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SAT Words
50 SAT Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aesthetic | Having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
| Adept | Very skilled; proficient |
| Advocate | To speak or write in favor of |
| Amicable | Characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly |
| Ardent | Having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling |
| Assertive | Confidently aggressive or self-assured; positve |
| Auspicious | Favorable; promising |
| Autonomy | indepedence or freedom |
| Benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
| Benign | having a kindly dispostion; gracious |
| candor | sincerity;openess |
| candid | frank;outspoken;open and sincere |
| cathartic | cleaning,cleansing,purifiying |
| collaboration | the act or process of collaborating |
| compelling | having a powerful or irresistable effect |
| comprehensive | broad or complete in scope or content |
| contemporary | current,modern;of the present time period |
| distinguish | to mark off as different |
| diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hardworking |
| domestic | of or pertaining to the home,the household affairs, or the family |
| eccentric | deviating from customary behavior |
| eclectic | made up of a variety of sources and styles |
| empirical | derived from or guided by experience or experiment |
| evoke | to call up or produce |
| fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit |
| gregarious | fond of the company of others sociable |
| idealize | to consider perfect |
| identity | the condition of being oneself or itself |
| impartial | not partial or biased; fair; just |
| improvise | to compose and preform or deliver without previous preparation |
| innotive | introducing somethimg new |
| intuition | direct perception of truth |
| laudatory | giving praise |
| languid | lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
| maverick | one who resists adherenceto a group |
| mitigate | to lessen in force of intensity |