SAT Vocab
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- verisimilitude
- appearing to be true/ seeming real
- abandon
- lack of inhibition
- maxim
- principle
- ruse
- clever trick
- temerity
- recklessness
- obloquy
- a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
- venial
- minor
- inchoate
- just beginning, unformed
- pragmatic
- practical
- inane
- silly, foolish, lacking significance
- obsequious
- servile, overly submissive
- remiss
- careless/ lax
- pejorative
- degrading/ belittling, disparaging
- amiable
- friendly amigo
- tractable
- obedient, yielding (intractable)
- vehemently
- strongly, urgently
- proscribe
- to prohibit, condemn, forbid
- incredulous
- not believing. Not credulous
- moribund
- dying, decaying
- insolent
- insulting manner or speech
- exhort
- to urge
- inundate
- to cover with water/ to overwhelm
- insidious
- treacherous, sly, devious
- proliferate
- propagate, reproduce, enlarge, expand
- indolent
- lazy
- impervious
- can't be penetrated or affected
- renounce/ renunciation
- to give up or reject a right, title, person
- implausible
- inconceivable, improbable
- heinous
- hatefully evil (crimes)
- recrimination
- a retaliatory accusation
- parody
- humorous imitation
- ostracize
- to exclude
- laconic
- using or involving the use of a minimum of
- pervasive
- dispersed throughout
- castigate
- to punish
- malice
- animosity, spite, hatred
- iconoclast
- attacks beliefs
- mutable
- changeable (immutable)
- usurp
- to take power away from
- amicable
- friendly amigo
- pacify
- to soothe
- ingrate
- ungrateful person
- languid
- lacking in energy, indifferent, slow
- brusque
- rudely abrupt
- verdant
- green (verde)
- tenet
- doctrine or principle
- inebriated
- drunk, intoxicated
- vicarious
- substitute, surrogate, to live through another
- aloof
- detached, indifferent
- altruistic
- selfless
- impetuous
- quick to act without thinking, rash
- fortuitous
- fortunate
- taciturn
- uncommunicative, not inclined to speak much
- obtuse
- dull/ blunt, stupid, dumb
- paradigm
- example or model
- tirade
- long verbal assault, violent speech
- plethora
- overabundance/ copious
- turbid
- cloudy, muddy
- obsolete
- no longer in use (cassette tapes, records)
- panegyric
- lofty praise
- alacrity
- eagerness
- surfeit
- excessive amount, surplus
- putrid
- rotten
- avarice
- greed
- uninterested
- not interested
- sardonic
- mocking, cynical
- abhor
- to loathe, detest
- revere
- to worship, respect, regard with awe
- impugn
- to attack (the truth of something)
- abstemious
- marked by restraint especially in the consumption of
- capricious
- unpredictable
- affluent
- rich, wealthy
- placate
- to sooth appease
- sinecure
- a high paying, easy job
- regale
- to entertain
- perfunctory
- done in a routine way, indifferent
- accolade
- praise, distinction
- acrimonious
- bitterness
- censure
- criticize
- ingenuous
- straightforward, open, unsophisticated
- expurgated
- purge clean
- sentient
- aware, conscious, able to perceive
- procrastination
- waiting, delaying, putting off, dilatory
- renege
- to go back on one's word
- modicum
- a small portion : a limited quantity
- ribald
- indecent; coarse
- voluminous
- large/ bulky
- innuendo
- indirect and subtle criticism, hint, insinuation
- pundit
- authoritative critic
- negligent
- careless, inattentive
- facile
- easy facilitate
- expound
- to elaborate, expand, increase
- trite
- shallow, superficial
- morose
- gloomy, sullen, surly
- transient
- temporary, fleeting, ephemeral
- livid
- angry
- paucity
- scarcity, lack
- lackadaisical
- idle, lazy, apathetic, indifferent
- hedonist/ hedonism
- pursuit of pleasure as a goal
- staid
- serious, self- restrained to the point of dullness
- plaudit
- enthusiastic approval
- virile
- masculine
- fatuous
- foolish, stupidly self satisfied
- meticulous
- extremely careful and precise
- inveterate
- habitual, long established
- extol
- to praise
- intractable
- not easily managed
- vacillation
- to waver, show indecision
- mandatory
- necessary, required
- supercilious
- haughty
- rhapsody
- emotional literary or musical work
- salient
- prominent or conspicuous
- toady
- a sycophant, flatterer
- munificent
- generous, magnanimous
- regal
- royalty
- ambivalent
- uncertain
- sordid
- filthy, contemptible and corrupt
- factitious
- artificial
- precept
- principle or law, tenet, maxim
- recalcitrant
- resisting authority, refusing to obey reconcile
- soporific
- sleep inducing
- goad
- to prod or urge
- phlegmatic
- calm in temperament, sluggish, causing
- acrid
- bitter acrimonious
- charlatan
- quack, fake
- hackneyed
- worn out by over use, cliché, prosaic
- exult
- to rejoice
- adroit
- skilled
- succinct
- terse, brief, concise
- immutable
- not changing (mutable)
- ascetic
- self denying (monk)
- propitious
- favorable, advantageous, auspicious
- relegate
- demote, to place in inferior class
- cajole
- persuade
- reprehensible
- worthy of blame
- irrefutable
- can't be argued
- fetid
- offensive smell
- zenith
- highest point
- affront
- insult
- vicissitude
- change or variation - ups and downs
- miserly
- stingy
- censor
- delete material considered sensitive or harmful
- proclivity
- tendency, inclination
- lethargic
- indifferent inactivity, sluggish
- attenuate
- to make tenuous or weak
- interminable
- never ending
- germane
- relevant/ pertinent
- purport
- to claim, profess, suppose
- wry
- amusing, ironic (humor)
- onerous
- burdensome
- exculpate
- vindicate free from blame
- liberal
- tolerant, broad minded / generous, lavish
- spartan
- austere, severe, grave, simple, bare
- profuse/ profusion
- lavish, extravagant, abundance/
- flippant
- disrespectful
- sluggard
- a lazy, inactive person
- nefarious
- vicious, evil
- opulent/ opulence
- rich
- quandary
- dilemma, difficulty, perplexed
- superfluous
- extra, more than necessary, wordy
- sanctimonious
- hypocritically devout
- gregarious
- sociable, outgoing, flocks
- paragon
- model of excellence or perfection
- sanguine
- ruddy, cheerful
- relish
- to enjoy
- expunge
- to erase
- solicit/ solicitous
- to ask for/ concerned, attentive, eager
- mendicant
- beggar
- chagrin
- shame, embarrassment
- xenophobe
- fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
- plagiarize
- to take another's work/ copy another's
- sportive
- playful
- fractious
- cross, unruly, uncontrollable, rebellious
- petulant
- rude, cranky, ill tempered - cantankerous
- pliant
- easily influenced : YIELDING
- tempestuous
- stormy, raging, furious
- beguile
- to mislead, deceive, dupe
- carping
- complaining - fault finding
- pedantic
- uninspired, boring, academic (professor)
- vociferous
- loud, vocal, noisy
- pedagogue
- a teacher a pedantic or dogmatic
- vagary
- noun capricious, erratic, sporadic behavior
- pithy
- profound, substantial, precise, meaningful, succinct,
- potentate
- monarch or ruler with great power
- rancor/ rancorous
- deep seated ill will, enmity
- austere
- stern
- sedulous
- diligent, assiduous
- feral
- savage wild
- fecund
- fertile, productive
- sonorous
- deep of full sound
- urbane
- urban, polished, courteous
- revile
- to criticize with harsh language, reproach, reprove
- prodigious
- large
- insuperable
- unsurmountable
- omniscient
- all knowing
- chastise
- to censure severely : castigate
- transcribe
- to copy
- grandiose
- magnificent and imposing/ exaggerated and
- amenable
- agreeable
- grandiloquent
- fancy, meaningless talk
- gaudy
- cheaply showy
- assuage
- to lessen the intensity of, mitigate, reduce, mollify
- nebulous
- vague, cloudy
- paltry
- pitifully small or worthless
- unequivocal
- clear in meaning
- exorbitant
- extravagant, greater then reasonable (price)
- predilection
- preference for
- repudiate
- to reject as having no authority
- adjure
- charge
- pandemic
- spread all over an area or country
- interlocutor
- someone taking part in a dialogue
- laudatory/ laud
- giving praise
- garrulous
- very talkative
- mitigate
- to lessen, reduce
- caustic
- acerbic sarcastic
- rebuke
- to reprimand, scold
- meritorious
- deserving merit
- venerable
- respectable, honorable, adoration
- abject
- miserable, pitiful
- verbose
- wordy
- pauper
- very poor person
- obscure
- hidden
- loquacious loquacity
- talkative
- malfeasance
- misconduct
- adamant
- uncompromising, unyielding
- inscrutable
- impossible to understand fully,
- neophyte
- novice, beginner
- trepidation
- apprehension
- ignominy
- disgrace
- vindictive
- revengeful
- perceptive
- able to discern, to perceive little things
- feasible
- doable
- berate
- to scold, admonish, etc
- voracious
- large appetite, greedy ravenous
- reticent
- quiet, not speaking freely
- sacrosanct
- holy, sacred
- irascible
- easily angered, irritable
- posit
- to put into position, to suggest an idea
- reprove
- to criticize or correct
- allay
- to lessen, ease, soothe, mollify, mitigate
- extirpate
- exterminate
- fodder
- raw material, feed for animals
- exude
- to give off, ooze
- capitulate
- surrender
- nascent
- emerging, coming into existence, just born
- incessant
- non stop
- averse
- strongly against
- pontificate
- to speak in pretentious manner
- frenetic
- wildly excited or active
- stigma
- mark of disgrace or inferiority
- legerdemain
- trickery
- transcend(ence)
- to rise above, to go beyond
- repugnant
- disgusting
- malign
- evil in nature, influence, or effect : INJURIOUS b :
- obdurate
- stubborn
- extant
- living (opposite of extinct)
- captious
- fault finding
- tortuous
- winding twisted
- ingenious
- brilliant, original, clever
- prudent
- having good judgment
- extrovert
- outgoing, sociable person
- ambiguous
- uncertain, not clear, vague
- expiate
- to atone for, make amends for
- vacuous
- empty, lacking intelligence, empty, dull
- idiosyncratic
- eccentric, quirky
- carouse
- a drunken revel
- impede/ impediment
- to block/ a barrier, obstacle
- forensic
- relating to legal proceedings, relating to debates
- oblique
- indirect, evasive, misleading, devious
- auspicious
- favorable
- reproach
- to find fault with, blame, criticize
- spurious
- false
- terse
- succinct
- resolute
- determined, with a clear purpose
- sporadic
- erratic, infrequent, irregular
- whimsical
- playful or fanciful idea
- insular
- isolated, detached
- sanction
- permission, support, law, penalty
- itinerary/ itinerant
- travel route/ wandering around
- nondescript
- no description/ dull and drab
- surreptitious
- secretive
- incontrovertible
- (controversy)
- ostensible
- apparent, obvious
- untenable
- unattainable
- nadir
- lowest point
- frugal
- stingy, parsimonious
- supplanted
- to replace, substitute.. Surrogate
- gratuitous
- free, voluntary, unnecessary and justified
- reparation
- repairs/ amends
- pending
- not yet decided, awaiting decision
- admonish
- to scold
- permeable
- penetrate-able
- torrid
- hot/ scorching
- haughty
- pretentious, arrogant, condescending
- agrarian
- relating to farming or agriculture
- alleviate
- to relieve
- indifferent
- don't care
- inimical
- hostile, unfriendly
- precocious
- unusually advanced at an early age
- malinger
- pretend unable to ditch work
- reprieve
- to give relief or deliverance to for a time
- serendipity
- find something unexpected, fortunate by chance
- odious
- hateful
- altercation
- argument fight
- raze
- tear down
- indigenous
- native
- exonerate
- to clear from blame, exculpate, absolve
- prevaricating
- lying
- obstreperous
- unruly, troublesome / vociferous/ aggressive
- ineffable
- incapable of being expressed in words :
- trenchant
- sharp edge/ cutting
- sagacious
- sage very wise
- fastidious
- attention to detail, hard to please
- acquiesce
- agree comply
- penurious
- miserly/ stingy
- impinge
- interfere
- torpor
- dullness
- absolve
- to forgive, free from blame, exculpate
- chicanery
- trickery, fraud deception
- scintillate
- to sparkle, flash
- imperious
- overbearing
- persiflage
- frivolous conversation
- adverse
- hostile
- turpitude
- depravity; shameful wickedness
- immaculate
- spotless, free from error
- caviling
- to raise trivial arguments
- serene
- tranquil, calm, peaceful
- facetious
- playfully humorous
- idolatrous
- the worship of a physical object as a god
- raconteur
- person skilled at telling stories
- cacophony
- jarring, unpleasing noise,
- reprimand
- a severe or formal reproof
- upbraid
- to scold sharply
- furtive
- secretive
- hypocrite
- a person claiming beliefs he or she doesn't possess
- latent
- hidden
- bellicose
- warlike
- accede
- agree, acquiesce
- surmise
- to make an educated guess
- tacit
- silently understood or implied
- validate
- to authorize, certify, confirm
- zephyr
- gentle breeze (West wind)
- stoic
- impassive, callous, indifferent
- malady
- illness
- listless
- lacking energy and enthusiasm
- heresy / heretic
- opposed to an established religious orthodoxy
- perspicacious
- astute, crafty/ shrewd/ wise
- audacious
- bold, daring, fearless
- opportune
- appropriate, fitting, right opportunity
- servile
- submissive, obedient, obsequious
- perfidy / perfidious
- betrayal
- abjure
- to reject, abandon
- illicit
- illegal
- innate
- in born
- titillate
- tickle/ excite
- cede
- to surrender possession of something
- cantankerous
- difficult person
- propensity
- inclination, tendency
- penury
- extreme poverty, poor indigent destitute
- cathartic/ catharsis
- purging
- rhetoric
- persuasive use of language / skill with language
- misanthrope
- person who hates human beings
- indomitable
- fearless, unconquerable
- sententious
- terse/ pithy
- abdicate
- give up a position or power
- simpleton
- lacking common sense
- poignant
- moving, touching
- subterfuge
- deception, trick or deception to avoid something
- vivacious
- lively, spirited
- tenuous
- flimsy/ weak
- ingratiate
- to purposely bring oneself into another's good
- machination
- plot or scheme
- vitiate
- to corrupt spoil
- reiterate
- to repeat
- perjure
- to lie under oath
- vigilant
- attentive, watchful
- respite
- interval of relief, a break
- somnambulant
- sleep walking
- jocular
- jovial, playful, humorous
- preclude
- to make impossible
- penchant
- inclination
- affinity
- fondness, liking
- autonomy
- self governance
- assiduous
- diligent
- fawn / fawning
- to flatter excessively (obsequious)
- tyro
- beginner, novice, neophyte
- obfuscate
- obscure confuse
- scrupulous
- restrained, honest, careful, precise, having morals
- intemperate
- not moderate (climate)
- orthodoxy
- traditional belief
- squander
- to waste
- refract
- to deflect sound or light
- rescind
- to revoke, take back
- imply/ implicit
- implied, not directly expressed
- oblivious
- unaware
- astute
- crafty shrewd clever/ having good judgment
- moderation
- not in excess. Not at the extremes
- allude
- refer to
- intrepid
- courageous
- voluble
- glib, speaking much and easily, fluent/ garrulous/ loquacious
- abscond
- to leave secretly
- incorrigible
- unable to be reformed
- callous
- unfeeling insensitive
- mundane
- commonplace
- obstinate
- obdurate stubborn
- resplendent
- splendid, brilliant
- torpid
- lacking energy, dull
- pluralism
- many views
- officious
- too helpful, meddlesome
- supersede
- take place of, supplant
- tenacious/ tenacity
- stubborn
- grovel
- to humble oneself in a demeaning way
- integral/ integrate
- part of,/ to combine
- frivolous
- petty, trivial, silly
- palliate
- to make less serious/ ease, mitigate
- prurient / prurience
- sleazy, lascivious, lustful, lewd desires
- replete
- abundantly supplied, filled to capacity
- turgid
- swollen, bombastic - pompous
- omnipotent
- all powerful
- adulation
- excessive flattery/ admiration
- insinuate
- to suggest, say indirectly, imply
- mollify
- calm or soothe mitigate assuage
- submissive
- meek, yielding, a wimp
- abstruse
- difficult to comprehend
- bombastic
- pompous
- platitude
- stale, overused expression, hackneyed,
- pusillanimous
- a wimp
- presage
- to foretell
- sedentary
- inactive, sitting around
- malevolent
- ill willed, causing evil or harm
- sycophant
- brown - noser servile flatterer
- unctuous
- slippery/ sly
- insurgent
- rebellious, fractious, insubordinate
- somnolent
- drowsy, sleep, inducing sleep, soporific
- oscillate
- vacillate, move back and forth
- acerbic
- bitter, sharp in temper
- malediction
- speak poorly of
- profligate
- corrupt, degenerate
- torturous
- cruel painful
- vilify
- make vicious statements about
- belligerent
- warlike
- maladroit
- clumsy, tactless
- incumbent
- adj obligatory/ n holds office
- nomadic
- moving from place to place (tribes)
- brazen
- bold
- vitriolic
- burning caustic sharp bitter, acerbic
- façade
- a false front, appearance
- aesthetic
- beautiful
- vindicate
- to clear of blame, to free, to support a claim
- intransigent
- not compromising
- magnanimous
- generous, noble in spirit
- promulgate
- proclaim, announce publicly
- abate
- to decrease/ reduce
- florid
- ornate/ flowery / elaborate speech
- seminal
- relating to the beginning or seeds of something
- factious
- dispute seditious
- squalid
- dirty
- levity
- humor, frivolity
- subjugate
- to subdue and dominate
- amalgamate
- to mix, combine
- tawdry
- tacky
- stymie
- to thwart/ block
- ameliorate
- to make better (mejor)
- salubrious
- promoting good health
- pernicious
- harmful
- indigent
- poor
- vituperate/ vituperative
- harsh scolding
- advent
- a coming into being or use
- lucid
- clear and easily understood, cogent
- prodigal
- wastefully lavish
- punctilious
- precise, careful in observing rules of
- indulge
- to give into a craving or desire
- ruminate
- to contemplate, reflect upon
- impecunious
- poor, indigent, penurious
- zealot
- someone passionately devoted to a cause
- inexorable
- inflexible
- travesty
- parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature
- intrinsic
- inherent, internal (extrinsic)
- accretion
- growth, accumulation
- mendacity/ mendacious
- lying
- banal
- trite, cliché, overly common, prosaic,
- parsimonious
- stingy, frugal
- wanton
- immoral/ senseless
- ubiquitous/ ubiquity
- being every simultaneously, omnipresent
- jaded
- tired, worn out, overused, cliché
- perspicuous/ perspicuity
- clear/ easily understood
- veracity
- truth, accuracy
- rail
- to scold with bitter or abusive language
- prosaic
- dull commonplace (prose)
- vapid
- tasteless, dull
- surly
- rude and bad-tempered
- pious
- dedicated, devout, religious
- fallacious
- false
- sully
- to defile, stain, soil, tarnish, taint
- jurisprudence
- study of law
- remuneration
- pay or reward for work
- pariah
- an outcast
- specious
- having deceptive attraction or allure
- abrogate
- to put an end to
- redolent
- fragrant / aromatic
- retrograde
- having a backward motion or direction
- inconsequential
- unimportant
- expropriated
- taken away
- sophomoric
- immature and overconfident
- impious
- not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect
- penitent
- expressing sorrow for sins, repentant
- affable
- likeable
- timorous
- timid, shy, fearful
- lassitude
- tiredness, lethargy, sluggishness
- pertinent
- relevant
- indignant
- angry, offended
- extemporaneous
- spur of the moment
- insipid
- bland, uninteresting, unchallenging
- venal
- corrupt
- pertinacious
- persistent, stubborn
- laudable
- deserving praise