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Hot Words SAT
Hot Words for the SAT book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brevity | Quiet |
| concise | Quiet |
| laconic | Quiet |
| pithy | Quiet |
| quiescent | Quiet |
| reticent | Quiet |
| succinct | Quiet |
| taciturn | Quiet |
| terse | Quiet |
| bombastic | speaking |
| Circumlocution | speaking |
| colloquial | speaking |
| diffuse | speaking |
| digress | speaking |
| eloquence | speaking |
| garrulous | speaking |
| grandiloquent | speaking |
| loquacious | speaking |
| prattle | speaking |
| ramble | speaking |
| rant | speaking |
| rhetorical | speaking |
| verbose | speaking |
| voluble | speaking |
| arrogant | superior |
| braggart | superior |
| complacent | superior |
| disdainful | superior |
| egotistical | superior |
| haughty | superior |
| insolent | superior |
| narcissistic | superior |
| ostentatious | superior |
| presumptuous | superior |
| supercilious | superior |
| swagger | superior |
| banal | dull |
| cliche | dull |
| derivative | dull |
| hackneyed | dull |
| insipid | dull |
| lackluster | dull |
| mundane | dull |
| platitude | dull |
| prosaic | dull |
| trite | dull |
| vapid | dull |
| allay | lessening pain |
| alleviate | lessening pain |
| ameliorate | lessening pain |
| appease | lessening pain |
| assuage | lessening pain |
| conciliate | lessening pain |
| mediate | lessening pain |
| mitigate | lessening pain |
| mollify | lessening pain |
| pacify | lessening pain |
| placate | lessening pain |
| quell | lessening pain |
| affable | friendly |
| amiable | friendly |
| congenial | friendly |
| convivial | friendly |
| cordial | friendly |
| gregarious | friendly |
| jocular | friendly |
| levity | friendly |
| animosity | fighting |
| antagonism | fighting |
| bellicose | fighting |
| cantankerous | fighting |
| captious | fighting |
| contentious | fighting |
| disputatious | fighting |
| polemical | fighting |
| predator | fighting |
| pugnacious | fighting |
| altruistic | Generosity |
| benevolent | Generosity |
| largess | Generosity |
| lavish | Generosity |
| magnanimous | Generosity |
| munificent | Generosity |
| philanthropic | Generosity |
| philanthropist | Generosity |
| prodigal | Generosity |
| squander | Generosity |
| avaricious | Cheapness |
| frugal | Cheapness |
| mercenary | Cheapness |
| miserly | Cheapness |
| parsimonious | Cheapness |
| penurious | Cheapness |
| thrifty | Cheapness |
| conflagration | Problems |
| confounding | Problems |
| cryptic | Problems |
| debacle | Problems |
| enigma | Problems |
| labyrinth | Problems |
| precarious | Problems |
| quagmire | Problems |
| quandary | Problems |
| turbulence | Problems |
| turmoil | Problems |
| deleterious | Harmful |
| detrimental | Harmful |
| devious | Harmful |
| iniquitous | Harmful |
| malicious | Harmful |
| nefarious | Harmful |
| odious | Harmful |
| ominous | Harmful |
| pernicious | Harmful |
| rancorous | Harmful |
| virulent | Harmful |
| berate | Criticizing |
| carp | Criticizing |
| castigate | Criticizing |
| censure | Criticizing |
| chastise | Criticizing |
| deprecate | Criticizing |
| deride | Criticizing |
| impugn | Criticizing |
| rebuff | Criticizing |
| rebuke | Criticizing |
| reprove | Criticizing |
| upbraid | Criticizing |
| aloof | Lacking Interest |
| apathetic | Lacking Interest |
| detached | Lacking Interest |
| impassive | Lacking Interest |
| indifferent | Lacking Interest |
| listless | Lacking Interest |
| nonchalant | Lacking Interest |
| phlegmatic | Lacking Interest |
| remote | Lacking Interest |
| stolid | Lacking Interest |
| indolent | Lacking Energy |
| languor | Lacking Energy |
| lassitude | Lacking Energy |
| lethargic | Lacking Energy |
| sedentary | Lacking Energy |
| sluggish | Lacking Energy |
| soporific | Lacking Energy |
| stagnant | Lacking Energy |
| torpid | Lacking Energy |
| compliant | Humility & Obedience |
| fawning | Humility & Obedience |
| obsequious | Humility & Obedience |
| servile | Humility & Obedience |
| slavish | Humility & Obedience |
| submissive | Humility & Obedience |
| subordinate | Humility & Obedience |
| subservient | Humility & Obedience |
| sycophant | Humility & Obedience |
| toady | Humility & Obedience |
| ardent | Enthusiasm |
| avid | Enthusiasm |
| ebullient | Enthusiasm |
| effervescent | Enthusiasm |
| exuberant | Enthusiasm |
| fanatical | Enthusiasm |
| fervent | Enthusiasm |
| impassioned | Enthusiasm |
| vibrant | Enthusiasm |
| zealous | Enthusiasm |
| adamant | Being Stubborn |
| dogmatic | Being Stubborn |
| hidebound | Being Stubborn |
| intractable | Being Stubborn |
| obdurate | Being Stubborn |
| obstinate | Being Stubborn |
| recalcitrant | Being Stubborn |
| resolve | Being Stubborn |
| unwavering | Being Stubborn |
| unyielding | Being Stubborn |
| willful | Being Stubborn |
| cacophony | Sound |
| clamor | Sound |
| din | Sound |
| discordant | Sound |
| euphony | Sound |
| mellifluous | Sound |
| raucous | Sound |
| strident | Sound |
| vociferous | Sound |
| accolade | Praise |
| adulate | Praise |
| esteem | Praise |
| eulogize | Praise |
| exalt | Praise |
| extol | Praise |
| laud | Praise |
| panegyrize | Praise |
| revere | Praise |
| venerate | Praise |
| acclaim | Praise |
| ample | More than enough |
| copious | More than enough |
| lavish | More than enough |
| myriad | More than enough |
| plethora | More than enough |
| profuse | More than enough |
| prolific | More than enough |
| superfluous | More than enough |
| surfeit | More than enough |
| abstemious | Food |
| alimentary | Food |
| culinary | Food |
| delectable | Food |
| emaciated | Food |
| epicurean | Food |
| glutton | Food |
| Palatable | Food |
| ravenous | Food |
| savory | Food |
| voracious | Food |
| circumspect | Being Careful |
| conscientious | Being Careful |
| exacting | Being Careful |
| gingerly | Being Careful |
| heedful | Being Careful |
| meticulous | Being Careful |
| scrupulous | Being Careful |
| vigilant | Being Careful |
| wary | Being Careful |
| ephemeral | Short-Lived |
| evanescent | Short-Lived |
| fleeting | Short-Lived |
| itinerant | Short-Lived |
| nomadic | Short-Lived |
| peripatetic | Short-Lived |
| transient | Short-Lived |
| transitory | Short-Lived |
| volatile | Short-Lived |
| antediluvian | Old or new |
| antiquated | Old or new |
| antiquity | Old or new |
| archaic | Old or new |
| obsolete | Old or new |
| relic | Old or new |
| contemporary | Old or new |
| inception | Old or new |
| innovation | Old or new |
| novel | Old or new |
| unprecedented | Old or new |
| covert | sneaky |
| furtive | sneaky |
| inconspicuous | sneaky |
| sly | sneaky |
| stealthy | sneaky |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| unobtrusive | sneaky |
| advocate | People You Will Meet |
| artisan | People You Will Meet |
| ascetic | People You Will Meet |
| charlatan | People You Will Meet |
| hedonist | People You Will Meet |
| orator | People You Will Meet |
| pariah | People You Will Meet |
| raconteur | People You Will Meet |
| skeptic | People You Will Meet |
| virtuoso | People You Will Meet |
| extraneous | Things of Little Importance |
| frivolous | Things of Little Importance |
| incidental | Things of Little Importance |
| inconsequential | Things of Little Importance |
| irrelevant | Things of Little Importance |
| negligible | Things of Little Importance |
| peripheral | Things of Little Importance |
| petty | Things of Little Importance |
| superficial | Things of Little Importance |
| trifling | Things of Little Importance |
| trivial | Things of Little Importance |