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SAT Vocabulary
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abolish | doing away with; putting an end to |
| Abridge | Shorten; condense |
| Abstemious | Not self indulgent, temperate, moderate |
| Accent | Specific pronunciation of a language |
| Accented | Emphasized |
| Accolade | Honor, award, approval |
| Acquiesce | To agree; to consent |
| Affirmation | Assertion of something that is true |
| Amass | To gather for oneself |
| Ambivalence | Uncertainty; Fluctuation;Simultaneous Feeling Of Conflicting Thoughts |
| Ambulatory | Not stationary; Pertaining to Walking |
| Ameliorate | To improve; make better |
| Amity | Friendship; Harmony |
| Antediluvian | Very old; old fashioned; out of date |
| Atrophy | Degeneration; Decline; Decrease |
| Bane | A person or thing that ruins or spoils |
| Blunder | A dumb mistake |
| Blandishment | Affection; kindness; tending to win the heart |
| Bungle | To do awkwardly or clumsily |
| Burgeon | To grow or develop quickly; flourish |
| Acrimonious | Angry; Bitter |
| Capitulate | To surrender |
| Canard | False derogatory story |
| Capricious | Erratic; Led by whim or impulse |
| Clemency | To show mercy or compassion |
| Coalesce | To unite into one body |
| Coherent | Harmonious; Large connected |
| Choleric | Irritable; easily angered |
| Confide | To impart secrets trustfully |
| Confound | To perplex, amaze, confusion or disorder |
| Congeal | solidify, satisfy as a whole |
| Converge | approach, focus, come together |
| Copious | large amount |
| Corrugated | wrinkled, |
| Circuitous | circular, indirect |
| Convivial | friendly, agreeable, festive |
| Corroborate | to confirm |
| Corrupt | Guilty of dishonesty |
| Cursory | Going rapidly over something |
| Daunt | Intimidate |
| Debilitate | To weaken |
| Deplete | To decrease |
| Discrepancy | Difference, inconsistency, disagreement |
| Disparity | Lack of similarity, inequality |
| Disputatious | Argumentative |
| Distention | To expand, stretch out or extend |
| Droll | Amusing in an odd way, humorous |
| Duress | Constraint, forcible restraint |
| Efface | To wipe out, to do away with |
| Effervescent | Lively, sparkling |
| Enhance | To better |
| Enigmatic | Perplexing, mysterious |
| Ephemeral | Lasting a very short time, short-lived |
| Equanimity | mental calmness |
| Euphonious | pleasant in sound |
| Enervate | Deprive of strength, weaken |
| Evanescent | Vanishing, fading away |
| Expeditious | Quick |
| Expendable | Not worth keeping |
| Ethereal | Light, heavenly |
| Fastidious | critical, hard to please |
| Filial | due to, relating to a child, filial piety |
| Fallow | inactive, not used |
| Frenetic | uncontrolled energy |
| Flower | A state of full development |
| Fraudulent | Done through deception |
| Fruitful | producing good results |
| Gainer | Someone who gains a profit |
| Guile | Sly intelligence |