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SAT Words 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abase (v) | to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.) |
| abate (v) | to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.) |
| aberration (n) | something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.) |
| abet (v) | to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.) |
| abject (adj) | wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.) |
| abjure (v) | to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.) |
| abnegation (n) | denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.) |
| abrogate (v) | to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.) |
| abscond (v) | to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the night with the secret plans.) |
| absolution (n) | freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the jury gave Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.) |
| abstruse (adj) | hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.) |
| accede (v) | to agree (When the class asked the teacher whether they could play baseball instead of learn grammar they expected him to refuse, but instead he acceded to their request.) |
| acclaim (n) | high praise (Greg’s excellent poem won the acclaim of his friends.) |
| accolade (n) | high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to Sam after he won the Noble Prize.) |
| accord (n) | an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.) |
| accretion (n) | slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.) |
| acerbic (adj) | biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.) |
| acquiesce (v) | to agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.) |
| acrimony (n) | bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.) |
| acumen (n) | keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.) |
| acute (adj) | (adj.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was so acute.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so acute, Libby instantly figured out how the magician pulled off his “magic.”) |
| adept (adj) | extremely skilled (Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree like a monkey.) |
| admonish (v) | to caution, criticize, reprove (Joe’s mother admonished him not to ruin his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.) |
| adroit (adj) | skillful, dexterous (The adroit thief could pick someone’s pocket without attracting notice.) |
| adulation (n) | extreme praise (Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did not believe it deserved the adulation it received.) |
| adumbrate (v) | to sketch out in a vague way (The coach adumbrated a game plan, but none of the players knew precisely what to do.) |
| adverse (adj) | antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous (Because of adverse conditions, the hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.) |
| affable (adj) | friendly, amiable (People like to be around George because he is so affable and good-natured.) |
| affluent (adj) | rich, wealthy (Mrs. Grebelski was affluent, owning a huge house, three cars, and an island near Maine.) |
| affront (n) | an insult (Bernardo was very touchy, and took any slight as an affront to his honor.) |
| aggrandize (v) | to increase or make greater (Joseph always dropped the names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature.) |
| aggregate (n) | a whole or total (The three branches of the U.S. Government form an aggregate much more powerful than its individual parts.) 2. (v.) to gather into a mass (The dictator tried to aggregate as many people into his army as he possibly could.) |
| aggrieved (adj) | distressed, wronged, injured (The foreman mercilessly overworked his aggrieved employees.) |
| agnostic (adj) | believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven (Joey’s parents are very religious, but he is agnostic.) |
| alacrity (n) | eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.) |
| allay (v) | to soothe, ease (The chairman of the Federal Reserve gave a speech to try to allay investors’ fears about an economic downturn.) |
| ambiguous (adj) | uncertain, variably interpretable (Some people think Caesar married Cleopatra for her power, others believe he was charmed by her beauty. His actual reasons are ambiguous.) |
| ambivalent (adj) | having opposing feelings (My feelings about Calvin are ambivalent because on one hand he is a loyal friend, but on the other, he is a cruel and vicious thief.) |
| ameliorate (v) | to improve (The tense situation was ameliorated when Sam proposed a solution everyone could agree upon.) |
| amenable (adj) | willing, compliant (Our father was amenable when we asked him to drive us to the farm so we could go apple picking.) |
| amenity (n) | an item that increases comfort (Bill Gates’s house is stocked with so many amenities, he never has to do anything for himself.) |
| anachronistic (adj) | being out of correct chronological order (In this book you’re writing, you say that the Pyramids were built after the Titanic sank, which is anachronistic.) |
| analgesic (n) | something that reduces pain (Put this analgesic on the wound so that the poor man at least feels a little better.) |
| analogous (adj) | similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn (Though they are unrelated genetically, the bone structure of whales and fish is quite analogous.) |
| anarchist (n) | one who wants to eliminate all government (An anarchist, Carmine wanted to dissolve every government everywhere.) |
| anathema (n) | a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.) |
| annul (v) | to make void or invalid (After seeing its unforeseen and catastrophic effects, Congress sought to annul the law.) |
| antagonism (n) | hostility (Superman and Bizarro Superman shared a mutual antagonism, and often fought.) |
| antecedent (n) | something that came before (The great tradition of Western culture had its antecedent in the culture of Ancient Greece.) |
| antediluvian (adj) | ancient (The antediluvian man still believed that Eisenhower was president of the United States and that hot dogs cost a nickel.) |
| anthology (n) | a selected collection of writings, songs, etc. (The new anthology of Bob Dylan songs contains all his greatest hits and a few songs that you might never have heard before.) |
| antipathy (n) | a strong dislike, repugnance (I know you love me, but because you are a liar and a thief, I feel nothing but antipathy for you.) |
| antiquated (adj) | old, out of date (That antiquated car has none of the features, like power windows and steering, that make modern cars so great.) |
| antithesis (n) | the absolute opposite (Your values, which hold war and violence in the highest esteem, are the antithesis of my pacifist beliefs.) |
| apathetic (adj) | lacking concern, emotion (Uninterested in politics, Bruno was apathetic about whether he lived under a capitalist or communist regime.) |
| apocryphal (adj) | fictitious, false, wrong (Because I am standing before you, it seems obvious that the stories circulating about my demise were apocryphal.) |
| appraise (v) | to assess the worth or value of (A realtor will come over tonight to appraise our house.) |
| approbation (n) | praise (The crowd welcomed the heroes with approbation.) |
| arable (adj) | suitable for growing crops (The farmer purchased a plot of arable land on which he will grow corn and sprouts.) |
| arbiter (n) | one who can resolve a dispute, make a decision (The divorce court judge will serve as the arbiter between the estranged husband and wife.) |
| arbitration (n) | the process or act of resolving a dispute (The employee sought official arbitration when he could not resolve a disagreement with his supervisor.) |
| arboreal (adj) | of or relating to trees (Leaves, roots, and bark are a few arboreal traits.) |
| arcane (adj) | obscure, secret, known only by a few (The professor is an expert in arcane Lithuanian literature.) |
| archaic (adj) | of or relating to an earlier period in time, outdated (In a few select regions of Western Mongolian, an archaic Chinese dialect is still spoken.) |
| archetypal (adj) | the most representative or typical example of something (Some believe George Washington, with his flowing white hair and commanding stature, was the archetypal politician.) |
| ador (n) | extreme vigor, energy, enthusiasm (The soldiers conveyed their ardor with impassioned battle cries.) |
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