Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
SAT HitParade Vocab1
Most Frequently-Used SAT vocabulary words (from The Princeton Review)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| candid | completely honest, straightforward |
| conjecture | inference; guesswork |
| didactic | instructive |
| euphemism | a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term |
| extrapolate | to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
| incoherent | lacking attachment or connection |
| insinuate | to imply or communicate stealthily |
| lucid | easily understood; clear |
| rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
| acument | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight |
| adroit | dexterous; deft; resourceful |
| ascertain | to find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
| astute | shrewd; clever |
| circumspect | careful; prudent; discreet |
| disseminate | to scatter widely, as in sowing seed |
| erudition | deep, extensive learning |
| husbandry | the applucation of scientific pinciples to agriculture, expecially to animal breeding |
| pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
| perspicacious | shrewd; clear-sighted |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitutde or maturity |
| prospectus | formal proposal |
| rudimentary | basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| callous | emotionally harden; unfeeling |
| convoluted | intrucate; complex |
| enigma | a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
| inscrutable | difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
| reticent | inclined to keep silent; reserved |
| staid | unemotional; serious |
| arcane | known or understood by only a few |
| assimilate | to absorb or become absorved; to make or become similar |
| autonomy | independence; self-determination |
| cosmopolitan | worldly; widely sophisticated |
| derivative (noun) | something that came from another source |
| entourage | a group of attendants or associates; a retinue |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a small group |
| gaffe | a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
| insular | isolated; narrow or provincial |
| orthodoz | adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
| potentate | on who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
| castigate | to scold, rebuke, or harshly crticize |
| censure | to issue official blame |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| reclusive | seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
| relinquish | to retire from; give up or abandon |
| renounce | to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement |
| vituperative | marked by harshly abusive, condemnation |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
Created by:
526038946
Popular SAT sets