SAT Vocab 1
Terms
- ABSTEMIOUS
-
done sparingly
consuming in moderation
- ABANDON
-
total lack of inhibition
- ABATE
-
to decrease
to reduce
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ABET
-
to aid
to act as an accomplice
- ABJURE
-
to renounce under oath
to abandon forever
to abstain from
- ABNEGATE
-
to give up
to deny to oneself
- ABORTIVE
-
ending without results
- ABROGATE
-
to annul
to abolish by authoritative action
- ABSCOND
-
to leave quickly in secret
- ACCEDE
-
to express approval
to agree to
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ACCLIVITY
-
an incline or upward slope
the ascending side of a hill
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ACCRETION
-
a growth in size
an increase in amount
- ACME
-
the highest level or degree attainable
- ACTUATE
-
to put into motion
to activate
to motivate or influence to activity
- ACUITY
-
sharp vision or perception characterized by the ability to resolve fine detail
- ACUMEN
-
sharpness of insight, mind, and understanding
shrewd judgment
- ADAMANT
-
stubbornly unyielding
- ADEPT
-
extremely skilled
- ADJUDICATE
-
to hear and settle a matter
to act as a judge
- ADJURE
-
to appeal to
- ADMONISH
-
to caution or warn gently in order to correct something
- ADROIT
-
skillful
accomplished
highly competent
- ADULATION
-
excessive flattery or admiration
- ADUMBRATE
- to give a hint or indication of something to come
- AERIE
-
a nest built high in the air
an elevated, often secluded, dwelling
- AFFECTED
-
phony
artificial
- AGGREGATE
-
a collective mass
the sum total
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ALGORITHM
-
an established procedure for solving a problem or equation
- ALIMENTARY
-
pertaining to food, nutrition, or digestion
- ALLAY
- to lessen, ease, reduce in intensity
- AMITY
-
friendship
good will
- AMORPHOUS
- having no definite form
- ANIMUS
-
a feeling of animosity or ill will
- ANODYNE
-
a source of comfort
a medicine that relives pain
- ANOMALY
-
a deviation from the common rule
something that is difficult to classify
- ANTHROPOMORPHIC
-
suggesting human characteristics for animals and inanimate things
- ANTIQUATED
-
too old to be fashionable or useful
- APHORISM
-
a short statement of a principle
- APLOMB
-
self-confident assurance
poise
- APOSTATE
-
one who renounces a religious faith
- APPOSITE
- strikingly appropriate or well adapted
- APPROPRIATE
-
to assign to a particular purpose
allocate
- ARABLE
- suitable for cultivation
- ARCANE
-
secret
obscure
known only to a few
- ARCHIPELAGO
-
a large group of islands
- ARREARS
-
unpaid, overdue debts or bills
neglected obligations
- ARROGATE
-
to claim without justification
to claim for oneself without right
- ASKANCE
-
with disapproval
with a skeptical sideways glance
- ASSENT
- to agree, as to a proposal
- ATAVISTIC
-
characteristic of a former era
ancient
- AUTOCRAT
-
a dictator
- AVER
-
to declare to be true
to affirm
- AVUNCULAR
-
like an uncle in behavior, especially in kindness and warmth
- AWRY
-
crooked
askew
amiss
- BALK
-
to stop short and refuse to go on
- BALLAST
-
a structure that helps to stabilize or steady
- BEATIFIC
-
displaying calmness and joy
relating to a state of celestial happiness
- BECALM
-
to stop the progress of
to soothe
- BECLOUD
-
to make less visible
obscure
blur
- BEDRAGGLE
-
soiled
wet and limp
dilapidated
- BEGET
-
to produce, especially as an effect or outgrowth
to bring about
- BEHEMOTH
-
something of monstrous size or power
huge creature
- BENEFICENT
- pertaining to an act of kindness
- BERATE
-
to scold harshly
- BILIOUS
-
ill-tempered
sickly
ailing
- BLASPHEMOUS
-
cursing, profane
extremely irreverent
- BLATANT
- completely obvious and conspicuous, especially in an offensive, crass manner
- BLITHELY
-
merrily
lightheadedly cherrful
without appropriate thought
- BOMBASTIC
-
high-sounding but meaningless
ostentatiously lofty in style
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BOVINE
-
relating to cows
having qualities characteristic of a cow, such as sluggishness or dullness
- BRAGGART
-
a person who brags or boasts in a loud and empty manner
- BROACH
-
to mention or suggest for the first time
- BUCOLIC
-
pastoral
rural
- BURNISH
-
to polish
to make smooth and bright
- BURSAR
- a treasurer or keeper of funds
- CACHE
-
a hiding place
stockpile
- CACOPHONY
-
a jarring, unpleasant noise
- CALUMNY
-
a false and malicious accusation
misrepresentation
- CANTANKEROUS
- having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition
- CAPTIOUS
-
marked by the tendency to point out trivial faults
intended to confuse in an argument
- CATACLYSMIC
-
severely destructive
- CATALYST
- something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences
- CAUCUS
-
a closed committee within a political party
a private committee meeting
- CAUSTIC
-
biting
sarcastic
- CEDE
-
to surrender possession of something
- CELERITY
-
speed
haste
- CENSORIOUS
-
critical
tending to blame and condemn
- CERTITUDE
-
assurance
freedom from doubt
- CESSATION
- a temporary or complete halt
- CHARY
-
watchful
cautious
extremely shy
- CHIMERICAL
-
fanciful
imaginary
impossible
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CIRCUITOUS
-
indirect
roundabout
- CIRCUMVENT
-
to go around
avoid
- CLOYING
-
sickly sweet
excessive
- COAGULATE
-
to clot
to cause to thicken
- COGENT
-
logically forceful
compelling
convincing
- COLLOQUIAL
-
characteristic of informal speech
- APPRISE
-
to give notice to
inform