivity: Sharp incline of a hill
Accolade: an honor
Accost: to approach to speak to
Accumen: mentally quick or bright
Adroit: skillfull
Adulate: flatter
Admbrate: predict by disclosing part of
prediction
Adverse: unfavorable
Advcate: to urge
Aesthetic: artistic , sense of beauty
Affable: friendly
Affected: fake
Affinity: in common, attraction
Affray: public fight
gape: open-mouthed

Aghast: horrified
Alacrity: cheerful promptness
Allay: to soothe
Alleged: without proof
Allude. To refer to indirecly
Allusion: a reference to something
Altercation. A violent disputeconcern for
others
Altruism: unselfish concern for others,
generosity
Amalgam: mixture
Ambiguous: open to more than one
interpretation
Ambivalent: uncertain, having opposing
feelings
Ambulatory: able to walk
Ameliorate: improve a bad situation
Amorphous: shapeless
Anachronistic:something existing in the
wrong time
Anthropoid: humanlike
Antipathy: aversin dislike
Apathetic: lack of interest
Appease: to soothe

 Arcane: understood only by a few

Arbitrary: to choose at random, or
without apparent reason
Arboreal: related to trees
Archaic: antiquated, old
Ardor: passion
Ascertain: investigate
Askew: crooked, off to one side
Assuage: to easy, pacify,
Astute: smart, wise
Atypical: not typical, not common
Audacity: bpdmess. Brave
Augment: grow in size
August: majestic
Aural: related to hearing
Averse: against
Avuncular: resembling an uncle
Awry: twisted, crooked

B.
Baleful: predicts something evil
Banal: common, predictable, trite
Baneful: poisonous or deadly
Bawdy: vulgar, obscene
Beatific: display or impart joy
Begrudge: to envy, resent
Beguile: trick
Belated: late
Belie: misrepresent, disguise
Bellicose: violent, warlike
Belligerenet: aggresive, hostile
Benigh: gentle
Berate: scold severely
Betroth: engaged to marry
Bland: dull
Blandishment: flattery
Blighted: ruined, destroyed
Boisterous: noisy
Bombastic: pompous, wordy,
Bucolic: pastoral, typical of farms, rural
life
Bumptious: self assertive

 Burgeon: to grow, flourish

Burnish: polish

C.
Cache: hiding place
Cacophonous: discordant, unpleasant
noise
Cajole: coax, convince
Callous: unfeeling
Calmniate: slander, put down
Candor: frankness, sincerity (candid)
Cantankerous: quarrelsome
Capacious: spacious
Capitlate: surrender
Captious: fault-finding
Castigate: punish
Cathartic: cleansing, releasing tensin,
emotion
Caustic: sarcastic, bitter
Cauterize: burn tissue
Cavil: raise trivial objections
Celerity. Swiftness, speed
Chagrin: embarrassment

Chaste: pure
Chicanery: trickery
Chimerical: weird, faro ut
Choleric: hot tempered
Churlish: boorish, rude
Ciliated: having tiny hairs
Circumscribe: limit, draw a circle around
Circumspect: prudent, cautious
Clandestine: hidden, secret
Clemency: leniency toward an enemy or
criminal
Cogent: clear, logical, well though out
Cogitate: to think about deeply
Cognizant: fully informed and aware
Comely. Attractive
Commensurate: equal, proportionate
Commiserate: to sympathize with
Complement: complete, go with, bring
to perfection
Compunction: remorse, guilt
Conciliatory: sooth, reconcile, bring
together
Concord: agreement
Concur: agree

 Concurrent: at the same time

Congenital: existing at birth
Conjecture: statement without
adequate evidence
Conspicuous: obvious, easy to notice
Contentious: quarrelsome, looking for a
problem
Contiguous: touching, sharing a
boundary
Contort: twist
Contrition: remorse, repent, regret
Convoke: call together, assemple
Convoluted: complex
Copious: plentiful, large quantity
Corrobrate: collaborate,
Cosmopolitan: sophisticated
Countermand: cancel a command or
order
Covert: secret,
Cower: shrink from fear,
Crass: vulgar
Credulity: gullibility
Crestfallen: dejected, sad

 Crux: main point, central issue

Cull: select
Cupidity: greed, avarice

D
Dais: raised platform
Daunt: to intimdate, frighten
Dauntless: brave, not daunted
Dearth: scarcity
Debacle: disastrous defeat, fiasco
Debase: lower in quality or value
Debunk: expose a sham, untruth
Decoy: lure or bait
Defenestration: the act of throwing
something out the window
Deleterious: having a harmful effect
Delude: deceive
Demur: object mildly
Demure: reserved, modest
Denounce: condemn, accuse
Deplete: to empty
Depraved: morally corrupt
Deranged: crazy

deride: to mock, put down

Dergate: to take away
Derogatory: insulting
Descry: to see something difficult to see
Desultory: aimless
Deter: avoid
Devoid: lack of, empty
Dexterous. Skillful
Diaphanous; translucent
Didactic: instructive
Diffidence: shyness
Dilatory: habitually late
Dilligent: hard working
Dirge: funeral humn or lament
Discern: use the senses to dtect
Discord: lack of harmony
Disparage: belitttle
Dissafected: discontent, lose faith
Disseminate: dispense objects
Distend: swell, expand
Distraught: anxious worried, distresssed
Diverse: varied
Docile: submissive, willing
Dogmatic: believing unproven beliefs

Doleful: sad
Dubious: doubtful
Duplicitous: deceptive
E.
Ebullient: bubbly enthusiastic
Eclectic: made up of a variety of styles
or sources
Edify: edcate
Educe: elicit, obtain
Efface: erase
Effete: weak
Effigy: a dummy, doll or mannequin
Effrontery: boldness
Effusive: showing excessive emotion
Elation: joy
Emaciated: very thin
Embellish: decorate or exagerate
Eminent: prominent
Empathy: understanding of other`s
feelings, ideas
Emulate: imtate

Enigma: puzzle

Ephemeral: lasting for only a brief time

Epitome: representation
Equipoise: balance, equilibrium
Equivocal: ambiguous
Erratic: markedly inconsistent
Erudite: scholarly, learned
Eschew: avoid,
Esoteric: known only by a few people
Ethereal: not of the material world
Eulogy: a speech in praise at a funeral
Euphemism: nice way of saying
something unpleasant
Exact: to demand (not same meaning
as same)
Exacerbate: aggravate, increase
severity
Exhume: take out of a grave
Exigent: urgent
Exonerate: to free from blame
Exorbitant: exceeding all bounds of
fairness or custom
Expedient: convenient, speedy
Exonrate: free from blame
Extol: praise highly

 Extraneous: irrelevant, inessential

Extrapolate:
Exuberant: full unrestrained enthusiasm
or joy
F.
Fabricate: invento r make up
Facet: side or aspect
Facetious: joking
Fallacious: wrong, incorrect
Fastidious: careful about details
Fatuous: foolish, inane
Fawning: admire with exageration
Feasible: posible
Felicitous: apt, admirably suited
Fetid: smelly
Filch: to steal
To Flag: waver tire, decline (as verb)
Flagrant: obvious
Flaunt: show off something
Flippant: casual, disrepectfully
humorous
Floible: weakness, flaw
Foment: incite
Forbearance: patience

Forte: a strong point in a person

Froward: stubborn
Frugal; stingy, miserly
Fulminate, to explode against
Futile: completely ineffective
G.
Gainsay: deny, dispute:
Gaffe: clumst social error, faux pas
Garbled: mixed up
Garrulous: very talkative
Genre: category
Germane: relevant, appropriate
Gestate: transform and grow
Gesticulation: gesture, signal
Gibberish: silly speaking
Gibe: mock, taunt, tease, pick on
Gloaming: twilight
Gossamer: light, delicate
Grandiose: impressive
Gratuitous. Unnecessary
Gregarious: very friendly, extroverted
Grimace: twisted facial expression
Grisly: gory
Gruesome: gory, gross

 Gruff: rough
Gullible: believing anything

H.
Hackneyed: overused, trite
Haggard: wasted, worn
Hallowed: holy, sacred
Harangue: mean nasty speech
Harbinger: omen
Haughty. Proud, arrogant
Hedonism: not to worry about anything
nore morality
Heinous: vile, odious
Hirsute: hairy
Hoary: White or gray with age
Homily: sermn like speech
Hyperbole: a big exageration
I.
Iconoclast: destroyer of tradition
Idiosyncrasy: characteristic peculiar to
a person or group
Ignoble. Not toble
Ignominy. Dishonor, disgrace

Imbibe: drink, absorb

Imbue: to satrate
Immutable: unchangeable
Impale: pierce with a Sharp point
Impasse: dead end
Impassive: without emotion
Impending: about to take place
Imperious: domineering
mpetus. Impelling forc or stimulus
Impropriety: not proper
Impugn: to attack as false
Inchoate: incomplete
Incite: arouse, instgate
Incoherent: lacking connection,
confusing
Incommodious: lacking space
Incongruous: incompatible, not
harmonious
Incontrovertible: indisputable
Incubus: nightmare, mental burden
Indict: charge with a crime
Indolence: laziness
Indomitable; unconquerable
Inept: incompetent

Infer. to conclude based on facts

Ingenious: original, resourceful
Ingenuous; innocent
Innate, belonging to someone from
birth
Innocuous: harmless
Insatiable: imposible to satisfy
Inscrutable: difficult to understand,
enigmatic
Insidious: sneaky
Insinuate: to give a hint of something
normally bad
Insolent: insulting
Insipid: lacking taste or sabor,
uninteresting
Intangible: not perciptible
Intransigence: refusal to moderate a
position or compromise
Invective: abusive put down
Invidious: offensive
Invocation: a call
Irascible: irritable
J.

 Jaded: weary of too much of the good

life
Jingoism: excessive patriotism
Jocose: merry, happy
Jocular: jolly, merry
Jocund: merry
Juxtapose: place side by side for
contrast orcomparison

K.
Ken: range of knowledge
Kismet: fate
Knave: a smart bad person
Knavery: dishonesty
L.
Lacerate: rip, mutlate, maul
Lackadaisical: uncaring, lacking in
interest
Laconic: not say much, terse, brief
Lambaste: to beat with big things or
scold sharply
Languid: lacking energy, weak
Languish, to waste away

Larceny:stealing
Lascivious: lusty
Lassitude: state of weakness
Latent: potential
Laud: to praise
Lavish: extravagant
Lecherous; lustful, given to sexual
advances
Lethal: deadly
Lethargy: indifference
Lewd: indecent
Lithe: graceful, move lightly, limber
Litigious: to be involved in lawsuits
Loathe: to hate
Loquatious: very talkative
Lucid: easily understood, clear
Lucubration: hard studying
Lugubrious: sad
M.
Magnanimous. noble, generous,
Malaise: feeling of illness or depression
Malediction: spoken curse
Malice: spite, desire to do bad
Malign: tos ay bad things about, slander

 Malignant: sick, bad

Mar: damage, disfigure
Maritime: near the sea, to do with the
sea
Maverick: a person who is independent
Meander: to wander around
Melancholy: sadness, depression
Mellifluous, sweet sounding, flowing
Mendacious: lying, untruthful
Mendicant: beggar
Mercenary: motivated only by Money
Meticulous: extremely careful and
precise
Miasma: poisonous air
Misnomer: inappropriate or wrong name
Mitgate: make less severe
Modicum: Little bit
Mordant: very sarcastic or nasty
Morose: sullen, depressed
Myriad: many, alot a very large amount

N.
Nadir: lowest point

Nascent: coming into being, emerging

Nefarious: evil
Nemesis: enemy
Neologism: new Word
Neophyte: beginner
Nexus: link between things, bond
Nonchalant; casual, cool, chilled out
Nonplussed: perplexed, confused,
baffled
Novel: new, unusual, different
Novice; beginner
Noxious: harmful
Nuance: subtle variation in color,
meaning, etc.
O.
Obturate: hardened against good
influence
Oblivion: state of being totally forgotten
Obsequious: too easily compliant
Obstnate: stubborn
Obstreperous: defiant, unruly,
boisterous
Obtruse: force ideas on others
Obtuse: stupid, stubborn, thick headed

 Occult: pertaining to supernatural

phenomena
Officious: pushy in giving opinions,
obnoxious
Ogle, stare at
Omniscient: all knowing
Onerous: burdensome
Opulent: rich
Ornate: elaborately decorated
Oscillate: swing back and forth
Ostensible; apparent
Ostentatious. Showy, pretentious
Ostracize: exclude
Overt: open and observable
P.
Palatable: aceptable to taste
Palliate: moderate, bring down the
severity
Paragon: model of perfection
Parch: to make very dry by heating
Parsimonious: stingy
Partison: support a group or a cause or
political party
Parity: equality in value

 Pathos: a quality in something that

causes sympathy or pity
Paucity: smallness in number, scarcity
Pecuniary: relating to Money
Pedagoge: a boring teacher
Pedant: boring person
Pejorative: insulting, disparaging,
belittling
Penchant. Inclination or strong liking for
Penurious; parsimonious, stingy,
Penury: povert y, destitution
Perfidious; dishonest
Perfunctory: routinely without care
Permeate: to flow through
Pernicious: harmful, deadly
Perspicacious: perceptive,
understanding
Petulant: very irritable ori ll tempered
Pillage: to rob with violence
Pithy: concise and meaningful
Plcate: appease, pacify,
Plaintive, sad,melancholy
Plethora: superabundance, excess
Plunder: to rob

 Portent: something about to occur,

omen
Pragmatic: practical
Precocious: early development of
intelligence
Precursor,predecesor, what came
before
Presage; to warn of something that can
happen
Prescience: Foresight, foreknowledge
Prevalent: commonmly occurring or
existing
Prevaricate; avoid the truth
Proboscis: long, hollow, snout
Prodigious: enormous
Profundity: depth of intellect or feeling
Profuse: abundant, overflowing
Prolific: very productive
Prolifrate: spread or grow rapidly
Prosaic: dull, boring
Prospectus: formal proposal
Puissant: powerful, mighty
Pulverize: to grind to bits
Pusillanimous: cowardly, wimpy

Q.
Quagmire: a swamp
Quail: as verb, to draw back in fear
Qualm. Doubt
Qualitative: having to do with a quality
Quantitative: having to do with quantity
Quandary: dilema
Queasy: nauseated, uneasy
Quell: suppress
Querulous; complaining alot
Quiescent: quiet, still, at rest, inactive
Quip: snappy response
Quixotic; foolish, romantic and
impractical
Quorum. Mnimum number of people
that must meet
R.
Rampage: wild behaviour
Rampant: unrestrained, spread
Rancourous: bitter, deep seated ill will
Rant: to rave, speak wildly
Rapacious: plundering, ravenous,
greedy
Rapprochemenet: reconciliation

 Ratiocination: logical, methodical

thinking
Rationalize: justify
Ravage: plunder, destroy
Ravenous: hungry
Raze: demolish
Realm: kingdon
Recalcitrant: stubborn
Recapitlate: repeat
Reciprocal: mutual
Reclusive: secluded, isolated
Recondide: abstruse, profund
Rectify: to correct
Recumbent: lying down
Redolent: fragrant
Redouble: make twice as great, double
Redoubtable; formidable
Redress: compensate, remedy
Redundant: repeatedly
Rudimentary: basic, elementary
Refractory: stubborn, disobedient
Refulgent: radiant, shining
Refute: disprove
Reiterate: repeat

Relinquish: give up, abandon

Remiss: negligent
Remorse: guilt
Renascent: vcoming into being again
Repdiate: reject
Repugnant: offensive, repulsive
Reticent: silent, reserved
Retrograde: moving backward
Rhetoric: the art of using language
effectively and pursuasive
Ruddy: healthy, reddish cheeks
Ruminate: to chew or think alot about
Saga: long adventure storpy
Sagacious: wise
Salacious: lecherous, erotically
stimulting
Sanctimonious: to prettend piety or
righteousness
Sanguine: blood colored, reddish
Scanty: scarce, insufficient
Scintillating: brilliant
Scrupulous: having principles of right
and wrong
Scrutiny: inspection, close study

 Sdate: to calm, soothe

Sedition: to incite rebellion against
authority
Sequester: s eparate
Servile: submissive
Shiftless: lack of motivation
Sinister: foreboding evil
Skeptical: doubt or disbelieve
Sloth: indolence, laziness
Solicitous: concerned
Sovenly: messy
Somber: dark, gloomy
Sonorous: producing a deep strong
sound
Soporific: sleep-inducing
Sparse: scant, not crowded,
Specious: sounding or being like to
truth but in reality false
Sporadic: occur at irregular intervals
Squander: to waste, to spend without
reason
Squelch: ssquash, crush
Staid: unemotional, serious
Static: not moving

Steadfast. Fixed or unchanging

Stolid: showing Little emotion or pain
Stratify: to layer or separate into layers
Strident: loud, harsh
Stymie: stump, thwart
Substantiate: support with proof, verify
Subterfuge: a deceptive strategy
Subvert: to undermine the power of
Succulent: juicy
Suffrace: right to vote
Summon: to call together
Supercilious: haughty, conceited
Superfluous: unnessary, extra
Superlative: of the highest order,
surpassing others
Supersede: take the place of
Supplant: take place of, usurp
Surreptitious: done secretly, clandestine
Swindle: cheat
Sycophant: a person who is servile and
flatters to gain
Synergy: combined action or operation
T.
To table: to remove from consideration

 Taciturn: untalkative, uncommunicative

Tact: skill in dealing with people
Tangential: merely touching, slightly
connected
Tangible: something that exists
materially, palpable
Tedious: boring, tiresome
Temerity: craziness, lack of regard for
danger
Temprate: moderate
Tempestuous: stormy, turbulent
Tenacity: persistence
Tenuous; shaky, little substance or
strength
Tenet: principle, doctrine
Tepid: lukewarm
Terse: concise
Thwart: to prevent
Tirade: long and vehement speech
Torrid: very hot, burning
Transient: passing quickly in time and
space
Treachery: betrayal
Trepidation: fear, stateof anxety

Trncate: to shorten by cutting the end

Tumultuous: noisy, disorderly
U.
Ubiquitous: everywhere at the same
time, omnipresent
Unassuming: modest
Uncouth. Crue, unrefined
Unruly. Without discipline, difficultto
govern
Unwitting: unaare, not knowing
Upsht; resul
Usurp: illegaly seis power or rights
Usury: lend Money at high interest, loan
sharking
V.
Vacillate: oscillate, saway from one side
to the other
Vacuity: emptiness
Vainglorious: vain, boastful
Valor: courage, bravery
Vapid: dull, lacking life
Variegated: having streaks or marks,
patches
Vehement; with passion, forceful

Ver: having to do with truth,

Veracity: truth
Verbose: wordy
Verdant: green with vegetation
Vex: irrtate or bother
Vicarious: feeling as if one lives the
feeling or experience of another
Vignette: a short scene or story
Vilify: to slander, defame
Vindcate: clear of blame or suspicion
Vindictive: vengeful
Vituperative: abusive condemnation
Vivacious: full of energy
Vociferous: to be very loud
Voluble: talks too much

W.
Wanton: inmoral, unchaste, cruel
Whim: capricious idea
Whimsical: unpredictable
Wily: crafty
Wistful: yearning, wishful
Wrath: anger, rage

Z.
Zany: crazy, insane
Zeal: enthusiasm
Zealous: fanatic
Zenith: peak, Summit,
Zest: vivacious, gusto