SAT Vocab
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- laudatory
- praiseful
- vulnerable
- unprotected
- succulent
- juicy; interesting
- misnomer
- an inappropiate or wrong name
- magnanimous
- noble; magnificently kind
- submission
- the act of yielding to the authority of another
- precipice
- cliff; steep overhang
- proboscis
- long, hollow snout (think probe)
- cognizant
- fully informed and aware; concious
- adroit
- skillful
- stagnant
- not moving or flowing
- circumspect
- prudent; cautious
- saga
- long adventure story
- altercation
- a violent dispute
- labyrinth
- complicated maze or winding series of corridors
- pussilanimous
- timid
- palliate
- to moderate the severity of; abate
- uncouth
- crude; unrefined; awkward (think uncool)
- fluctuation
- irregular variation
- imminent
- able to occur; impending
- vindicate
- to clear or blame or suspicion
- blighted
- ruined
- flaunt
- to show off something
- erudite
- scholarly
- superlative
- most; of the highest order; surpassing all others
- pulverize
- to grind to bits
- morose
- sullen; depressed
- precursor
- what came before
- efface
- to erase; rub out
- appease
- to sooth (a piece)
- insensate
- unconscious; lacking sensation
- refractory
- disobedient; stubborn
- adverse
- hostile; opposed; unfavorable
- hierarchy
- social order
- cajole
- to coax
- sycophant
- servile person who follows and flatters another person in the hope of winning favor
- quail
- to draw back in fear
- discord
- lack of harmony
- putrid
- decomposed; foul-smelling
- insatiable
- impossible to satisfy
- wanton
- immoral
- impugn
- to attack as false; criticize
- ameliorate
- to improve a bad situation
- gainsay
- to deny
- placate
- to appease, pacify, or calm
- relevant
- having significant importance
- amity
- peaceful relations; friendship
- zeal
- enthusiasm
- malediction
- a spoken curse
- berate
- to scold severely (think B-rated)
- rampant
- unrestrained
- olfactory
- pertaining to the sense of smell
- grisly
- gory
- allay
- to soothe
- languor
- languidness; sluggishness
- pedestrian
- commonplace; ordinary
- crass
- uncultured
- froward
- stubborn
- garrulous
- very talkative; loquacious
- supersede
- to take the place of
- drastic
- severe
- epitaph
- memorial text carved on a tombstone
- celibate
- without sex; unmarried
- emulate
- to imitate closely
- quorum
- minimal number of people that have to be at a meeting in order for the meeting to be official
- politic
- shrewd; clever (think politics)
- petulant
- unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
- cerebration
- thought
- effigy
- dummy used for symbolic torturing
- agape
- open-mouthed (think gap)
- vehement
- with ardor; energetically or violently forceful
- accolade
- award; honor
- covert
- concealed; secret
- ogle
- to stare at (think goggles)
- myriad
- many
- capitulate
- to surrender
- wily
- crafty
- neophyte
- beginner
- trepidation
- fear; state of anxiety or fear that makes you tremble
- quandary
- state of uncertainty; dillema
- sedate
- to soothe, calm, or tranquilize
- placid
- calm
- licentious
- immoral; morally wild or sexually unrestrained
- demure
- reserved; modest
- orifice
- small hole, opening, or vent
- officious
- obnoxious and pushy in giving opinions (think *****)
- oscillate
- to swing back and forth
- disparage
- to belittle; to reduce in esteem
- beatific
- displaying or imparting joy
- amorphous
- shapeless
- occult
- pertaining to supernatural phenomena (think cult)
- adulterate
- to make impure
- thwart
- to prevent from taking place; challenge
- concurrent
- at the same time
- ostracize
- banish or exclude
- melancholy
- sadness
- conjugal
- pertaining to marriage
- educe
- to elicit
- garbled
- screwed up
- zenith
- peak
- palatable
- acceptable to the taste; sufficiently good to be edible (think palate)
- imperious
- domineering
- mellifluous
- sweet sounding; flowing with honey or sweetness
- forte
- strong point
- averse
- opposed; unwilling
- profuse
- abundant; overflowing
- slovenly
- messy; characteristic of a slob
- nuance
- subtle variation in color, meaning, or some other quality
- esoteric
- known only by a few people
- adumbrate
- to foreshadow partially
- insidious
- working or spreading stealthily; sneaking inside to do something bad
- penurious
- parsimonious; stingy; poor
- frugal
- sparing in expense; stingy
- exhume
- to remove from a grave; disinter
- fallacious
- false
- incontrovertible
- indisputable
- obdurate
- hardened against good influence
- noisome
- offensive; malodorous
- dais
- raised platform
- arbitrary
- chosen at random
- pedant
- boring person who knows a lot but has little practical experience; dweeb
- novice
- beginner; person new to something
- accost
- to approach and speak to
- pillage
- to rob violently
- macabre
- gross
- lethal
- deadly
- comestible
- food
- prevalent
- commonly occuring or existing
- crux
- main point (think cross)
- askew
- crooked
- recondite
- abstruse; concealed; profound; hidden from sight
- stolid
- showing little emotion or pain; emotionally solid
- reticent
- silent; restrained in behavior
- audacity
- boldness
- posthumous
- contunuing or done after one's death
- harbringer
- forerunner; omen
- lacerate
- to rip, maul, tear
- triskaidekaphobia
- fear of the number 13 :D
- lethargy
- sluggishness; indifference
- compunction
- strong uneasiness caused by guilt
- onerous
- burdensome
- ostensible
- apparent; seeming
- ravage
- plunder
- opulent
- rich (think oprah)
- pithy
- concise and meaningful (think pythagorean theorem)
- edify
- to enlighten; educate
- biennial
- every two years
- effete
- tired
- austerity
- severity; strictness
- obtuse
- stupid, thick headed
- abate
- to lessen
- dexterous
- adroitor skillful in the use of hands or body
- fatuous
- inane; foolish
- flagrant
- deliberately conspicuous; glaring
- subvert
- to overthrow or undermine the power of
- pecuniary
- relating to money
- ciliated
- having tiny hairs
- burnish
- to polish
- parsimonious
- stingy
- knavery
- dishonest, mischievous dealing
- unscrupulous
- unprincipled; lacking ethical values
- facetious
- joking or jesting
- exigent
- urgent; requiring immediate attention; demanding
- kismet
- fate
- fictitious
- false (think fiction)
- cadaver
- corpse
- recumbent
- lying down
- alimentary
- supplying nourishment
- inchoate
- incomplete
- ebullient
- bubbly; overflowing with excitement
- boisterous
- rowdy
- homily
- sermonlike speech
- perfunctory
- done routinely, carelessly, and listlessly
- prevaricate
- to avoid the truth
- voluble
- fluent in speech (but talks too much)
- swindle
- to cheat or defraud
- comely
- attractive; agreeable
- rapacious
- plundering (think velociraptor)
- terse
- concise; free of superfluous words
- imbibe
- to drink in; absorb
- overt
- open and obsevable, not hidden
- surreptitious
- done clandestinely or by stealth
- depraved
- morally corrupt
- tenacity
- persistence; tending to hold on firmly
- equivocal
- capable of two interpretations; ambiguous
- terrestrial
- of the earth
- valor
- courage; bravery
- cathartic
- cleansing; allowing for a release of tension or emotion
- obstreperous
- unruly
- ken
- range of knowledge
- barrister
- lawyer
- proliferate
- to increase or spread rapidly
- somber
- dark; dull; gloomy
- reciprocal
- mutual
- blandishment
- flattery
- hackneyed
- overused; trite
- euphemism
- nice way of saying something unpleasant
- penchant
- stong liking; inclination
- prosaic
- lacking excitement or imagination; dull
- naive
- lacking in worldly wisdom or experience
- cantankerous
- ill-natured; quarrelsome
- ambulatory
- able to walk
- paucity
- smallness in number; scarcity
- insipid
- lacking excitement; vapid
- apex
- tip; peak; summit
- cull
- to select; weed out
- querulous
- complaining; peevish
- zest
- gusto; happy and vivacious enjoyment
- usurp
- to illegally seize the power or rights from another
- lambaste
- to beat with big things; to scold sharply or rebuke
- jingoism
- extreme patriotism
- deter
- to prevent or discourage from happening
- laconic
- not saying much; brief; terse
- braggadocio
- cockiness (think brag)
- elation
- exhilaration; joy
- voracious
- eager to consume mounds of food
- temerity
- recklessness
- sagacious
- wise (think sage)
- qualm
- doubt; uneasiness; sudeen pang of sickness or faintness
- captious
- fault-finding
- queasy
- nauseated; uneasy
- incessant
- nonstop; ceaseless
- nadir
- absolutely lowest point
- abash
- to embarrass
- permeate
- to spread or flow through
- impeccable
- flawless and faultless; incapable of sin
- malice
- the desire to do bad to others; spite
- lewd
- indecent; obscene
- omniscient
- all-knowing
- hallowed
- holy; sacred
- caustic
- burning; bitterly witty
- diaphanous
- translucent; gossamer
- laud
- (to) praise
- impasse
- dead end
- equipoise
- equality
- callous
- unfeeling; unsympathetic
- neologism
- a newly coined word, phrase, or expression
- maritime
- near the sea; concerned with shipping or navigation
- emaciated
- excessively thin; weak
- bucolic
- pastoral
- vainglorious
- vain; boastful
- gossaber
- light, delicate, or insubstantial
- epitome
- embodiment
- nexus
- bond or link between things
- burgeon
- to grow
- superfluous
- beyond what's necessary; extra
- treachery
- betrayal of trust; traitorousness
- pragmatic
- practical
- cogent
- clear
- deplete
- to lessen the supply or content of
- novel
- new
- invidious
- making people angry; offensive
- prolific
- producing lots of offspring or fruit
- calumny
- slander
- mendacious
- untruthful; lying
- static
- having no motion
- inept
- incompetent
- maneuver
- a skillful or clever move
- churlish
- boorish; rude
- irascible
- easily provoked; irritable
- salacious
- lecherous; erotically stimulating
- rant
- to rave; to speak wildly
- ignoble
- not noble
- abstruse
- profound; difficult to understand
- feasible
- workable; plausible
- filch
- to steal
- betroth
- to become engaged
- modicum
- little bit
- perfidious
- dishonest
- celerity
- swiftness (think accelerate)
- pensive
- engaged in deep, often sad, thought
- cavil
- to raise unnecessary or trivial objections
- quixotic
- having the same foolish, impractical, romantic idealism as Don Quixote
- odious
- offensive; hateful
- sloth
- indolence; inactivity
- aghast
- horrified
- inscrutable
- engimatic; difficult to understand
- demur
- to object mildly
- bacchanalian
- orgiastic (think bacchus)
- alarcity
- cheerful promptness
- abominate
- to loathe; hate
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- gruff
- rough or stern in speech or action
- unawares
- by surprise; unexpectedly
- fervor
- passion
- quip
- snappy response
- vex
- to irritate or bother
- fastidious
- careful about details; impossible to satisfy
- invective
- abusive put-down
- unruly
- difficult to govern; impossible to discipline
- vilify
- to slander; defame (think vile)
- bawdy
- obscene (think body)
- amass
- to collect; to get a bunch of
- fecund
- fertile
- sparse
- thinly spread or distributed; not crowded
- nonplussed
- perplexed; baffled
- paragon
- model or example of perfection
- incommodious
- lacking space
- lascivious
- lusty; lewd
- bombastic
- grandiloquent (wordy, pompous) in speech or writing
- impunity
- immunity from punishment
- quarantine
- isolate because of a disease
- usury
- lending of money at outrageously high interest; loan sharking
- accentuate
- to stress; emphasize
- ruminate
- to think a lot about; cogiate
- obsequious
- fawning; too easily compliant
- gesticulation
- gesture; signal
- affluent
- rich
- unwitting
- unaware; not knowing
- graphic
- vivid; explicit
- ostentatious
- showy; pretentious
- contrition
- remorse
- vacuity
- emptiness; vacuum
- adulate
- to flatter and praise so much it's sickening
- miasma
- a poisonous atmosphere or cloud (think asthma)
- precocious
- characterized by unusually early development
- plethora
- superabundance; plenty; excess
- kleptomaniac
- compulsive stealer
- concupiscence
- sexual desire
- alleviate
- to make more bearable
- philanthropy
- improvement of the world through charity; love of humanity in general
- eulogy
- praiseful speech at a funeral
- fabricate
- to invent or make up something
- contort
- twist; bend
- vivacious
- animated; full of energy
- verbose
- excessively wordy
- fetid
- smelly
- mitigate
- to make less severe
- anthropoid
- humanlike
- congenital
- existing at birth
- desultory
- aimless
- bland
- not stimulating; dull (think blah)
- noxious
- harmful to health or morals
- tribute
- gift expressing gratitude or resoect
- corporal
- bodily
- meticulous
- extremely careful and precise
- retrograde
- moving backward to an earlier, usually inferior, position
- choleric
- hot tempered
- astute
- shrewd; wise; observing (think student)
- redolent
- fragrant
- fulminate
- to explode; roar
- hedonism
- the philosophy of trying to be happy all the time
- lackadaisical
- uncaring; lacking in interest or spirit (think lack a daisy)
- tirade
- long and vehement speech
- capacious
- spacious
- credulity
- gullibility
- redress
- to set right
- germane
- relevant; appropriate
- impropriety
- not proper
- cauterize
- to burn tissue
- eschew
- avoid; shun
- whim
- capricious, freakish idea
- incubus
- nightmare; mental burden
- pedagogue
- schoolteacher or educatior; boring, dry teacher
- synthetic
- not real
- nonchalant
- appearing casual, cool, indifferent, chilled out
- malignancy
- a malevolent and malicious act
- countermand
- to cancel a command
- recapitulate
- to state in a briefer form than the original
- grandiose
- extremely impressive; grand
- hirsute
- hairy
- jaded
- wearied, especially by too much of the good life
- gibe
- to heckle or mock
- torrid
- parched by the sun; passionate
- lucubration
- hard, scholarly studying
- cogitate
- to think about deeply and carefully
- rapproachement
- reconciliation
- foible
- weakness, flaw
- ignominy
- dishonor; disgrace
- quantitative
- capable of being expressed as, or having to do with a number
- bumptious
- self-assertive (think bump)
- frenetic
- frenzied
- tempestuous
- stormy
- facet
- side or aspect (think face)
- mordant
- bitingly sarcastic or nasty
- foment
- to stir up
- palpable
- capable of being touched or felt; real
- obtrude
- to force oneself or one's ideas on others
- ruddy
- having a healthy, reddish color
- deranged
- having a severe mental disorder; being insane
- larceny
- stealing
- august
- majestic; awe inspiring (think emperor augustus)
- oblivion
- state of being totally forgotten
- taciturn
- untalkative; uncommunicative
- malign
- to say bad things about; slander
- pathos
- quality in something that makes you pity it; feeling of sympathy or pity
- comport
- to behave in a particular way
- penury
- poverty; destitution
- moo
- low deep sound made by a cow
- suffrage
- right to vote; franchise
- omnipotent
- all-powerful
- ravenous
- hungry
- summon
- to call forth; call together
- tedious
- boring
- devoid
- completely lacking
- castigate
- to punish (think castrate)
- disseminate
- to dispense obects
- unassuming
- not pretentious; modest
- forbearance
- patience
- bellicose
- violent; warlike
- vacillate
- to waver from one side to the other; oscillate
- descry
- to discern; to catch sight of something that is difficult to catch sight of
- assuage
- to ease
- tact
- skill in dealing with people in difficult situtaitons
- iconoclast
- destroyer of tradition
- cower
- to quiver; shrink from fear
- malevolent
- wishing evil on others
- affected
- fake (a-fake-ted)
- temperate
- showing self-restraint by not doing things to excess; moderate
- affinity
- attraction
- ratiocination
- logical, methodical thinking (think rational)
- heinous
- grossly wicked
- abase
- lower; humiliate
- crestfallen
- dejected
- parch
- to make very dry, especially by heating
- reiterate
- to repeat
- debase
- to lower in quality or value; adulterate
- gratuitous
- unnecessary or unwarranted
- lassitude
- listlessness; a state of exhaustion or weakness
- begrudge
- to envy; resent
- skeptical
- doubting; disbelieving
- hoary
- gray or white from age
- caluminate
- to slander
- latent
- potential but not yet displayed (think talent)
- loathe
- to hate
- commiserate
- to sympathize; be miserable together
- simultaneous
- happening at the same time
- raze
- to tear down; demolish
- wistful
- yearning; wishful with a hint of sadness
- futile
- completely ineffective
- recalcitrant
- stubborn
- corroborate
- to testify in agreement
- agile
- able to move in a quick and easy fashion
- charlatan
- quack; someone who pretends to be someone he's not
- perspicacious
- perceptive; understanding (think perspective)
- intangible
- not perceptible to the touch; impalpable
- quagmire
- difficult situation that's hard to get out of
- steadfast
- fixed or unchanging; faithful
- clemency
- mildness of temper
- infer
- to conclude based on facts
- redoubtable
- frighteningly awe-inspiring; formidable
- haughty
- proud; vain
- fawning
- groveling; overly admiring
- nefarious
- evil
- impassive
- without emotion; expressionless
- derogate
- to detract; to take away
- puissant
- powerful, mighty
- amok
- freaked out and violently pissed off (think schmuck)
- dynamic
- energetic
- commensurate
- equal; proportionate
- minuscule
- very tiny (think mini)
- ingenious
- original; resourceful
- convoke
- to call together; to cause to assemble
- obsolete
- out of style; outdated
- presage
- to give an indication or warning of something that will happen in the future
- jocund
- merry; jolly (root joc- refers to jokes)
- distraught
- anxious
- incognito
- in disguise so as not to be recognized
- shiftless
- lazy; showing lack of motivation;incompetent
- nemesis
- vengeful enemy
- impale
- to pierce with a sharp stake or point
- acclivity
- sharp incline of a hill (think cliff)
- rectify
- to correct; set right
- beguile
- trick
- indomitable
- unconquerable; impossible to dominate
- wrath
- anger; rage
- corpulent
- obese; fat
- dearth
- scarcity
- doleful
- sad; mournful
- brusque
- brief
- ardor
- heat; passion; zeal
- gestate
- to transform and grow
- censure
- to criticize; blame
- lecherous
- lewd
- vindictive
- vengeful
- capricious
- unpredictable; following whim
- daunt
- to intimidate; frighten
- remorse
- bitter regret; guilt
- rampage
- course of wild behavior / to move wildly
- ethereal
- not of the material world (think is he real?)
- tepid
- lukewarm; somewhat warm
- candor
- frankness; candidness
- sanguine
- reddish, bloodcolored; optimistic
- malaise
- a feeling of illness or depression
- ubiquitous
- beeing or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
- qualitative
- having to do with a quality
- impending
- about to take place
- soporific
- sleep-inducing
- servile
- humbly yielding; submissive
- antipathy
- hatred
- nascent
- coming into being; emerging (think ascent)
- malodorous
- smelling bad; having a bad odor
- tangible
- existing materially
- upshot
- outcome; result
- chagrin
- embarrassment
- sequester
- to separate
- chimerical
- far out
- harangue
- mean, angry speech
- sinister
- foreboding of evil
- zany
- crazy; insane
- refute
- to disprove
- gloaming
- twilight
- chicanery
- trickery
- rationalize
- to make rational; justify
- sedition
- conduct or language inciting rebellion against authority
- bereft
- lacking something needed
- discern
- to detect by the use of the senses
- meander
- to wander around aimlessly
- vociferous
- obnoxiously loud
- pallid
- having an extremely pallid complexion
- mendicant
- a beggar
- refulgent
- shining; radiant
- equestrian
- pertaining to horsemanship; on horseback
- delude
- to deceive
- ingenous
- showing childlike simplicity; innocent
- truncate
- to shorten by chopping off the end
- cupidity
- greed; avarice
- plunder
- to rob (usually violently), to pillage
- indolence
- laziness
- notorious
- famous for something bad; infamous
- chaste
- pure
- imbue
- to make wet
- lugubrious
- mournful or sad (think go bury us)
- erode
- to diminish or destroy by small amounts
- realm
- kingdom
- gregarious
- friendly
- redundant
- repetitious
- plaintive
- sad; melancholy
- supercilious
- haughty; conceited; disdainful
- renascent
- coming into being again (think renaissance)
- monotonous
- always at the same pitch
- innate
- belonging to someone from birth; inherent
- lithe
- graceful
- table
- to remove from consideration
- cacophonous
- sounding discordant
- tenet
- principle or doctrine
- scanty
- insufficient; small
- exact
- to demand
- affray
- brawl
- languish
- to lose strength; waste away
- incite
- to arouse; instrigate
- awry
- twisted; wrong