SAT Words
Vocabulary commonly found on the SAT reasoning test
Terms
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- altruistic
- showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- inveigle
- influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- enigma
- puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling
- nadir
- bottom, the lowest point
- obeisance
- bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
- sanguine
- red, cheerfull, optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red
- impolitic
- not politic
- auspicious
- favorable; promising
- pertinacious
- stubbornly unyielding
- ubiquitous
- all knowing
- intrinsic
- situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
- consummate
- make perfect
- lugubrious
- excessively mournful
- contumacious
- wilfully obstinate
- inexorable
- not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course
- expedient
- a means to an end
- temerity
- fearless daring
- subjugate
- put down by force or intimidation
- equivocate
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- salient
- prominent or conspicuous
- clandestine
- secretive
- empirical
- based on experience