SAT Vocabulary - 12
All the definitions are taken off the SAT book that I got them from.
Terms
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- Aspiration
- False rumor, damaging report, slander
- Craven
- Cowardly
- Blight
- To afflict, destroy
- Ballard
- Folk song, narrative poem
- Deflation
- Decrease, depreciation
- Allure
- To entice by charm, attract
- Beguile
- To deceived mislead; charm
- Desultory
- At random, rambling
- Dispense
- To distribute, administer
- Edify
- To instruct morally and spiritually
- Bone
- Something causing death, destruction, or ruin
- Belie
- To misrepresent; expose as false
- Alacrity
- Cheerful willingness, eagerness
- Disgorge
- TO vomit, discharge violently
- Allegory
- Symbolic representation
- Discordant
- Harsh-sounding, badly out of tune
- Disparage
- To belittle, speak disrespectful about
- Apathy
- Lack of feeling or emotion
- Callow
- Immature, lacking sophistication
- Demur
- To express doubts or objections
- Diaphanous
- Allowing light to show through; delicate
- Benighted
- Unenlightened
- Antiquity
- Ancient times; quality of being old
- Docile
- Tame, willing to be taught
- Ashen
- Resembling ashes; pale
- Bias
- Prejudice, slant
- Diffidence
- Shyness, lack of confidence
- Affront
- Insult
- Convoluted
- Twisted, complicated, involved
- Debunk
- To discredit, disprove
- Belabor
- To insist repeatedly or harp on
- Dirge
- Funeral hymn
- Baal
- Trite, overly common
- Doting
- Excessively fond, loving to excess
- Approbation
- Praise; official approval
- Efface
- To erase or make illegible
- Balm
- Soothing, healing influence
- Culmination
- Climax, final stage
- Dictum
- Authoritative statement; popular saying
- Dissemble
- To pretend, disguise one's motive
- Diplomacy
- Discretion, tact
- Effervescent
- Bubbly, lively
- Disburse
- To pay out
- Deleterious
- Harmful, destructive
- August
- Dignified, awe inspiring, venerable
- Crass
- Crude, unrefined
- Antecedent
- Coming before in place or time
- Ameliorate
- To make better, improve
- Austere
- Stern, strict, unadorned
- Animation
- Enthusiasm, excitement
- Disseminate
- To spread far and wide
- Ambivalence
- Attitude of uncertainty
- Ebb
- To fade away, recede
- Edifice
- Building
- Curmudgeon
- Cranky person
- Conventional
- Typical, customary
- Assuage
- To make less severe, ease, relieve
- Deferential
- Respectful and polite in a submissive way
- Baleful
- Harmful
- Disparate
- Dissimilar, different in kind
- Brazen
- Bold, shameless, impudent; of or like brass
- Disrepute
- Disgrace, dishonor
- Debase
- To degrade or lower in quality or stature
- Bay
- To bark, especially in a deep, prolonged way
- Dilatory
- Slow, tending to delay
- Antithesis
- Exact opposite or direct contrast
- Disheveled
- Untidy, disarranged, unkempt
- Creed
- Statement of belief or principal
- Corroborate
- To confirm, verify
- Arbitrary
- Depending solely on individual will
- Avarice
- Greed
- Culpable
- Guilty, responsible for wrong
- Effigy
- Stuffed doll; likeness of a person
- Astringent
- Harsh, severe, stem
- Benign
- Kindly, gentle, or harmless
- Disconcerting
- Bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
- Deplore
- To express or feel disapproval of; regret strongly
- Diatribe
- Bitter verbal attack
- Covet
- To desire strongly something possessed by another
- Anachronistic
- Outdated
- Credulous
- Gullible, trusting
- Anthology
- Collection of literary works
- Disarray
- Clutter, disorder
- Apocryphal
- Not genuine; fictional
- Candor
- To meet, come together, assemble
- Cajole
- To flatter, coax, persuade
- Desiccate
- To dry completely, dehydrate
- Boor
- Crude person, one lacking manners or taste
- Attenuate
- To make thin or slender, weaken
- Eclectic
- Selecting from various sources
- Curtail
- To shorten
- Bestial
- Beastly, animal-like
- Defunct
- No longer existing, extinct
- Divine
- To foretell or know by inspiration
- Altruism
- Unselfish concern for other's welfare
- Deprecate
- To belittle, disparage
- Deluge
- Flood
- Ardent
- Passionate, enthusiastic
- Amenable
- Agreeable, cooperative
- Denigrate
- To slur someone's reputation
- Divisive
- Creating disunity or conflict
- Appease
- To satisfy, calm
- Assiduous
- Diligent, persistent
- Dispirit
- To dishearten, make dejected
- Allusion
- Indirect reference
- Beseech
- To beg, plead
- Animosity
- Hatred, hostility
- Deface
- To mar the appearance of, vandalize
- Dissuade
- To persuade someone to alter original intensions
- Buttress
- To reinforce or support
- Dyspeptic
- Suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
- Blanch
- To pale; take color out of
- Burgeon
- To sprout or flourish
- Depravity
- Sinfulness, moral corruption
- Derivative
- Copied or adapted; not original
- Dither
- To move or act confusedly or without clear purpose
- Didactic
- Excessively instructive
- Arboreal
- Relating to trees; living in trees
- Delegate
- To give powers to another
- Attain
- To accomplish, gain
- Callous
- Thick-skinned, insensitive
- Credence
- Acceptance of something as true or real
- Decry
- To belittle, openly condemn
- Atrocious
- Monstrous shockingly bad
- Aversion
- Intense dislike
- Ebullient
- Exhilarated, full or enthusiasm and high sprints
- Blandish
- To coax with flattery
- Diurnal
- Daily
- Cynic
- Person who distrust the motives of others
- Cupidity
- Greed