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SAT Vocab
Barron's 11th ed.
| Word | Part of speech | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| abate | v | subside or moderate |
| aberrant | adj | abnormal or deviant |
| abrasive | adj | rubbing away; tending to grind down |
| abridge | v | condense or shorten |
| absolute | adj | complete; totally unlimited; certain |
| abstemious | adj | sparing in eating and drinking; temperate |
| abstract | adj | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresential |
| abstruse | adj | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| accessible | adj | easy to approach; obtainable |
| acclaim | v | applaud; announce with approval |
| accolade | n | award of merit |
| acknowledge | v | recognize; admit |
| acquiesce | v | assent; agree without protesting |
| acrimonious | adj | bitter in words or manner |
| acute | adj | quickly perceptive; keen ; brief and severe |
| address | v | direct a speech to; deal with or discuss |
| adherent | n | supporter; follower |
| adjacent | adj | neighboring; adjoining |
| adroit | adj | skillful; nimble |
| adulation | n | flattery; admiration |
| adversary | n | opponent |
| adverse | adj | unfavorable; hostile |
| advocate | v | urge; plead for |
| aesthetic | adj | artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful |
| affable | adj | easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| affinity | n | natural liking; kinship; similarity |
| affirmation | n | positive assertion; contirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath |
| aggressor | n | attacker |
| alienate | v | make hostile; separate |
| alleviate | v | relieve |
| aloof | adj | apart; reserced; standoffish |
| altruistic | adj | unselfichly generous; concerned for others |
| ambiguous | adj | unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| ambivalence | n | the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes |
| ameliorate | v | improve; make more satisfactory |
| amend | v | correct; change, generall for the better |
| amorphous | adj | formless; lacing shape or definition |
| ample | adj | abundant |
| analogy | n | similarity; parallelism |
| anarchist | n | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| anecdote | n | short account of an amusing or interesting event |
| animosity | n | active enmity |
| antagonistic | adj | hostile; opposed |
| antidote | n | medicine to counteract a poison or disease |
| antiquated | adj | old-fashioned; obsolete |
| antithesis | n | contrast; direct opposite of or to |
| apathy | n | lack of caring; indifference |
| apocryphal | adj | untrue; made up |
| appease | v | pacify or soothe; relieve |
| appreciate | v | be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of |
| apprehension | n | fear; discernment; capture |
| arable | adj | fit for growing crops |
| arbitrary | adj | unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected without any reason; based solely on one's unrestricted will or judgment |
| archaic | adj | antiquated |
| ardor | n | heat; passion; zeal |
| arid | adj | dry; barren |
| arrogance | n | pride; haughtiness |
| articulate | adj | effective; distinct |
| artifact | n | object made by human beings, either hadmade or mass-produced |
| artisan | n | manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist |
| ascendancy | n | controlling influence |
| ascetic | adj | practicing self-denial; austere |
| aspire | v | seek to attain; long for |
| assuage | v | ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) |
| astute | adj | wise; shrewd |
| atrophy | v | waste away |
| attentive | adj | considerate; thoughtful; paying attention |
| attribute | v | ascribe; explain |
| audacious | adj | daring; bold |
| augment | v | increase; add to |
| austerity | n | saternness; severity; strict economy; lack of luxuries |
| authentic | adj | genuine |
| authoritarian | adj | favoring or exercising total control; nondemocratic |
| autonomous | adj | self-governing |
| aversion | n | firm dislike |
| banal | adj | hackneyed; commonplace; trite |
| bane | n | cause of ruin |
| belie | v | contradict; give a false impression |
| belittle | v | disparage; make fun of |
| belligerent | adj | quarrelsome |
| benevolent | adj | generous; charitable |
| benign | adj | kindly; favorable; not malignant |
| bequeath | v | leave to someone by a will; hand down |
| biased | adj | slanted; prejudiced |
| bland | adj | soothing; mild; dull |
| blasphemy | n | irreverence; sacrilege; cursing |
| bolster | v | support; reinforce |
| braggart | n | boastful person |
| brawn | n | muscular strength; sturdiness |
| brevity | n | conciseness; briefness |
| buttress | v | support; prop up |
| cacophonous | adj | discordant; inharmonious |
| cajole | v | coax; wheele |
| calculated | adj | deliberately planned; likely |
| candor | n | frankness |
| capricious | adj | fickle; incalculable |
| caricature | n | distortion; burlesque |
| censorious | adj | critical |
| censure | v | blame; criticize |
| certitude | n | certainty |
| charlatan | n | quack; pretender to knowledge |
| chronicle | v | report; record (in chronologial order) |
| civil | adj | having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite |
| clamor | n | noise |
| clemency | n | disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather |
| coercion | n | use of force to get someone's compliance |
| commemorate | v | honor the memory of |
| compelling | adj | overpowering; irresistible in effect |
| compile | v | assemble; gather; accumulate |
| compliance | n | readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements |
| composure | n | mental calmness |
| comprehensive | adj | thorough; inclusive |
| concede | v | admit; yield |
| conciliatory | adj | reconciling; appeasing; amiable |
| concise | adj | brief and compact |
| conclusive | adj | convincing; decisive |
| concur | v | agree in opinion |
| condone | v | overlook voluntarily; forgive |
| confirm | v | corroborate; verify; support |
| conflagration | n | great fire |
| confound | v | confuse; puzzle |
| confront | v | face; challenge |
| conscientious | adj | scrupulous; careful |
| consensus | n | general agreement |
| consistency | n | absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness |
| constraint | n | compulsion; repression of feelings |
| contagion | n | infection |
| contemporary | n | person belonging to the same period |
| contend | v | struggle; compete; assert earnestly |
| contentious | adj | quarrelsome |
| contract | v | compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease |
| converge | v | approach; tend to meet; come together |
| conviction | n | strongly held belief |
| cordial | adj | gracious; heartfelt |
| corroborate | v | confirm; support |
| corrosion | n | destruction by chemical action |
| credibility | n | believability |
| credulity | n | belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete |
| criterion | n | standard used in judging |
| cryptic | adj | mysterious; hidden; secret |
| cursory | adj | casual; hastily done |
| curtail | v | shorten; reduce |
| cynic | n | one who is skeptical or distrustful of human motives |
| daunt | v | intimidate; frighten |
| dawdle | v | loiter; waste time |
| debilitate | v | weaken; enfeelbe |
| debunk | v | expose something as nonsensical or false |
| decorum | n | propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners |
| defame | v | harm someone's reputation; malign |
| deference | n | courteous regard for another's wish |
| defiance | n | refusal to yield; resistance |
| degenerate | v | become worse; deteriorate |
| degrade | v | lower in rank or dignity; debase |
| deliberate | v | consider; ponder |
| delineate | v | portray; depict; sketch |
| denounce | v | condemn; criticize |
| deny | v | contradict; refuse |
| depict | v | portray; describe |
| deplore | v | regret strongly; express grief over |
| depravity | n | corruption; wickedness |
| deprecate | v | express disapproval of; protest against; belittle |
| deride | v | ridicule; make fun of |
| derivative | adj | unoriginal; derived from another source |
| despondent | adj | depressed; gloomy |
| despot | n | tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler |
| detached | adj | emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent |
| deterrent | n | something that discourages; hindrance |
| detrimental | adj | harmful; damaging |
| devious | adj | roundabout; erratic; not straightforward |
| devise | v | think up; invent; plan |
| didactic | adj | teaching; instructional |
| diffuse | adj | wordy; ramblinb; spread out |
| digression | n | wandering away from the subject |
| diligence | n | steadiness of effort; persistent hard work |
| diminution | n | lessening; reduction in size |
| disband | v | dissolve; disperse |
| discerning | adj | mentally quick and observant; having insight |
| disclose | v | reveal |
| discordant | adj | not harmonious; conflicting |
| discount | v | disregard |
| discredit | v | defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve |
| discrepancy | n | lack of consistency; difference |
| discriminating | adj | able to see differences; prejudiced |
| discursive | adj | digressing; rambling |
| disdain | v | view with scorn or contempt |
| disinclination | n | unwillingness |
| disinterested | adj | unprejudiced |
| dismantle | v | take apart |
| dismiss | v | put away from consideration; reject |
| disparage | v | belittle |
| disparity | n | difference; condition of inequality |
| dispassionate | adj | calm; impartial |
| dispel | v | drive away; scatter; cause to vanish |
| disperse | v | cause to break up; scatter |
| disputatious | adj | argumentative; fond of arguing |
| disseminate | v | distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) |
| dissent | v | disagree |
| dissipate | v | squander; waste; scatter |
| dissonance | n | dissonance; discord |
| dissuade | v | advise against |
| distant | adj | reserved or aloof; cold in manner |
| divergent | adj | differing; deviating |
| diverse | adj | differing in some characteristics; various |
| divulge | v | reveal |
| doctrine | n | teachings, in general; particular principle (religious, legal, and so on) taught |
| document | v | provide written evidence |
| dogmatic | adj | opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| dormant | adj | sleeping' lethargic; latent |
| dubious | adj | doubtful; questionable |
| duplicity | n | double-dealing; hypocrisy |
| duration | n | length of time something lasts |
| dutiful | adj | respectful; obedient |
| ebb | v | recede; lessen |
| eccentric | adj | odd; whimsical; irregular |
| eclectic | adj | selective in choosing from a variety of sources |
| eclipse | v | darken; extinguish; surpass |
| effervescent | adj | exuberant; bubbly and excited |
| egotistical | adj | excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited |
| elated | adj | overjoyed; in high spirits |
| eloquence | n | expressiveness; persuasive speech |
| elusive | adj | evasive; baffling; hard to grasp |
| embellish | v | adorn; ornament |
| emulate | v | imitate; rival |
| endorse | v | approve; support |
| enduring | adj | lasting; surviving |
| enervate | v | weaken |
| engender | v | cause; produce |
| enhance | v | advance; improve |
| enigma | n | puzzle; mystery |
| enmity | n | ill will; hatred |
| enumerate | v | list; mention one by one |
| ephemeral | adj | short-lived; fleeting |
| epic | n | long heroic poem, or similar work of art |
| epicure | n | connoisseur of food and drink |
| episodic | adj | loosely connected; divided into incidents; occurring at intervals |
| equanimity | n | calmness of temperament; composure |
| equivocal | adj | ambiguous; intentionally misleading |
| erratic | adj | odd; unpredictable; wandering |
| erroneous | adj | mistaken; wrong |
| erudite | adj | learned; scholarly |
| esoteric | adj | hard to understand; known only yo the chosen few |
| espouse | v | adopt; support |
| esteem | v | respect; value; judge |
| ethereal | adj | light; heavenly; unusually refined |
| eulogy | n | expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death |
| euphemism | n | mild expression used in place of an unpleasant one |
| euphonious | adj | pleasing in sound |
| euphoria | n | feeling of great happiness and well-being (sometimes exaggerated) |
| evanescent | adj | fleeting; vanishing |
| exacerbate | v | worsen; embitter |
| exacting | adj | extremely demanding |
| exalt | v | raise in rank or dignity; praise |
| execute | v | put into effect; carry out |
| exemplary | adj | serving as a model; outstanding |
| exemplify | v | serve as an example of; embody |
| exhaustive | adj | thorough; comprehensive |
| exhilarating | adj | invigorating and refreshing; cheering |
| exonerate | v | acquit; exculpate |
| expedient | adj | suitable to achieve a particular end; practical; politic |
| expedite | v | hasten |
| expertise | n | specialized knowledge; expert skill |
| explicit | adj | totally clear; deinite; outspoken |
| exploit | n | deed or action, particularly a brave deed |
| exploit | v | make use of, sometimes unjustly |
| expository | adj | explanatory; intended to explain |
| extant | adj | still in existence |
| extol | v | praise; glorified |
| extraneous | adj | not essential; superfluous |
| extricate | v | free; disentangle |
| exuberance | n | overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm |
| facile | adj | easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial |
| facilitate | v | help bring about; make less difficult |
| fallacious | adj | false; misleading |
| fantacism | n | excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause |
| fastidious | adj | difficult to please; squaemish |
| feasible | adj | practical |
| fervor | n | glowing ardor; intensity of feeling |
| fickle | adj | changeable; faithless |
| figurative | adj | not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech |
| flagrant | adj | conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous |
| flippant | adj | lacking proper seriousness |
| florid | adj | ruddy; reddish; flowery |
| fluctuate | v | waver; shift |
| foolhardy | adj | rash; heedless |
| foresight | v | ability to foresee future happenings; prudence |
| forestall | v | prevent by taking action in advance |
| forsake | v | desert; abandon; renounce |
| forthright | adj | outspoken; frank |
| fortuitous | adj | accidental; by chance |
| foster | v | rear; encourage; nurture |
| founder | v | fail completely; sink |
| founder | n | person who establishes (an organization, business) |
| frail | adj | weak |
| frivolous | adj | lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant |
| frugality | n | thrift; economy |
| fundamental | v | basic; primary; essential |
| furtive | adj | stealthy; sneaky |
| futile | adj | ineffective; fruitless |
| galvanize | v | stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize |
| garbled | adj | mixed up; jumbled; distorted |
| garrulous | adj | loquacious; wordy; talkative |
| genre | n | particular variety of art or literature |
| germane | adj | pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand |
| glacial | adj | like a glacier; extremely cold |
| glib | adj | fluent; facile; slick |
| glutton | n | someone who eats too much; greedy person |
| gorge | n | small,, steep-walled canyon |
| grandiose | adj | pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive |
| gratify | v | please |
| gratuitous | adj | given freely; unwarranted; unprovoked |
| gravity | n | seriousness |
| gregarious | adj | sociable |
| grievance | n | cause of complaint |
| grudging | adj | unwilling; reluctant; stingy |
| guile | n | deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning |
| gullible | adj | easily deceived |
| hackneyed | adj | commonplace; trite |
| hallowed | adj | blessed; consecrated |
| hamper | v | obstruct |
| harass | v | annoy by repeated attacks; torment |
| hardy | adj | sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather |
| haughtiness | n | pride; arrogance |
| hedonist | n | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life |
| heed | v | pay attention to; consider |
| heresy | n | opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion |
| heterodox | adj | unorthodox; unconventional |
| heterogeneous | adj | dissimilar; mixed |
| heyday | n | time of greatest success; prime |
| hiatus | n | gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause |
| hierarchy | n | arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks |
| hindrance | n | block; obstacle |
| hoard | v | stockpile; accumulate for future use |
| homogeneous | adj | of the same kind |
| hone | v | sharpen |
| hostility | n | unfriendliness; hatred |
| humane | adj | marked by kindness or consideration |
| husband | v | use sparingly; conserve; save |
| hyperbole | n | exaggeration; overstatement |
| hypocritical | adj | pretending to be virtuous; deceiving |
| hypothetical | adj | based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed |
| iconoclast | n | one who attacks cherished traditions |
| idiosyncrasy | n | individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity |
| ignominy | n | deep disgrace; shame or dishonor |
| allicit | adj | illegal |
| illuminate | v | brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten |
| illusory | adj | deceptive; not real |
| imbalance | n | lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion |
| immaculate | adj | spotless; flawless; absolutely clean |
| immune | adj | resistant to; free or exempt from |
| immutable | adj | unchangeable |
| impair | v | injure; hurt |
| impartial | adj | not biased; fair |
| impassive | adj | without feeling; imperturbable; stoical |
| impeccable | adj | faultless |
| impecunious | adj | without money |
| impede | v | hinder; block; delay |
| impel | v | drive or force onward |
| imperceptible | adj | unnoticeable; undetectable |
| imperious | adj | domineering; haughty |
| impervious | adj | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed |
| impetuous | adj | violent; hasty; rash |
| implausible | adj | unlikely; unbelievable |
| implement | v | put into effect; supply with tools |
| implication | n | something hinted at or suggested |
| implicit | adj | understood but not stated |
| impoverished | adj | poor |
| impromptu | adj | without previous preparation; off the cuff; on the spur of the moment |
| impudence | n | impertinence; insolence |
| inadvertently | adv | by oversight; carelessly or unintentionally |
| inane | adj | silly; senseless |
| inaugurate | v | start; initiate; install in office |
| incense | v | enrage; infuriate |
| incentive | n | spor; motive |
| incessant | adj | uninterrupted; unceasing |
| incidental | adj | not essential; minor |
| incisive | adj | cutting; sharp |
| incite | v | arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist |
| incline | v | slope; slante |
| inclined | adj | tending to leaning toward; bent |
| inclusive | adj | tending to include all |
| incoherent | adj | unintelligible; muddled; illogical |
| incongruous | adj | not fitting; absurd |
| inconsequential | adj | insignificant; unimportant |
| incontrovertible | adj | indisputable; not open to question |
| incorrigible | adj | uncorrectale |
| indefatigable | adj | tireless |
| indict | v | charge |
| indifferent | adj | unmoved; lacking concern |
| indigenous | adj | native |
| digent | adj | poor; destitute |
| indiscriminate | adj | choosing at random; confused |
| indolent | adj | lazy |
| indomitable | adj | unconquerable; unyielding |
| indubitable | adj | unable to be doubted; unquestionable |
| induce | v | persuade; bring about |
| indulge | v | humor; treat leniently |
| industrious | adj | diligent; hard-working |
| effectual | adj | not effective; weak |
| inept | adj | unsuited; absurd; incompetent |
| inequity | n | unfairness |
| inert | adj | inactive; lacking power to move |
| inexorable | adj | relentless; unyielding; implacable |
| infamous | adj | notoriously bad |
| infer | v | deduce; conclude |
| infiltrate | v | pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily |
| infinitesimal | adj | exceedingly small; so small as to be almost nonexistent |
| infraction | n | violation (o fa rule or regulation); breach |
| ingenious | adj | clever; resourceful |
| ingrate | n | ungrateful person |
| inherent | adj | firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic |
| inimcal | adj | unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental |
| initiate | v | begin; originate; receive into a group |
| injurious | adj | harmful |
| innate | adj | inborn |
| innocuous | adj | harmless |
| innovation | n | change; introduction of something new |
| inopportune | adj | untimely; poorly chosen |
| insatiable | adj | not easily satisfied; greedy |
| insightful | adj | discerning; perceptive |
| insinuate | v | hint; imply; creep in |
| insipid | adj | lacking in flavor; dull |
| insolvent | adj | bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts |
| instigate | v | urge; start; provoke |
| insularity | n | narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| insuperable | adj | insurmountable; unbeatable |
| insurgent | adj | rebellious |
| intangible | adj | not material; not able to be perceived by touch; vague; elusive |
| integral | adj | complete; necessary for completeness |
| integrity | n | uprightness; wholeness |
| intermittent | adj | periodic; on and off |
| intervene | v | come between |
| intimidate | v | frighten |
| intractable | adj | unruly; stubborn; unyielding |
| intrasigence | n | refusal of any compromise; stubbornness |
| intrepid | adj | fearless |
| intricate | adj | complex; knotty; tangled |
| intrinsic | adj | essential; inherent; built-in; matural |
| introspective | adj | looking within oneself |
| intuition | n | immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning |
| inundate | v | overwhelm; flood; submerge |
| invert | v | turn upside down or inside out |
| irascible | adj | irritable; easily angered |
| ironic | adj | relating to a contradiction between an event's expected result and its actual outsome; sarcastic |
| irrational | adj | illogical; lacking reason; insane |
| irrelevant | adj | not applicable; unrelated |
| irreproachable | adj | blameless; impeccable |
| irresolute | adj | uncertain how to act; weak |
| irreverence | n | lack of proper respect |
| jargon | n | language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibberish |
| jocular | adj | said or done in jest; joking |
| judicious | adj | sound in judgment; wise |
| justification | n | good or just reason; defense; excuse |
| kindle | v | start a fire; inspire |
| labyrinth | n | maze |
| laconic | adj | brief and to the point |
| lament | v | grieve; express sorrow |
| lassitude | n | languor; weariness |
| laud | v | praise |
| lavish | adj | liberal; wasteful |
| legacy | n | a gift made by a will |
| lethargic | adj | drowsy; dull |
| levity | n | lack of seriousness; lightness |
| linger | v | loiter or dawdle; continue or persist |
| list | v | tilt; lean over |
| listlessness | n | lack in spirit or energy |
| loathe | v | detest |
| lofty | adj | very high |
| loquacious | adj | talkative |
| lucid | adj | easily understood; clear; intelligible |
| lurid | adj | wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome |
| magnanimous | adj | generous |
| magnate | n | person of prominence or influence |
| maladroit | adj | clumsy; bungling |
| malevolent | adj | wishing evil |
| malice | n | hatred; spite |
| malign | v | speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame |
| marred | adj | damaged; disfigured |
| martinet | n | rigid disciplinarian; strict military officer |
| materialism | n | preoccupationg with physical comforts and things |
| meager | adj | scanty; inadequate |
| meander | v | wind or turn in a course |
| medley | n | mixture |
| meek | adj | quiet and obedient |
| melancholy | adj | gloomy; morose; blue |
| mercenary | adj | interested in money or gain |
| mercurial | adj | capricious; changing; fickle |
| merger | n | combination (of two business corporations) |
| methodical | adj | systematic |
| meticulous | adj | excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous |
| minute | adj | extremely small |
| misanthrope | n | one who hates mankind |
| miserly | adj | stingy; mean |
| misnomer | n | wrong name; incorrect designation |
| mitigate | v | appease; moderate |
| mock | v | ridicule; imitate, often in derision |
| mollify | v | soothe |
| momentous | adj | very important |
| monotony | n | sameness leading to boredom |
| morbid | adj | given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease |
| morose | adj | ill-humored; sullen; melancholy |
| mundane | adj | worldly as opposed to spiritual |
| munificent | adj | very generous |
| mutability | n | ability to change in form; fickle |
| muted | adj | silent; muffled; toned down |
| naivete | n | quiality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility |
| nefarious | adj | very wicked |
| negate | v | cancel out; nullify; deny |
| nonchalance | n | indifference; lack of concern; composure |
| nonentity | n | person of no importance; nonexistence |
| nostalgia | n | homesickness; longing for the past |
| notoriety | n | disrepute; ill fame |
| novelty | n | something new; newness |
| novice | n | beginner |
| nuance | n | shade of difference in meaning or color |
| nullify | v | to make in valid; void; abolish |
| nurture | v | nourish; educate; foster |
| obdurate | adj | stubborn |
| objective | adj | not influenced by emotions; fair |
| objective | n | goal; aim |
| obliterate | v | destroy completely |
| oblivion | n | obscurity; forgetfulness |
| oblivious | adj | inattentive or unmindful; wholly absorbed |
| obscure | adj | dark; vague; unclear |
| obscure | v | darken; make unclear |
| obsequious | adj | slavishly attentive; servile; fawning; sycophantic |
| obsessive | adj | related to thinking about something constantly; preoccupying |
| obstinate | adj | stubborn; hard to control or treat |
| obtuse | adj | blunt; stupid |
| officious | adj | meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services |
| ominous | adj | threatening |
| opaque | adj | dark; not transparent |
| opportunist | n | individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances |
| optimist | n | person who looks on the good side |
| opional | adj | not compulsory; left to one's choice |
| opulence | n | extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance |
| orator | n | public speaker |
| ornate | adj | excessively or elaborately decorated |
| ostentatious | adj | showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention |
| pacifist | n | one opposed to force; antimilitarist |
| painstaking | adj | showing hard work; taking great care |
| paltry | adj | insignificant; petty; trifiling |
| paradigm | n | odel; example; pattern |
| paradox | n | somehting apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| paragon | n | model of perfection |
| parochial | adj | narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parishes |
| parody | n | humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty |
| parry | v | ward off a blow; deflect |
| parsimony | n | stinginess; excessive frugality |
| partial | adj | 1 incomplete. 2 biased; having a liking for something |
| partisan | adj | one-sided; prejudiced; comitted to a party |
| passive | adj | noteactive; acted upon |
| paucity | n | scarcity; lack |
| pedantic | adj | showing off learning; bookish |
| penchant | n | strong inclination; liking |
| pensive | adj | dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative |
| perceptive | adj | insightful; aware; wise |
| perfunctory | adj | superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm |
| peripheral | adj | marginal; outer |
| perjury | n | false testimony while under oath |
| pernicious | adj | very destructive |
| perpetuate | v | make something last; preserve from extinction |
| perturb | v | disturb greatly |
| pervasive | adj | pervading; spread throughout every part |
| pessimism | n | belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |
| petty | adj | trivial; unimportant; very small |
| petulant | adj | touchy; peevish |
| phenomena | n, pl | observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation |
| philanthropist | n | lover of mankind; doer of good |
| pious | adj | devout; religious |
| pitfall | n | hidden danger; concealed trap |
| pithy | adj | concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty |
| pivotal | adj | crucial; key; bital |
| placate | v | pacify; conciliate |
| plagiarize | v | steal anoter's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| platitude | n | trite remark; commonplace statement |
| plausible | adj | having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious |
| pliant | adj | flexible; easily influend |
| plight | n | condition, state (especially a bad state or condition); predicament |
| poignancy | n | quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion |
| polemial | adj | aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
| pomposity | n | self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt |
| ponderous | adj | weighty; unwieldy |
| porous | adj | full of pores; like a sieve |
| potent | dj | powerful; persuasive; greatly influential |
| pragmatic | adj | practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something |
| prattle | v | babble |
| precarious | adj | uncertain; risky |
| precedent | n | something preceding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action |
| precipitate | adj | rash; premature; hasty; sudden |
| precipitous | adj | steep; overhasty |
| preclude | v | make impossible; eliminate |
| precocious | adj | advanced in development |
| predator | n | creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who rods or exploits others |
| predecessor | n | former occupant of a post |
| predilection | n | partiality; preference |
| preposterous | adj | absurd; ridiculous |
| prestige | n | impression produced by achievements or reputation |
| presumptuous | adj | overconfident; impertinent |
| pretentious | adj | ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious |
| prevalent | adj | widespread; generally accepted |
| problematic | adj | doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing |
| proclivity | n | inclination; natural tendency |
| procrastinate | v | postpone; delay or put off |
| prodigal | adj | wasteful; reckless with money |
| prodigious | adj | marvelous; enormous |
| prodigy | n | marvel; highly gifted child |
| profane | v | violate; desecrate; treat unworthily |
| profligate | adj | dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral |
| profound | adj | deep; not superficial; complete |
| profusion | n | overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess |
| proliferation | n | rapid growth; spread; multiplication |
| prolific | adj | abundantly fruitful |
| prologue | n | introduction (to a poem or play) |
| prophetic | adj | foretelling the future |
| propitious | adj | favorable; fortunate; advantageous |
| proprity | n | fitness; correct conduct |
| prosaic | adj | dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
| protract | v | prolong |
| provincial | adj | pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated |
| provisional | adj | tentative |
| provocative | adj | arousing anger or interest; annoying |
| proximity | n | nearness |
| prudent | adj | cautious; careful |
| pugnacity | n | combativeness; disposition to fight |
| pungent | adj | stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic |
| purse | v | pucker; contract into wrinkles |
| qualified | adj | limited; restricted |
| quandary | n | dilemma |
| quell | v | extinguish; put down; quiet |
| querulous | adj | fretful; whining |
| quiescent | adj | at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
| ramble | v | wander aimlessly (physically or mentally) |
| rancor | n | bitterness; hatred |
| rant | v | rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech |
| raityf | v | approve formally; verify |
| raucous | adj | harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous |
| raze | v | destroy completely |
| rebuttal | n | refutation; reponse with contrary evidence |
| recalcitrant | adj | obstinately stubbown; determined to resist authority; unruly |
| recant | v | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error |
| receptive | adj | quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc. |
| recluse | n | hermit; loner |
| recount | v | narrate or tell; count over again |
| rectify | v | set right; correct |
| redundant | adj | superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy |
| refute | v | disprove |
| relegate | v | banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
| relevant | adj | pertinent; referring to the case in hand |
| relinquish | v | give up something with reluctance; yield |
| relish | v | savor; enjoy |
| remorse | n | guilt; self-reproach |
| renegade | n | deserter; traitor |
| renounce | v | forswear; repudiate; abandon; discontinue |
| repel | v | drive away; disgust |
| replete | adj | filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied |
| reprehensible | adj | deserving blame |
| repress | v | restrain; hold back; crush; suppress |
| reprimand | v | reprove severely; rebuke |
| reproach | v | express disapproval |
| reprove | v | censure; rebuke |
| repudiate | v | disown; disavow |
| rescind | v | cancel |
| reserve | n | self-control; formal but distant manner |
| reisgned | adj | unresisting; patiently submissive |
| resolution | n | determination; resolve |
| resolve | n | determination; firmness of purpose |
| resolve | v | decide; settle; solve |
| respite | n | interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment |
| resplendent | adj | dazzling; glorious; brilliant |
| restraint | n | controlling force; control over one's emotions |
| reticent | adj | reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to be silent |
| reitring | adj | modest; shy |
| retract | v | withdraw; take back |
| reverent | adj | respectful |
| rhetorical | adj | pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language |
| rigorous | adj | severe; harsh; demanding; exact |
| robust | adj | vigorous; strong |
| rudimentaryy | adj | not developed; elementary; crude |
| ruthless | adj | pitiless; cruel |
| sagacious | adj | perceptive; shrewd; having insight |
| sage | n | person celebrated for wisdom |
| sanction | v | approve; ratify |
| sactuary | n | refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place |
| sarcasm | n | scornful remarks; stinging rebuke |
| satirical | adj | mocking |
| saturate | v | soak thoroughly |
| savory | adj | tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable |
| scanty | adj | meager; insufficient |
| scrupulous | adj | conscientious; extremely thorough |
| scrutinize | v | examine closely and critically |
| seclusion | n | isolation; solitude |
| sectarian | adj | relating to a religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited |
| sedentary | adj | requiring sitting |
| sequester | v | isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude |
| serenity | n | calmness; placidity |
| servile | adj | slavishly submissive; fawning; cringing |
| sever | v | cut; separate |
| severity | n | harshness; intensity; austerity; rigidity |
| shrewd | adj | clever; astute |
| singular | adj | unique; extraordinary; odd |
| skeptical | adj | doubting; suspending judgment until one has examined the evidence supporting a point of view |
| slacken | v | slow up; loosen |
| slander | n | defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements |
| slothful | adj | lazy |
| sluggish | adj | slow; lazy; lethargic |
| solemnity | n | seriousness; gravity |
| solicit | v | request earnestly; seek |
| solitude | n | state of being alone; seclusion |
| soluble | adj | able to be dissolved; able to be explained |
| somber | adj | gloomy; depressing; dark; drab |
| sparse | adj | not thick; thinly scattered; scanty |
| spendthrift | n | someone who wastes money |
| spontaneity | n | lack or premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint |
| sporadic | adj | occuring irregularly |
| spurious | adj | false; counterfeit |
| spurn | v | reject; scorn |
| squalor | n | filth; degradation; dirty, neglected state |
| squander | v | waste |
| stagnant | adj | motionless; stale; dull |
| stanza | n | division of a poem |
| static | adj | unchanging; lacking development |
| steadfast | adj | loyal; unswerving |
| stoic | adj | impassive; unmoved by joy or grief |
| strident | adj | loud and harsh; insistent |
| strut | n | pompous walk; swagger |
| stupefy | v | make numb; stun; amaze |
| subdued | adj | less intense; quieter |
| submissive | adj | yielding; timid |
| subordinate | adj | occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive |
| subside | v | settle down; descend; grow quiet |
| substantial | adj | ample; solid |
| substantiate | v | establish by evidence; verify; support |
| subtlety | n | perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy |
| succinct | adj | brief; terse; compact |
| supercilious | adj | arrogant; condescending; patronizing |
| superficial | adj | trivial; shallow |
| superfluous | adj | excessive; overabundant; unnecessary |
| supplant | v | replace; usurp |
| suppress | v | crush; subdue; inhibit |
| surmount | v | overcome |
| surpass | v | exceed |
| surreptitious | adj | secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden |
| susceptible | adj | impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to |
| sustain | v | experience; support; nourish |
| swindler | n | cheat |
| sycophant | n | servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man |
| symmetry | n | arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity |
| taciturn | adj | habitually silent; talking little |
| taint | v | contaminate; cause ot lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad |
| tangential | adj | peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
| tangible | adj | able to be touched; real; palable |
| tantamount | adj | equivalent in effect or value |
| tedious | adj | boring; tiring |
| temper | v | moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) |
| tenacity | n | firmness; persistence |
| tertative | adj | provisional; experimental; doubtful |
| termination | n | end |
| terse | adj | concise; abrupt; pithy |
| treadbare | adj | worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor |
| thrive | v | prosper; flourish |
| tirade | n | extended scolding; denunciation; harangue |
| torpor | n | lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
| tractable | adj | docile; easily managed |
| tranquility | n | calmness; peace |
| transcendent | adj | surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior |
| transient | adj | momentary; temporary; staying for a short time |
| transparent | adj | easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely |
| trepidation | n | fear; nervous apprehension |
| trifiling | adj | trivial; unimportant |
| trite | adj | hackneyed; commonplace |
| trivial | adj | unimportant; triffling |
| turbulence | n | state of violent agitation |
| turmoil | n | great commotion and confusion |
| tyranny | n | oppression; cruel government |
| undermine | v | weaken; sap |
| uniformity | n | sameness; monotony |
| universal | adj | characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere |
| unkempt | adj | dishevled; uncared for in appearance |
| unprecedented | adj | novel; unparalleled |
| unwarranted | adj | unjustified; groundless; undeserved |
| usurp | v | seize anoterh's power or rank |
| vacillate | v | waver; fluctuate |
| venerate | v | revere |
| veracity | n | truthfulness |
| verbose | adj | wordy |
| viable | adj | practical or workable; capable of maintaining life |
| vigor | n | active stregth |
| vilify | v | slander |
| vindicate | v | clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support |
| vindictive | adj | out for revenge; malicious |
| virtuoso | n | highly skilled artist |
| virulent | adj | extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter |
| volatile | adj | changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly |
| voluble | adj | fluent; glib; talkative |
| voluminous | adj | bulky; large |
| vulnerable | adj | susceptible to wounds |
| whimsical | adj | capricious; fanciful |
| willful | adj | intentional; headstrong; stubbornly set on getting one's way |
| withhold | v | refuse to give; hold back |
| zealot | n | fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal |
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