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Vocab List (9th)
SAT and Freshman Vocab List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abeyance | temporary inactivity |
| ablution | thorough cleansing; purification cleansing |
| abscond | escape; leave quickly |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| acquiesce | to agree passively |
| acumen | mental skill or ability |
| adament | stubborn |
| adroit | athletically skilled |
| abrogate | abolish |
| aberration | deviation from the normal course |
| affable | friendly; easy to talk to |
| allay | to calm or releive |
| asperity | severity |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| altruism | selfless |
| ambulant | moving from place to place |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| amenable | ready or willing to agree |
| amnesty | to pardon |
| analogous | having analogy |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| anomaly | odd or peculiar situation |
| appease | to allay |
| apex/ acme | highest point |
| aquiline | nose shaped like eagle beak |
| arable | suitable for farming |
| archaic | characteristic of earlier period |
| ardent | passionate |
| arduous | laborous; difficult |
| articulate | uttered clearly in distinct syllabus |
| artisan | skilled craftsman |
| artless | free of deceit; simple; naiive |
| ascetic | monk-like |
| askew | crooked position |
| assiduous | constant; diligent |
| attrition | reduction in size |
| augment | to make bigger |
| autonomous | independent |
| avarice | greed |
| audacity | boldness or daring |
| banal | commonplace |
| bellicose | pugnacious; easily provoked; eager to fight |
| bastion | fortified place |
| belie | to show to be false |
| berate | to scold |
| bibliophile | book collector |
| blatant | brazenly obvious |
| blithe | joyous disposition |
| boorish | rude and crude |
| brackish | too salty |
| braggadacio | boastful person; cocky |
| bucolic | pastoral |
| buptious | pushy |
| cacophony | a lot of loud sounds |
| cajole | to coax or persuade |
| candor | honest |
| capacious | spacious |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| capricious | fickle |
| cataclysm | major disaster |
| caustic | flammable |
| celerity | quickness |
| charlatan | imposter |
| chicanery | trickery |
| circumspect | aware; cautious; prudent |
| clandestine | secrecy |
| clemency | compassion |
| castigate | criticize severely |
| cogent | persuasive |
| cognizant | aware |
| commodious | spacious |
| complacent | self satisfied |
| conflagration | destructive fire |
| congealed | solidify |
| contiguous | touching |
| contrite | remorseful |
| copious | a lot of something |
| coterie | clique |
| covert | hidden |
| cryptic | coded |
| cursory | hasty |
| dearth | scarcity |
| debauchery | promiscuity |
| debility | weakness |
| deference | yeilding to another's opinion; respect |
| defray | pay expenses |
| denizen | citizen |
| denigrate | to criticize in derogatory manner; to belittle |
| deleterious | harmful to health |
| denouement | final outcome |
| derision | ridicule; mockery |
| didactic | instructive |
| diffident | timid or shy |
| discursive | rambling |
| disparage | belittle; depreciate |
| disparity | inequality |
| divergent | split |
| docile | tamed |
| dogmatic | stubborn |
| dolorous | mournful |
| dolt | stupid |
| domicile | place of residence |
| dormant | inactive |
| dour | sour |
| dubious | doubtful |
| ebullient | showing enthusiasm |
| egregious | distinguished |
| elucidate | to make clear |
| ecelctic | various methods or mixture |
| emanate | to give off; emmit |
| encroach | to tresspass |
| engender | to create |
| enigma | mystery |
| ennui | boredom |
| ephemeral | short lived |
| erudite | scholarly |
| eschew | to shun |
| esoteric | obscure |
| ethereal | heavenly; mystical |
| euphemistic | to sugar coat something harsh |
| exculpate | to pardon |
| expatiate | to elaborate |
| expedite | to speed |
| expunge | to destroy or erase |
| extrinsic | non-essential |
| equivocal | doubtful; uncertain |
| factious | conflicting; devisive |
| farrago | hodge-podge |
| fecundity | productivity; fertility |
| facade | the face of; outside |
| fervor | passion |
| flaccid | limp |
| foible | weakness |
| foray | raid |
| fomidable | awe inspiring |
| fortuitous | fortunate or lucky |
| fracas | noisy disturbance |
| furtive | secretive |
| gambol | frolic |
| garish | tacky |
| garrulous | talkative |
| generic | general |
| guile | cunning; deceit |
| germane | relevant |
| gist | main idea (few words) |
| glean | to gather |
| gratuitous | uncalled for |
| gregarious | friendly |
| guttural | deep sounding from throat |
| halcyon | calm or peaceful |
| prolific | producing a lot |
| prowess | skill |
| propensity | tendency |
| prudence | wisdom |
| punctilious | exact |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| quandary | predicament |
| quell | suppress |
| queue | line |
| quirk | small flaw |
| rapacious | greedy |
| recant | to take back |
| rampant | uncontrolled |
| raucous | noisy disturbance |
| raze | to burn down |
| recalcitrant | unruly |
| recumbent | reclining |
| redolent | fragrant |
| redundant | repetitive |
| refute | to deny |
| remorse | to regret |
| rescind | to take back |
| rectitude | righteousness |
| reprehensible | punishable |
| reprobate | criminal |
| resilient | capable of taking back |
| respite | break |
| reticence | hesitance |
| replete | full of |
| ribald | vulgar |
| ruminate | contemplate |
| scurrilous | abusive |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| sanguine | optimistic |
| sardonic | cynical |
| satiated | filled to excess |
| scintillate | to flash/twinkle |
| scrutinize | peruse |
| secular | worldly |
| sedentary | settled |
| sequestered | isolated |
| sham | scam |
| shirk | avoid |
| sinuous | winding/ twisting |
| sloth | laziness |
| sodden | soaked through |
| solace | comfort |
| somnolent | drowsy |
| sonorous | deep sounding |
| soporific | sleep inducing |
| sporadic | randomly done |
| spurious | fake |
| stalwart | strong |
| stentorian | loud |
| surrogate | substitute |
| subjugate | enslave |
| subterfuge | deceit |
| succinct | laconic |
| supercilious | arrogant |
| supplicate | to beg for/ ask for |
| surfeit | excess |
| surreptitious | secretive |
| tacit | implied |
| taciturn | reserved |
| tawdry | tacky |
| tenacious | stubborn |
| tenuous | thin/weak |
| torpor | lethargy |
| tortuous | sinuous |
| transgression | sin |
| transitory | ephemeral |
| travesty | mockery |
| tenable | capable of being maintained |
| truncate | cut short |
| truculent | fierce |
| turbid | obscured |
| ubiquitous | omnipresent |
| umbrage | unpleasant |
| unanimity | unanimous |
| unconscionable | w/o conscience |
| unctuous | oily/ smooth |
| vapid | lifeless |
| venerable | respected/ reverence due to age |
| verbose | garrulous |
| vitriolic | bitter |
| vicissitudes | alternating |
| whet | stimulate |
| inundate | overwhelm/ drown |
| inured | accustomed through hardship |
| invective | verbal abuse |
| inveterate | habitual |
| inviolable | not able to be harmed |
| irascible | pmsy |
| itinerant | wandering |
| irrevocable | can't alter |
| jaded | unaffected; toughened through use |
| jettison | to discard |
| jocose | intended to amuse |
| jostle | bump; shake |
| juxtaposition | side by side comparison |
| judicious | wise, thoughtful |
| kinetic | exerting energy |
| knell | to give off clear sound (bell) |
| labyrinth | maze/ complexity |
| lachrymose | to shed tears |
| laconic | short/ to the point |
| lascivious | sexually aroused |
| knoll | hill |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| leonine | lion like |
| lucrative | producing wealth |
| lethargic | sluggish |
| litany | responsive prayer |
| limpid | clear |
| loquacious | talks a lot |
| mawkish | overly emotional |
| machination | the act of plotting evil |
| maelstrom | powerful whirlpool |
| malaise | discomfort |
| malleable | moldable/ flexible |
| maudlin | overly emotional |
| masticate | to chew |
| modicum | small amount |
| mendacity | dishonesty |
| miasma | poisonous environment |
| milieu | surrounding/ setting |
| misanthropic | anti social |
| mercenary | one that serves for money alone |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| onerous | difficult; labor intensive |
| opulent | lavish |
| obsolescent | to go out of use |
| ostentation | the act of being showy |
| ostracize | to shun |
| overt | obvious |
| paltry | small amount |
| panacea | cure all |
| parsimonious | penny-pinching; miserly |
| mitigate | to make less severe |
| moot | arguable; debatable |
| motley | mixed; varied |
| mundane | ordinary |
| munificence | generosity |
| myriad | copious |
| nebulous | vague/ ambiguous |
| nefarious | heinous |
| nemesis | foe or enemy |
| nepotism | family favoritism |
| paucity | scarcity |
| pedantic | showing off your knowledge |
| penchant | attraction to |
| placate | allay |
| penurious | stingy |
| perfunctory | routine or performed daily |
| permeate | to spread throughout |
| pernicious | destructive |
| peruse | to examine carefully |
| pilfer | to steal in small quantities |
| nocturnal | happening at night |
| novice | person just learning something |
| nondescript | common |
| nullify | cancel |
| noxious | poisonous |
| oblivious | unaware |
| obsequious | suck-upy |
| obstreperous | noisy |
| obtuse | slow to understand |
| odious | hateful |
| proclivity | inclination; tendency |
| plethora | excess |
| ponderous | heavy; cumbersome |
| Pragmatic | sensible |
| precarious | tricky; doubtful |
| perspicuity | clarity |
| prevaricate | deceive; stretch the truth |
| probity | fairness; honesty |
| prodigal | wasteful |
| prodigious | wonderful, extraordinary in size |
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