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SAT
SAT VOCAB
| Inundate | To overwhelm with, to flood |
|---|---|
| Garnish | Flashy, tastelessly loud, and brightly colored |
| Underscore | To emphasize |
| Haughty | Snobbish, overly proud |
| Transient | Existing for a short period of time |
| Urbane | Polite, suave and cultivated in manner |
| Meticulous | Extremely careful |
| Disseminate | To spread out |
| Censure | To criticize severely |
| Surreptitious | Done or made secret by stealthy means |
| Melancholy | Sad, gloomy |
| Aspire | To have great ambition |
| Concord | Agreement |
| Diligent | Hard-working |
| Reprehensible | Deserving of criticism or disapproval |
| Exalt | To elevate, glorify, or praise |
| Flamboyant | Highly elaborate, showy |
| Assess | To make a judgement about |
| Sagacious | Insightful, wise |
| Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true |
| Rancor | Hostility |
| Impartial | Not biased |
| Sanction | To give official authorization to |
| Mercenary | Motivated solely by a desire for material gain |
| Induce | To bring about the occurrence of |
| Tractable | Easily managed, led or taught |
| Voluble | Characterized by ready and rapid speech |
| Reiterate | To repeat |
| Curtail | To cut short |
| Debilitate | To weaken |
| Inflammatory | Arousing strong emotion, especially anger |
| Equanimity | Calmness |
| Deter | To prevent or discourage from acting |
| Veiled | Concealed or disguised |
| Discord | Disagreement |
| Inquisitive | Showing curiosity |
| Divergent | Drawing apart from a common point, differing from another |
| Reproach | To criticize or express disappointment |
| Reminisce | To recollect and tell of the past |
| Sanguine | Cheerful |
| Nonchalant | Casually unconcerned (sometimes falsely) |
| Dilatory | Tending to delay; late or slow |
| Superfluous | Extra, unnecessary |
| Condescending | To deal with people in a superior manner |
| Acrimony | Hostility |
| Prodigious | Enormous; extraordinary |
| Daunt | To intimidate or lessen one's courage |
| Tedious | Tiresomely long or boring |
| Mediocre | Ordinary; so-so |
| Mandate | An authoritative command |
| Resignation | Acceptance of something as inescapable |
| Nurture | To help develop, to nourish |
| Fervent | Greatly emotional or enthusiastic |
| Eclectic | Having elements from a variety of sources |
| Composed | Calm |
| Versatile | Capable of doing many things competently |
| Scathing | Harshly critical |
| Eloquent | Well spoken |
| Commend | To praise |
| Ecstasy | Intense joy or delight |
| Despair | A complete loss of hope |
| Exonerate | To free from blame or responsibility |
| Juxtapose | To place side by side |
| Evasive | Tending to escape |
| Cursory | Performed with haste and little attention to detail |
| Disparage | To speak of in an insulting way |
| Elite | Superior in status |
| Bane | A cause of death or ruin |
| Defer | To submit or yield to another's wish or opinion |
| Averse | Reluctant |
| Enmity | Hatred |
| Guile | Skillful deceit |
| Dogmatic | Stubbornly and arrogantly opinionated |
| Warrant | To justify |
| Frenetic | Wildly excited; frenzied; frantic |
| Convoluted | Complicated |
| Plausible | Believable |
| Hail | To salute or greet |
| Enunciate | To pronounce with clarity |
| Felicity | Great happiness |
| Mundane | Ordinary; commonplace |
| Enigmatic | Puzzling |
| Keen | Sharp, perceptive |
| Skeptical | Doubting, questioning, not believing |
| Encroach | To advance beyond limits |
| Judicious | Having good judgments |
| Inaccessible | Not easily approached or entered or obtained |
| Therapeutic | Having healing power |
| Sporadic | Occurring at irregular intervals |
| Buttress | To support or strengthen |
| Placid | Calm, quite |
| Amiable | Friendly |
| Propensity | Tendency |
| Pernicious | Deadly or destructive |
| Confound | To confuse |
| Dispel | To get rid of |
| Subdue | To bring under control |
| Harangue | A long angry speech |
| Earnest | Showing deep sincerity or seriousness |
| Innocuous | Harmless |
| Cacophony | Jarring, disagreeable sound |
| Clairvoyance | The power to see things that cannot be perceived by the senses |
| Incisive | Penetrating, clear, and sharp |
| Benign | Kind; beneficial |
| Vacillate | To be undecided, to hesitate |
| Obstreperous | Noisily and stubbornly defiant |
| Belittle | To speak of in an insulting way |
| Voluminous | Big; having large volume |
| Archaic | Outdated; really old |
| Patronize | To treat condescendingly |
| Incontrovertible | Impossible to dispute |
| Precarious | Dangerously unstable or insecure |
| Dismiss | To reject |
| Obstinate | Stubborn |
| Dissipate | To disappear |
| Circumvent | To avoid or get around |
| Indignation | Anger (over something unjust) |
| Genial | Friendly, cheerful |
| Incorrigible | Incapable of being corrected or reformed |
| Penitent | Feeling or expressing remorse |
| Assiduous | Hard-working |
| Ominous | Menacing; threatening |
| Manifest | To make evident or certain by displaying or demonstrating |
| Bemuse | To confuse, stun, or stump |
| Estrange | To cause to become unfriendly or hostile |
| Supplant | To take the place of |
| Notorious | Infamous: known widely and unfavorably; famous for something bad |
| Adulation | Excessive flattery |
| Admonish | To gently criticize or warn |
| Concur | To agree |
| Complicity | Participation in a bad act or a crime |
| Poignant | Touching |
| Cunning | Clever, sneaky |
| Ascertain | To discover |
| Morose | Gloomy |
| Rebuke | To criticize or find fault with |
| Reciprocate | To show or give in return |
| Renounce | To reject, disown, or formally give up |
| Concede | To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true |
| Quell | To put down forcefully |
| Banal | Ordinary and commonplace |
| Disposition | Ones usual mood |
| Impassioned | Filled with passion |
| Entice | To lure |
| Contrived | Obviously planned or made up |
| Embellish | To add fictitious details too |
| Deprecate | To mildly insult or belittle |
| Obtuse | Lacking intellect |
| Tumultuous | Disorderly or noisy |
| Indifferent | Having no preference |
| Convivial | Sociable |
| Reticent | Restrained or reserved |
| Vivacious | Lively |
| Esoteric | Understood by only a few |
| Facilitate | To make easier |
| Affable | Friendly |
| Stagnant | Not moving, flowing, or developing |
| Trivial | Insignificant, unimportant |
| Partisan | Devoted to or biased in support of a group |
| Competent | Having adequate ability |
| Conform | To be similar; to adapt |
| Propriety | The quality of being proper |
| Constrain | To hold back; to restrain |
| Innate | Inborn |
| Waver | To be unsure or weak |
| Uniform | Always the same |
| Insinuate | To suggest subtly; to hint |
| Perpetual | Continuing forever or indefinitely |
| Cerebral | Intellectual |
| Whimsical | Impulsive |
| Squander | To waste |
| Adversity | Great hardship |
| Pertinent | Exactly relevant |
| Austere | Strict or severe in discipline |
| Abstruse | Difficult to understand |
| Clandestine | Kept or done in secret |
| Condone | To excuse or overlook |
| Officious | Overly eager in offering unwanted help |
| Discrepancy | An unexpected difference |
| Eminent | Outstanding; distinguished |
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