SAT Vocabulary from Princeton Review
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- assertion
- a declaration or statement
- clarity
- clearness in thought or expression
- cogent
- convincing; reasonable
- coherent
- logically connected
- cohesive
- condition of sticking together
- didactic
- intended to instruct
- discourse
- verbal expression or exchange; conversation
- eloquence
- the ability to speak vividly or persuasively
- emphasize
- to give special attention to something, to stress
- 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
- artbiter
- a judge who decides a disputed issue
- biases
- 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
- trustworthiness; completeness
- jurisprudence
- the philosophy or science of law
- objectivity
- treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices
- penitent
- expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
- plausible
- seemingly valid or acceptable
- substantiated
- supported with proof or evidence
- vindicated
- freed from blame
- condescending
- treating people as weak or inferior
- contemptuous
- feeling hatred; scornful
- despotic
- exercising absolute power; tyrannical
- dictatorial
- domineering; opressively overbearing
- disdain
- contempt, scorn
- haughty
- arrogant; vainly proud
- imperious
- arrogantly domineering or overbearing
- partonizing
- treating in a condescending manner
- convoluted
- intricate; complex
- cryptic
- difficult to comprehend
- futile
- having no useful purpse; pointless
- impede
- to slow the progress of
- obscure
- relatively unknown
- quandary
- a state of uncertainty or perplexity
- dilatory
- habitually late
- indolent
- lazy
- insipid
- unintersting; 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 schocking or noticeable
- frenetic
- wildly excited or active
- pratuitous
- given freely; unearned; unwarranted
- superfluous
- extra; unnecessary
- ample
- describing a large amount of something
- comprehensive
- large in scope or content
- copious
- plentiful; haivng a large quantity
- permeated
- spread or flowing throughout
- pervasive
- dispersed throughout
- prodigious
- enormous
- 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
- emollient
- softening and soothing
- mollify
- to calm or soothe
- reclamation
- the act of making something useful again
- sanction
- an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
- dubious
- doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
- fabricated
- made; concocted in order to decieve
- hypocrisy
- the practice of pretending to be sometihng one is not
- slander
- false charges and malicious oral statements about someone
- spurious
- not genuine; false; counterfeit
- astute
- shrewd; clever
- camouflage
- to hide by blending with surroundings
- clandestine
- secretive
- coup
- a brilliantly executed plan
- disingenuous
- not straightforward; crafty
- ruse
- a crafty trick
- strategem
- a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
- surreptitiously
- done by secretive 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
- determinde by impulse rather than reason
- capricious
- impulsive and unpredictable
- equivocate
- to avoid amking a definite statement
- indifferent
- not caring one way or the other
- spontaneous
- unplanned; naturally occurring
- whimsical
- subject 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
- assiduous
- hard-working
- compelling
- forceful; urgently demanding attention
- diligent
- marking by painstaking effort
- dogged
- stubbornly preserving
- endure
- to put up with
- intrepid
- courageous; fearless
- maverick
- one who is independent and resissts adherence to a group
- obdurate
- stubborn; inflexible
- obstinate
- stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
- proliferate
- to grow or increase rapidly
- tenacity
- persistence
- vitality
- energy
- assimilation
- to absorb; to make similar
- consensus
- general agreement
- context
- circumstances of a situation
- derived
- copied or adapted from a source
- incumbent
- imposed as a duty; obigatory
- inevitable
- certain to happen, unavoidable
- malleable
- easily shaped or formed; easily influence
- subdue
- to restrain; to hold back
- acquired
- developed or learned; not naturally occurring
- conception
- the ability to form or understand an idea
- conviction
- a fixed or strong belief
- dogmatic
- stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
- enlightening
- informative; contributing to one's awaresness
- impression
- a feelings or understanding resulting from an experience
- intuition
- the power of knowing things without thinking
- inherent
- inborn; built-in
- inveterate
- long established; deep-rooted; haitual
- omnipotent
- all-powerful
- proximity
- closeness
- elusive
- difficultto capture, as in someting actually fleeting
- emigrate
- to leave one country and settle in another
- transient
- passing away with time; passing from one to another
- transitory
- short-lived or temporary
- affable
- easy-going; friendly
- amenable
- responsive; agreeable
- camaraderie
- goodwill between friends
- cordial
- friendly; sincere
- facetious
- playfully humorous
- impinge
- hinder; interfere with
- lament
- express grief for; mourn
- truncated
- shortened; cut-off
- aesthetic
- having to do with the appreciate of beauty
- anthology
- a collection of literary pieces
- dilettante
- one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field or knowledge
- parody
- an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
- realism
- artistic representation that aims from visual accuracy
- decorous
- proper; marked by good taste
- equanimity
- the quality of being calm and even-temmpered; composure
- propriety
- appropriateness of behavior
- prudent
- exercising good judgement or common sense
- staid
- unemotional; serious
- discredit
- to cause to be doubted
- disparages
- to speak of in a slighting way or negatively
- pejorative
- describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
- vilify
- to make vicious statements about
- brusque
- rudely abrupt
- caustic
- bitingly sarcastic or witty
- feral
- savage; unamed
- fractious
- quarrelsome; unruly
- incorrigible
- unagle to be reformed
- ingrate
- an ungrateful person
- insoletn
- insulting in manner or speech
- notorious
- known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
- pugnacious
- combative; belligerent
- reprehensible
- worthy of blame
- deleterious
- having a harmful effect
- enmity
- mutual hatred or ill will
- heinous
- hatefull evil
- malfeasance
- misconducts or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
- putrid
- rotten
- rancorous
- hateful; marked by deep-seated ill will
- hackneyed
- worn-out through overuse
- obsolete
- no longer in use
- austere
- without decoration; strict
- mundane
- commonplace; ordinary
- ponderous
- extremely dull
- prosaic
- unimaginative
- harbinger
- something that indicates what is to come
- ominous
- menacing; threatening
- timorous
- timid; fearful about the future
- trepidation
- uncertainty
- nascent
- coming into existence; emerging
- novel
- strikingly new or unusual
- candor
- sincerity
- conflagration
- a widespread fire
- sonorous
- producing a deep or full sound
- fastidious
- possessing careful attention to detial
- laudatory
- giving praise
- venerated
- highly respected
- pragmatic
- practical
- solvent
- able to pay one's debts
- abstract
- not applied to actual objects
- cartographer
- one who designs or makes maps
- vocation
- an occupation or profession