click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
English SAT words 1
All of my SAT words form Ms. Beal's English II Pre-AP Class in Travis High Schoo
Word | Description | Part of Speech | Antonym |
---|---|---|---|
Antithesis | contrasting ideas by two words | Noun | Synonym |
Autonomous | Self governing | Adjective | Dependent |
Banal | Dull,boring, not original | Adjective | Creative |
Benign | Harmless | Adjective | Harmful |
Capricious | Governed with caprice | Adjective | unreflexive |
Dawdle | To move lackdaisily | Verb | Active |
Defamation | The act of defaming another. | Noun | Faming |
Esoteric | Only understood by those it was meant for. | Adjective | Identifiable |
Exacerbate | To aggravate, to irritate. | Verb | Relax |
Extol | To praise, laud, glorify. | Verb | Scorn |
Fastidious | Reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme. | Adjective | Lazy |
Furtive | Secret in an underhanded way | Adjective | Public |
Gregarious | Social and outgoing | Adjective | Reclusive |
Hypocrite | A person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion | Noun | Believer |
Innate | Existing in, belonging to, or determined by the factors present in an individual. | Adjective | Ingrown |
Lethargic | Of, related to, or characterized by lethargy. | Adjective | Speedy |
Melancholy | Causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind and spirit. | Adjective | Ecstatic |
Opaque | Exhilarating opacity; Blocking energy esp. light | Adjective | Transparent |
Prolific | Producing young or fruit especially freely. | Adjective | Chastity |
Reprove | To disapprove kindly | Verb | Extol |
Symmetry | Beauty of form arising from balanced proportions. | Noun | Asymmetry |
Tranquil | Free from agitation of mind or spirit. | Adjective | Agitated |
Venerate | To regard with reverential respect and admiring defense; to honor | Verb | Disregard |
Ascend | To move upwards | Verb | Descend |
Austere | Stern | Adjective | Lenient |