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SAT/AP Vocabulary
Learn a college level vocabulary right here!
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vindicate | To Justify |
| Extirpate | To destroy |
| Enervate | Laze, lacking energy |
| Debauch | To corrupt |
| Ameliorate | To improve |
| Delineate | To describe |
| Collate | Put together in proper order |
| Facile | Easy |
| Digress | Stray from main topic |
| Disconcert | To disturb |
| Disseminate | Spread widely |
| Disparity | Difference |
| Egregious | Outrageous |
| Felicity | Great happiness |
| Ostracize | To expel from a group |
| Avarice | Greedy |
| Adage | Old saying; proverb |
| Abscond | Flee; leave secretly |
| Obviate | To prevent |
| Malign | Slander |
| Volition | Act of determination |
| Meretricious | Tawdry |
| Duplicity | Deception |
| Dilatory | To procrastinate; put off |
| Dudgeon | A fit or state of indignation |
| Furtive | Stealthy |
| Intransigent | Adament; not capable of being swayed |
| Exacerbate | To render violent or bitter |
| Cogent | Able to be compelled |
| Prolix | Unnecessarilly long |
| Mollify | To appease |
| Unmitigated | Not lessened; absolute |
| Sordid | Vile, dirty, diplorable |
| Strident | Harsh sounding, bitter, upbraiding |
| Specious | Misleading |
| Crepuscular | Relating to or of twilight |
| Despondent | Beyond help from a depressed state |
| Allay | To calm, sooth, relieve |
| Abeyance | Suspension from something |
| Inexorable | Unyielding, refusing to quit |
| Ignonomous | Shameful, regretful |
| Indolent | Lazy |
| Torpid | Dull, sluggish, lethargic |
| Contumely | Rudeness compounded by haughtiness or contempt |
| Recondite | Ambiguous, incomprehensible to ordinary meaning |
| Sagacious | Keen perception and sound judgement |
| Castigate | To punish |
| Blithe | Carefree |
| Caprice | Impulsive change of mind, unpredictable |
| Calumny | Slander, false accusation |
| Cognizant | Aware, mindful, especially of personal experience |
| Brusque | Abrubt in manner, spontaneous, caprice |
| Obdurate | Hard-hearted, stubborn, persistent, not persuasive, adament |
| Equanimity | Calm, relaxed |
| Ensconce | To conceal, to place secretly |
| Ebullient | Agitated, boiling, angry |
| Fugacious | Only lasting for a short time, temporal |
| Fatuous | Foolish; weak; silly; stupid |
| Abase | To lower in value, to degrade |
| Semantics | Change in the signification of word meanings, especially to obtain a desired effect |
| Taciturn | Quiet, not desiring to speak |
| Torrid | Parched, scorched, dry |
| Lassitude | Lethargic, enervated, lack of energy |
| Incongruous | Lacking in harmony, disagreeing |
| Pithy | Terse, devoid of superfluity, very brusque, very short |
| Parsimony | Very thrift, stinginess |
| Propensity | Tendency to do something |
| Effervescent | Vivacious, |
| Pragmatic | Practical |
| Phlegmatic | Sluggish, lethargic, lacking energy |
| Contigent | Possible but no certain, condition dependent |
| Loquacious | Very verbose, talkative, wordy |
| Obtuse | Stupid, lacking in intellect |
| Subservient | Humble, modest, |
| Propituous | Favorable, likable |
| Foment | To nurse to life or activity, to encourage, to strengthen |
| Supercilious | Arrogant, haughty, egotistical |
| Niggardly | Stingy, |
| Lucid | Clear, capable of being understood |
| Waspish | Bad tempered, easily angered |
| Dolorous | Causing misery, or grief |
| Edity | To make better, to improve; to instruct, dogmatic |
| Vociferous | A loud outcry |
| Perspicacious | Keen judgement, aware |
| Superflurous | More than needed |
| Impalable | Vague, unclear, ambiguous |
| Languid | Lacking in spirit or energy, lethargic |
| Postiche | Artificial, fabricated |
| Lambast | To insult, to scorn |
| Abject | Of low condition or quality |
| Ambulent | Moving from one place to another |
| Abet | To support or encourage a crime or misdeed |
| Pernicious | Harmful, corrupting, malice, spiteful |
| Recalcitrant | Stubborn, refusing to obey authority |
| Repudiate | To disown, cut off, relinquish |
| Boon | A benefit or gain |
| Laconic | Concise, said in a few words |
| Jocose | Joking, humour, facietious |
| Sedentary | Inactive, immobile, just there |
| Surfeit | Copious, superflurous, more than needed |
| Acumen | Shrewd |
| Truncate | To cut short, abridge, cut off, terminate, extirpate |
| Scurribus | Abusive, causing harm, pernicious |
| Collate | To put together in a proper order |
| Abate | To lessen, diminish |
| Abstruce | Hard to understand |
| Animadversion | Harsh criticism or disapproval |
| Reticent | Reserved, quiet, taciturn |
| Convoke | To group together |
| Prate | Talking too much with no meaning |
| Predilection | To prefer |
| Abet | To aid, encourage, support |
| Cajole | To coax or ease |
| Accrue | To accumulate, to obtain more |
| Iniquitous | Unjust, unfair, not vindicitave or justified |
| Menial | Very low in value |
| Obsequious | Overly submissive |
| Flout | Treat with contempt, hate, spite |
| Puerile | Lack of immaturity, precocious |
| Moribund | Dying, ill fated |
| Neophyte | Beginner, amateur, newbie |
| Odious | Hateful, disgusting, grotesque, flout |
| Inveigle | To entice, coax, ease |
| Intrinsic | Essential |
| Insipid | Dull, lackluster, boring |
| Insidious | Treacherous, hazardous |
| Stilted | Pompous, arrogant, haughty, supercilious |
| Temerity | Foolish boldness, stupid intrepidation |
| Intrepid | Bravery, courage |
| Tantamount | Equivalent, equal to |
| Lethargic | Hidden, dormant |
| Jocund | High spirited, light hearted, happy |
| Abhor | To immensley hate, despise, detest |
| Bombast | Overly wordy |
| Nebulous | Unclear, ambiguous |
| Transitory | Temporal, lasting for a short time |
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