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SAT Vocab: "A/B/C"
AP exam prep, vocab, letters A,B,C
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arable | suitable for cultivation |
| Arcane | secret, obscure |
| Arduous | extremely difficult |
| Arrogate | to demand, claim arrogantly |
| Astringent | harsh, severe |
| Attenuate | weaken |
| Avarice | greed |
| Awry | crooked |
| Baleful | harmful with evil intentions |
| Beguile | to decieve, mislead; charm |
| Bellicose | warlike, aggressive |
| Blandish | to coax with flattery |
| Bludgeon | to hit with a short, heavy club |
| Boisterous | rowdy, loud, unrestrained |
| Broach | to mention for the first time |
| Cacophonous | jaring, unpleasantly loud |
| Castigate | to punish, criticize severely |
| Cavort | to frolic, frisk |
| Circumspect | cautious, wary |
| Clairvoyant | having ESP |
| Coalesce | to grow together |
| Commensurate | proportional |
| Complicity | knowing partnership in wrongdoing |
| Compulsive | obsessive, fanatic |
| Conflagaration | big, destructive fire |
| Confound | to baffle, perplex |
| Congruity | correspondence, harmony, agreement |
| Consign | to commit, entrust |
| Consecrate | to declare sacred; dedicate to a goal |
| Consummate | to fulfill, complete |
| Contravene | to contradict, deny |
| Convene | to meet, come together, assemble |
| Convalescence | gradual recovery from an illness |
| Convoke | to call together, summon |
| Coven | group of witches |
| Craven | cowardly |
| Credulous | gullible, trusting |
| Cryptic | puzzling |
| Culpable | guilty; responsible for wrong doing |
| Cupidity | greed |
| Curmudgeon | cranky person |