SAT Vocabulary List I
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- assertion
- a declaration or statement
- clarity
- clearness in thought or expression
- cogent
- convincing; reasonable
- coherent
- logically connected
- didactic
- intended to instruct
- discourse
- verbal expression or exchange; conversation
- eloquence
- the ability to speak vividly or persuasively
- fluid
- easily flowing
- implication
- the act of suggesting or hinting
- lucid
- easily understood; clear
- pundit
- an authority who expresses his/her opinions
- rhetoric
- the art of using language effectively and persuasively
- arbiter
- a judge who decides a disputed issue
- biased
- prejudiced
- exculpate
- to free from guilt or blame
- impartial
- not in favor of one side or the other, unbiased
- incontrovertible
- indisputable; not open to question
- integrity
- trustworthyness; completeness
- jurisprudence
- the philosophy or science of law
- objectivity
- threating facts without influence from personal feeling or prejudices
- penitent
- expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
- plausible
- seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
- substantiated
- supported with proof or evidence; verified
- vindicated
- freed from blame
- condecending
- treating people as weak or inferior
- contemptuous
- feeling hatred; scornful
- despotic
- exercising absolute power; tyrannical
- dictatorial
- domineering; oppressivly overbearing
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disdain
(noun and verb) -
noun - contempt, scorn
verb - to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on - haughty
- arrogant; vainly proud
- imperious
- arrogantly domineering or overbearing
- patronizing
- treating in a condescending manner
- convoluted
- intracate; complex
- cryptic
- difficult to comprehend
- futile
- having no useful purpose; pointless
- impede
- to slow the progress of
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obscure
(adjective and verb) -
adjective - relatively unknown
verb - to conceal or make indistinct - quandary
- a state of uncertainty or perplexity
- dilatory
- habitually late
- indolent
- lazy
- insipid
- uninteresting; unchallenging
- listless
- lacking energy
- torpor
- laziness; inactivity; dullness
- alienated
- removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)
- alliance
- a union of two or more groups
- disparity
- inequality in age, rank, or degree; difference
- servile
- submissive; like a servant
- suppressed
- subdued; kept from being circulated
- embellish
- to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
- florid
- describing flowery or elaborate speech
- opulent
- exhibiting a display of great wealth
- ornate
- elaborately decorated
- ostentatious
- describing a showy or pretentious display
- poignant
- profoundly moving; touching
- ebullience
- intense enthusiasm
- effusive
- emotionally unrestrained; gushy
- egregious
- conspicuously bad or offensive
- flagrant
- extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
- frenetic
- wildly excited or active
- gratuitous
- given freely; unearned; unwarranted
- superfluous
- extra; unnecessary
- ample
- describing a large amount of something
- comprehensive
- large in scope or content
- copious
- plentiful; having a large quantity
- permeated
- spread or flowing throughout
- pervasive
- dispersed throughout
- prodigious
- enormus
- replete
- abundantly supplied; filled to capacity
- alleviate
- to ease a pain or a burden
- asylum
- a place of retreat or security
- auspicious
- favorable; promising
- benevolent
- well-meaning; generous
- benign
- kind and gentle
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emollient
(adjective and noun) -
adjective - softening and soothing
noun - something that softens or soothes - mollify
- to calm or soothe
- reclamation
- the act of making something useful again
- sanction
- to give official authorization or approval
- dubious
- doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
- fabricated
- made; concocted in order to decieve
- hypocrisy
- the practice of pretending to be something on is not; insincerity
- slander
- false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
- spurious
- not genuine; false, counterfeit
- astute
- shrewd; clever
- camouflage
- to hide by blending in with surroundings
- clandestine
- secretive
- coup
- a brilliantly executed plan
- disingenuous
- not straightforward; crafty
- ruse
- a crafty trick
- stratagem
- a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
- surreptitiously
- done by secrative means
- wary
- on guard; watchful
- wily
- cunning
- ambiguous
- open to more than one interpretation
- ambivalent
- simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
- apathetic
- feeling or showing little emotion
- arbitrary
- determined by impulse rather than reason
- capricious
- impulsive and unpredictable
- equivocate
- to avoid making a definate statement
- indifferent
- not caring one way of the other
- spontaneous
- unplanned; naturally occuring
- whimsical
- sunject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
- inconsequential
- unimportant
- superficial
- concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
- tenuous
- having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
- trivial
- of little importance or significance