SAT Vocabulary
Terms
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- brevity (n)
- conciseness; to the point
- bucolic (adj)
- rustic; pastoral
- cacophony (n)
- disharmony
- candor (n)
- frankness, honesty
- caustic (adj)
- burning; sarcastically biting
- capricious (adj)
- fickle; erratic
- catharsis (n)
- purging or cleansing
- chameleon (n)
- a lizard that changes color in different situations
- chaste (adj)
- pure
- circumspect (adj)
- prudent; cautious
- abstract (adj)
- theoretical; not concrete
- acquiesce (v)
- to consent; to give in
- acquity (n)
- sharpness; keenness of the mind
- advocate (v)
- to support
- aloof (adj)
- reserved; apart from
- alienate (v)
- to turn away; to make hostile
- amass (v)
- to accumulate; to gather
- altruistic (adj)
- unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others
- analogous (adj)
- similar
- anarchist (n)
- a paerson who seeks to overturn scietal and governemnt institutions by violence
- bantering (v)
- to tease or mock in a playful manner
- bask (v)
- to be exposed to pleasant warmth
- bastion (v)
- a stronghold; fortification
- beatific (adj)
- joyful or bliss
- beguile (v)
- to decieve, to trick
- behemoth (n)
- somehting enormous in size and power
- benign (adj)
- harmless
- bereft (adj)
- deprived; lacking
- besmirch (v)
- to talk badly about someone
- bellicose (adj)
- war-like in manner
- cognizance (n)
- conscious knowledge or recognition
- coercion (n)
- compellance by force
- complacent (adj)
- self satisfied; not caring
- compliance (n)
- consent
- comprehensive (adj)
- large in scope; including all
- contempt (n)
- open disrespect; scorn
- condescend (v)
- to treat in a patronizing manner
- conciliatory (adj)
- able to appease
- contrite (adj)
- repentant; remoseful
- copious (adj)
- plentiful; abundant
- fervent (adj.)
- earnest; zealous; marked by great intensity of feeling
- deride (v.)
- to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
- diffidence (n.)
- the quality or state of being timid; the quality or state of lacking in confidence
- assiduously (adv.)
- in a hardworking manner; in a busy manner
- tentative (adj.)
- experimental; temporary; uncertain
- fervor (n.)
- passion
- oblivion (n.)
- total forgetfulness; the state of being forgotten
- benevolent (adj.) generous; kind; doing good deeds
- generous; kind; doing good deeds
- manifest (adj.)
- visible, evident
- reverence (n.)
- honor or respect felt or shown
- belligerent (adj.)
- combative; quarrelsome; waging war
- sagacity (n.)
- shrewdness; wisdom; discernment
- ubiquitous (adj.)
- being everywhere at the same time
- ardent (adj.)
- passionate
- squalid (adj.)
- marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty
- volition (n.)
- will; conscious choice
- guile (n.)
- cunning; duplicity
- vehement (adj.)
- intense; forceful; violent
- heresy (n.)
- an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
- magnanimous (adj.)
- forgiving; unresentful; noble in spirit; generous
- solemn (adj.)
- seriousness (secondary meaning)
- insolent (adj.)
- arrogant; insulting
- 23 precipitate (v.)
- to cause to happen abruptly
- infamous (adj.)
- shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful
- moroseness (n.)
- a state of gloominess; sullenness
- discern (v.)
- to have insight; to see things clearly; to differentiate
- novel (adj.)
- new; original
- consecrated (v.)
- made or declared sacred
- obscurity (n.)
- quality or state of being unknown, hard to understand or dark
- complacent (adj.)
- smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
- deter (v.)
- to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something
- pervaded (v.)
- spread throughout
- conspicuous (adj.)
- standing out; obvious
- profligates (n.)
- persons given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditures
- condone (v.)
- to overlook; to permit to happen
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dogmatic (adj.)
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something
(often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute - alleviate (v.)
- to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; make bearable
- relinquish (v.)
- to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing
- extol (v.)
- to praise
- banal (adj.)
- unoriginal; ordinary
- discreet (adj.)
- prudent; judiciously reserved
- depravity (n.)
- moral corruption
- vacillate (v.)
- to be indecisive; to waver back and forth
- rigorous (adj.)
- strict; harsh; severe
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lament (v.)
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to mourn
- reproach (v.)
- to scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
- languidly (adv.)
- in a weak, listless, or depressed manner
- ascetic (adj.)
- hermitlike; practicing self-denial
- laudable (adj.)
- worthy of praise
- supercilious (adj.)
- haughty; patronizing
- languished (v.)
- became weak, listless, or depressed
- obsequiousness (n.)
- the act of fawning, being subservient, sucking up to
- exalted (adj.)
- raised high; glorified
- advocate (v.)
- to speak in favor of; to support
- austere (adj.)
- unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money