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50 SAT Words

SAT terms

TermDefinition
aesthetic having to do with the appreciation of beauty
adept very skilled;proficient
advocate to speak or write in favor of
amicable characterize by or showing good will;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 expressive goodwill or kindly feelings
benign having a kind disposition; gracious
candor sincerity; openess
candid frank; outspoken; open and sincere
cathartic cleaning, cleansing, purifying
collaboration the act or process of collaborating
compelling having a powerful or irresistible 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 pretaining to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family
eccentric deviating from cutomary behaviour
electic 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
impartial not parial or biased; fair; just
improvise to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation
inovative introducing something new
intuition direct perception of truth
laudatory giving praise
languid lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow
maverick one who resists adherence to a group
mitigate to lessen in force or intensity
narrative a story or account of events, experiences
novel strikingly new or unusual
notion a general understanding
optimist one who expects a positive outcome
profound a deep meaning
prosperity good fourtune
resilient springing back; rebounding
serene calm, peaceful, tranquil
spontaneous coming from a sudden impulse or tendency
tenacious persistent, stubborn, or obstinate
therapeutic having to do with the curing of disease or injury
validate substantiate; confirm
vivid strikingly bright or intense
vitality exuberant physical strength or mental vigor
identity the condition of being oneself or itself
abbreviate to shorten, abridge
abstinence the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
adultation high praise
adversity misfortune,an unfavorable turn of events
anachronistic out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period
anecdote short, usually funnyb account of an event
anonymous nameless, without a disclosed identity
antagonist foe, opponet, 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 harshly
circuitous inderect, taking the longest route
clairvoyant exceptionally insightful, able to forsee the future
compassion sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
compromise to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
condescending possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
conditional depending on a condition, e.g., in a contact
conformist person who complies with accepted rules and customs
congregation a crowd of people, an assembly
convergence the state of seperate elements; joining or coming together
deletrious harmful, destructive, detrimental
demagougue leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
digression the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speach or arguement
discredit to harm the reputaion of, dishonor, or disgrace
disdain to regard with scorn or contempt
divergent seperating, moving in differnt directions from a particular point
empathy identification with the feeling of others
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