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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; positive |
| Auspicious | favorable; promising |
| Autonomy | independence or freedom |
| Benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
| Benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious |
| Candor | sincerity;openness |
| Candid | frank;outspoken;open and sincere |
| Cathartic | cleaning,cleansing,purifying |
| Collaboration | the act or process of collabrating |
| Compelling | having a powerful or irrestible 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,household affair,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 |
| Abbreviare | to shorten, abridge |
| Abstinence | the act of refraining from pleasuable activity |
| Adulation | high praise |
| Adversity | misfortune, an unfavorable |
| Anachronistic | out-of-dste, not attributed to the correct historical period |
| Anecdote | short, usually funny account of an event |
| Anonymous | nameless, without a disclosed identity |
| Antagonist | foe, opponent, adversary |
| Arid | extremely dry or deathly boring |
| Assiduous | persistent, hard-working |
| Asylum | sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge |
| Camaraderie | trust, sociability amongst friends |
| Censure | to criticize |
| Circuitous | indirect, taking the longest route |
| Clairvoyant | exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future |
| Compassion | sympathy, helpfulness or mercy |
| Compromise | to settle a dispute bt terms agreeable to both sides |
| Condesecending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing |
| Conditional | depending on a condition |
| Conformist | person who complies with accepted rules and costoms |
| Congregation | a crowd of people, an assembly |
| Convergence | the state of separate elements joining or coming together |
| Camaraderie | trust, sociability amongst friends |
| Censure | to criticize |
| Circuitous | indirect, taking the longest route |
| Clairvoyant | exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future |
| Compassion | sympathy, helpfulness or mercy |
| Compromise | to settle a dispute bt terms agreeable to both sides |
| Condesecending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing |
| Conditional | depending on a condition |
| Conformist | person who complies with accepted rules and costoms |
| Congregation | a crowd of people, an assembly |
| Convergence | the state of separate elements joining or coming together |
| Deleterious | harmful, destructive, detrimental |
| Demagogue | leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice |
| Digression | the act of turning aside, straying from the main point |
| Discredit | to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace |
| Disdain | to regard with scorn or contempt |
| Divergent | separating, moving in different directions from a particular piont |