SAT Top 100
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- heretic (-)
- someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs
- paucity
- scarcity
- profuse
- very abundant; flowing
- conciliate (+)
- to sooth anger
- cacophonous (-)
- harsh sounding
- desecrate (-)
- to show disrespect or to deface something sacred
- euphonious (+)
- melodious; pleasant sounding
- guile
- cunning; deceitfulness
- immutable
- unchanging; permanent
- incessant
- non-stop
- static
- unchanging; not moving
- bastion
- a stronghold; a fort
- benign (+)
- kindly; good-natured
- credulous
- gullible; ready to believe without proof
- disparage (-)
- to speak poorly of
- eccentric
- odd; out of the ordinary; quirky
- philanthropist
- someone who benefite mankind
- squander (-)
- to waste
- virulent (-)
- harmful
- philistine (-)
- one who lacks culture or taste
- zeal (+)
- enthusiasm
- acuity (+)
- sharpness of perception or mind
- affable (+)
- friendly; agreeable
- assuage (+)
- to reduce pain
- avarice (-)
- greed
- dissonance (-)
- lack of agreement or harmony
- listness (-)
- without energy or enthusiasm
- scrupulous (+)
- concerned; conscientious; proper
- tentative
- not final; uncertain
- adulation (+)
- adoration
- dogmatic
- stubbornly opinionated
- futile (-)
- hopeless; without effect
- languid (-)
- slow and listless
- pious (+)
- religious; devout
- ponderous
- weighty; heavy
- protracted
- drawn out; lengthy
- deference (+)
- a show of respect
- enigma
- a riddle
- apathy (-)
- lack of emotion or interest
- indifferent
- having no preference
- revere (+)
- to worship; to honor
- candor
- frankness; honesty
- reticent
- restrained; uncommunicative
- aesthetic
- concerning art or beauty
- autonomy
- self-rule; independence
- disdain (-)
- contempt
- innocuous
- harmless; insignificant
- banal (-)
- commonplace; dull; ordinary
- ambiguous
- unclear; undecided
- anarchy (-)
- lack of government; chaos
- ameliorate (+)
- to improve
- atrophy (-)
- to waste away from lack of use
- innovate(+)
- to make changes; to modernize
- servile(-)
- overly submissive; cringing
- extol(+)
- to praise
- augment
- to add to; to increase
- benevolent (+)
- kindly; to wish well
- derision (-)
- contempt; ridicule
- disparity
- inequality
- flagrant (-)
- glaringly wrong; conspicuously evil
- indolence (-)
- laziness
- acquiesce
- to give in; to agree
- prodigal (-)
- extravagant; wasteful
- capricious (-)
- whimsical; unpredictable
- prosaic (-)
- commonplace; uninspired; dull
- austere
- severe; strict
- complacent (-)
- smug; self-satisfied
- compliance
- conforming to a request or demand
- dubious (-)
- doubtful
- ephemeral
- short-lived; fleeting
- inevitable
- unavoidable; bound to happen
- insipid (-)
- bland; boring
- obscure
- unclear; clouded; partially hidden
- depravity (-)
- corruption; wickedness
- discern
- to distinguish one thing from another
- expedite
- to quicken
- peripherial
- on the edge; unimportant
- peripheral
- on the edge; unimportant
- taciturn
- quiet; uncommunicative; silent
- apprehensive (-)
- fearful; worried
- expedient
- advantageous; convenient
- fastidious
- finicky; overly critical
- novel (+)
- new; interesting
- parsimony (-)
- stinginess
- provincial (-)
- narrowminded; unsophisticated
- respite
- a break; a rest
- anecdote
- a brief, humorous story
- drone (-)
- to talk on and on in a dull way