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My SAT Vocab
SAT Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| candid | completely honest, straighfoward |
| 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 cohesion or connection |
| insinuate | to introduce or communicate stealthily (hint) |
| lucid | easily understood; clear |
| rhetoric | the art of using language effectiveley and persuasively (politicians) |
| acumen | quickness, accuracy, and keeness of judgment or insight |
| adroit | dexterous; deft |
| 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 application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding |
| pedantic | excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
| perspicacious | shrewd; clear-sighted |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precocious | exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity (genius) |
| prospectus | formal proposal |
| rudimentary | basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| callous | emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
| convoluted | intricate; 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 (esoteric) |
| assimilate | to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
| autonomy | independence; self-determination |
| cosmopolitan | worldly; widely sophisticated |
| derivative | something that comes 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; faux pas |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
| insular | isolated; narrow or provincial |
| orthodox | adhereing to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
| potentate | monarch; one who has the power and position to rule over others |
| castigate | to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
| censure | to issue official blame |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| reclusive | seeking or preferring isolation or seclusion |
| 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 |
| concilatory | appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
| credible | capable of being believed; plausible |
| exonerate | to free from blame |
| incontrovertible | indisputable; not open to question |
| indict | to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
| litigious | prone to engage in lawsuits |
| partisan | devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
| parity | equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity) |
| rectitude | moral uprightness; righteousness |
| remiss | lax in attending to duty; negligent |
| repudiate | to reject the validity or authority of |
| sanctimonious | feigning piety or righteousness |
| scrupulous | principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting |
| solicitous | concerned |
| sophistry | plausible but misleading or fallacious argument |
| substantiate | to support with proof or evidence; verify |
| veracity | adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
| vindicate | to free from blame |
| cajole | to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
| chicanery | trickery |
| obsequious | fawning and servile |
| sycophant | insincere, obsequious flatterer |
| altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
| eminent | distinguished, prominent |
| empathetic | identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
| extol | to praise highly |
| laudatory | full of praise |
| magnanimous | courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
| philantrophic | humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity |
| reciprocate | to mutually take or give; to respond in kind |
| defunct | no longer existing or functioning |
| eradicate | abolish; to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable content before publication or release |
| extirpate | to destroy |
| quell | suppress; to put down forcibly |
| raze | to level to the ground; demolish |
| squelch | squash; to crush as if by trampling |
| supplant | to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics |
| stymie | to thwart or stump |
| abase | to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem |
| deride | to mock contemptuously |
| derogatory | insulting or intended to insult |
| disparage | to speak of negatively; to belittle |
| effrontery | brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
| ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
| impugn | to attack as false or questionable |
| mar | to damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
| pejorative | disparaging, belittling, insulting |
| vex | to annoy or bother; to perplex |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge; revengeful, spiteful |
| bombastic | given to pompous speech or writing |
| ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
| exorbitant | exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness |
| exuberant | full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy |
| embellish | to ornament or decorate; to exaggerate |
| flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable (flagrant foul) |
| gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unnecessary |
| lavish | extravagant |
| lugubrious | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
| opulent | displaying great wealth |
| ornate | elaborately decorated |
| penchant | a strong inclination or liking |
| redundant | needlessly repetitive |
| ubiquitous | being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| vicarious | felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another (beer guy) |
| vignette | a short scene or story |
| amalgam | a combination of diverse elements; a mixture |
| inundate | to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp (in) |
| multifarious | diverse; various |
| multiplicity | state of being various or manifold; a great number |
| alleviate | to ease a pain or burden |
| ameliorate | improve; to make something better |
| beneficial | producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful |
| curative | able to heal or cure |
| palliative | relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure |
| therapeutic | having or exhibiting healing powers |
| complement | something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection |
| epitome | a representative or example of a type |
| felicitous | apt; admirably suited |
| belie | to misrepresent |
| debunk | to expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims |
| dubious | doubtful |
| duplicitous | deliberately deceptive |
| fabricate | to make up in order to deceive |
| fallacy | a false notion |
| mendacious | lying; untruthful |
| specious | having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| ambivalent | uncertain; simultaneously feeling opposing feelings |
| apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| equivocal | open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead (antonym: unequivocal) |
| erratic | markedly inconsistent |
| impetuous | impulsive and passionate; suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional |
| impetus | an impelling force or stimulus |
| sporadic | occuring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time |
| vacillate | to sway from one side to the other; oscillate |
| whimsical | characterized by whim; unpredictable |
| flag | to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop |
| jaded | worn out; wearied |
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