SAT vocabulary
sat vocab words. good big set. 240 words
Terms
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- credulity
- willingness to believe too readily
- dichotomy
- a division of two parts
- flaccid
- flabby
- hegira
- flight; escape
- gravitas
- seriousness
- travesty
- poor representation or imitation; distortion
- maladroit
- not resourceful or cunning;inept
- hermetic
- tightly sealed
- beguile
- to deceive; to charm; to enchant
- shibboleth
- a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group
- apotheosis
- the finest example
- denouement
- an outcome; result
- flout
- to ridicule; to show contempt for
- recoil
- to retreat; to draw back
- pandemic
- general; widespread
- recreant
- a coward; a trator
- animosity
- hatred
- flaunt
- to show off
- heterogeneous
- different; dissimilar
- cessation
- a stopping a discontinuance
- ergo
- therefore
- bedlam
- a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion
- proletariat
- working class or lower class; blue collar
- nubile
- suitable for marriage in age and physical development, referring to a female
- malleable
- capable of being changed; easily shaped
- juxtapose
- to place side by side for comparison
- bon mot
- witty remark or saying
- foment
- to stir up; to incite
- chaff
- worthless matter
- sagacious
- wise having keen perception and sound
- xeric
- adapted to a dry habitat
- vignette
- a short descriptive literary sketch
- clandestine
- marked by secrecy
- coalesce
- to blend, to merge
- neolgism
- a new word or expression
- othography
- correct spelling
- quagmire
- a swamp; a diffuclt or inextricable situation
- lachrymose
- tearful, weepy
- tenacious
- strongly held; not easy to seperate
- obviate
- to prevent; to get around
- digress
- to deviate from the original subject or course
- salient
- significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest
- epitome
- a typical example
- acrid
- marked by a sharp taste or smell; bitter
- hackneyed
- commonplace; overused
- carcinogen
- causing cancer
- recondite
- difficult to understand; profound
- fatuous
- foolish; insane
- paroxysm
- a sudden outburst; a fit
- politic
- prudent or shredly tactful
- obsequious
- excessively submissive or overly attentive
- laconic
- using few words; short; concise
- empathy
- an understanding of another's feelings
- specious
- deceptive or misleading
- paleontology
- a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils
- bucolic
- pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
- perdition
- damnation; ruin; hell
- peccadillo
- a minor offense; a misdeed
- fiscal
- pertaining to finances
- misogyny
- a hatred toward females
- tendentious
- biased in perspective; preferring one view over another
- olfactory
- pertaining to smell
- requiem
- a religious service or song for the deceased
- garner
- to gather; to acquire
- chimerical
- imaginary; fantastic
- endemic
- confined to a particular country or area
- defile
- to pollute; to corrupt
- sibilant
- a hissing sound
- redoubtable
- arousing fear
- quiddity
- an essential quality
- obdurate
- stubborn; hardhearted
- acerbic
- sarcastic in mood, tone, or temper; harsh
- libertine
- one who leads an immoral life
- idiosyncrasy
- a peculiar personality trait
- harbinger
- an omen or sign
- jejune
- without interest; dull
- grotesque
- absurd; distorted
- imprecunious
- without money; penniless
- scurrilous
- coarsely abusive; vulgar
- adroit
- skillful; clever
- truculent
- marked by ferocity
- apex
- the highest point of something
- jocular
- humorous; lighthearted
- eclectic
- choosing from various sources
- affectation
- a phony attitude; pose
- nirvana
- a condition of great peace or happiness
- sinecure
- a job that provides income, but requires little or no work.
- avuncular
- similar to an uncle
- insuperable
- not able to be overcome
- verismilitude
- the appearance of truth
- traduce
- to slander someone's reputation
- elucidate
- to make clear
- bombast
- impressive but meaningless language
- onerous
- burdernsome; heavy; hard to endure
- immutable
- unchangeable; fixed
- bovine
- pertaining to cows or cattle
- ratiocinate
- to reason; to think
- fastidious
- hard to please; fussy
- imperious
- domineering ; haughty
- sapient
- wise; full of knowledge
- pecuniary
- pertaining to money; financial
- dross
- refuse or waste
- garish
- tastelessly gaudy
- aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty
- hiatus
- a pause or gap
- grandiose
- impressive; showy; magnificent
- polyglot
- someone with knowledge of two or more languages
- impious
- disrespectful toward God
- mendacious
- lying; false; deceitful
- sedition
- rebellion or resistance against the government
- sedulous
- hard working; diligent
- recant
- to withdraw of disavow a statement or opinion
- badinage
- playful; teasing talk
- adulterate
- to make impure; to contaminate
- pontificate
- speak in a pretentiously dignifed or dogmatic way
- salutary
- healthful; wholesome
- regale
- to delight with something pleasing or amusing
- empirical
- based on practical experience rather than theory
- macroscopic
- visible to the naked eye
- prurient
- given to lustful or lewd thoughts
- despicable
- contempible; hateful
- knell
- a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly or a death or funeral
- hegemony
- influence or domination over
- lambent
- softly bright or radiant; moving lightly over a surface
- diaspora
- a dispersion of people from their homeland
- scintillate
- to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually
- hospice
- a shelter for travelers, orphans, or the ill or destitute
- banal
- common, ordinary
- discursive
- jumping from one topic to another without reason or any order
- rebuke
- to scold; to blame
- flagellate
- to whip; to lash
- abnegation
- unwillingness to admit reality or truth; denial
- egregious
- remarkably bad; outrageous
- languid
- sluggish; drooping from weakness
- emanate
- to come forth; to send forth
- salacious
- obscene; lustful
- impalpable
- unable to be felt; intangible
- fissure
- an opening; a groove; a split
- milieu
- enviroment; setting
- gratuitous
- unnecessary or uncalled for
- peruse
- to read carefully; scrutinize
- gumption
- courage and initative; common sense
- potboiler
- a poorly done artistic work for quick profits
- androgynous
- having features of both sexes; unisex
- eschew
- to keep away from; to avoid; to shun
- necromancy
- magic, especially that practiced by a witch
- elixir
- a supposed remedy for all ailments
- agape
- open mouthed; surprised; agog
- dessicated
- dried up
- fulminate
- to voice dissaproval or protest
- redundant
- repetitious; using more words than needed
- censure
- to criticize sharply
- caveat
- a warning
- platonic
- marked by the absence of romance or physical attraction
- finesse
- diplomacy; tact; artful management
- furlough
- a leave of absence
- callow
- young and inexperienced
- ennui
- boredrom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest
- augur
- someone who predicts future events according to omens
- lascivious
- lustful or lewd
- hoi polloi
- the common people; the masses
- masochist
- one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering
- sang-froid
- calmness; composure or cool self possession
- peon
- various laborers who are generally landless
- hector
- to bully; to pester
- disseminate
- to disperse or scatter
- legerdemain
- sleight of hand; deception
- affinity
- an attraction to
- miscreant
- a vicious person
- viscous
- having a thick or sticky consistency
- germane
- relevant; fitting
- impinge
- to enroach; to respass
- desultory
- wandering from subject to subject
- idolatry
- excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object
- contiguous
- making contact or touching at some point; side by side
- diadem
- a crown
- stolid
- showing or having little or no emotion
- kinetic
- pertaining to motion
- brevity
- briefness; short duartion
- ferret
- to search or drive out
- inimitable
- can't be imitated
- psychosomatic
- of or rleating to symptoms caused by mental or emotional problems
- delineate
- to describe, to depict
- machination
- an evil design or plan
- garrulous
- talkative
- fetish
- an object that receives respect or devotion
- querulous
- complaining; grumbling
- pejorative
- having a negative effect; insulting
- auspicious
- signaling favorable or promising results
- rationalize
- to make an exscuse for
- extemporaneous
- done without planning, spur of the moment; unexpected;makeshift
- bilious
- bad tempered; crossed
- debauchery
- corruption; self indulgence
- deign
- to lower oneself before an inferior
- malapropism
- a word humorously misused
- savant
- a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
- hybrid
- anything of mixed origin
- vociferous
- marked by noise; loud
- nonentity
- a person or thing of little importance
- raiment
- clothing; garments
- elicit
- to draw forth; to call forth
- halcyon
- calm; pleasant
- panache
- self confidence; a showy manner
- hubris
- excessive pride or self confidence
- refractory
- unmanageable or difficult to control; willful
- affluence
- wealth; richness
- offal
- garbage; waste parts
- harlequin
- a clown
- regress
- to move backward
- meretricious
- attractive in a cheap, flashy way
- redolent
- having a pleasant odor; suggsetive or evocative
- patent
- evident or obvious
- palliate
- to ease; to lessen; to soothe
- intractable
- hard to govern or manipulate
- antipathy
- an intense dislike
- amoral
- lacking a sense of right and wrong
- malfeasance
- poor conduct or wrongdoing, especially on the part of a public official
- succor
- something that gives relief or aid
- plenary
- complete in every way or full
- aggrandize
- to increase the range of; to expand; to make appear larger
- saturnine
- gloomy; sluggish
- parody
- a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
- immolate
- to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire
- orifice
- mouth; opening
- plutocrat
- a member of the controlling upper class
- cataract
- a large waterfall
- gibe
- to scoff; to ridicule
- blandishment
- flattery
- onerous
- a burden, a responsibility, obligation
- deride
- to riddicule; to mock
- incendiary
- causing to excite or inflame
- sentient
- conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving
- paradigm
- a model an example
- blance
- to whiten; to make pale
- gambol
- to frolic; to romp about playfully
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian; a taskmaster
- beatitude
- a state of happiness or joy
- kismet
- destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)
- hallow
- to make holy
- imminent
- likely to happen, threatening