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SAT Words-All
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aberrant | deviating from what is normal or expected |
| Abscond | to leave secretly |
| Abstain | to choose not to do something |
| Abyss | an extremely deep hole |
| Adulterate | to make impure |
| Advocate | to speak in favor of |
| Aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty |
| Aggrandize | to increase in power, influence and reputation. |
| Alacrity | speed or quickness |
| Alleviate | to make more bearable |
| Amalgamate | to combine, to mix together |
| Ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain, can be interpreted several ways |
| Ameliorate | to make better; to improve |
| Anachronism | something out of place in time |
| Analogous | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
| Anomaly | deviation from what is normal |
| Antagonize | to annoy or provoke to anger |
| Antipathy | extreme dislike |
| Apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| Approbation | approval and praise |
| Arbitrary | determined by chance or impulse |
| Arbitrate | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
| Archaic | ancient, old-fashioned |
| Ardor | intense and passionate feeling |
| Articulate | able to speak clearly and expressively |
| Assuage | to make something unpleasant less severe |
| Audacious | fearless and daring |
| Austere | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
| Banal | predictable, cliched, boring |
| Bolster | support, prop up |
| Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner |
| Burgeon | to grow and flourish |
| Burnish | to polish |
| Cacophony | harsh, jarring noise |
| Candid | impartial and honest in speech |
| Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often |
| Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |
| Catalyst | something that brings about a change in something else |
| Caustic | biting in wit |
| Chaos | great disorder or confused situation |
| Chauvinist | someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to |
| Chicanery | deception by means of craft or guile |
| Circumspect | cautious, aware of potential consequences |
| Coalesce | to grow together to form a single whole |
| Cogent | convincing and well-reasoned |
| Condone | to overlook, pardon or disregard |
| Connoisseur | a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes |
| Convoluted | intricate and complicated |
| Corroborate | to make more certain; confirm |
| Credulous | too trusting; gullible |
| Crescendo | steadily increasing in volume or force |
| Decorum | appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
| Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock |
| Desiccate | to dry out thoroughly |
| Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech |
| Diffident | lacking self-confidence |
| Dilate | to make larger, expand |
| Dilatory | intended to delay |
| Dilettante | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
| Dirge | a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
| Disabuse | to set right, free from error |
| Discern | to perceive or recognize |
| Disparate | fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
| Dissemble | to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character |
| Dissonance | a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds |
| Dogma | a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief |
| Dogmatic | dictatorial in one's opinion |
| Dupe | to deceive or a person who is easily deceived |
| Eclectic | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
| Efficacy | effectiveness |
| Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech |
| Eloquent | persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
| Embellish | to add ornamental or fictitious details |
| Emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel |
| Engender | to produce, cause, or bring about |
| Enigma | a puzzle, a mystery |
| Enumerate | to count, list, itemize |
| Equivocate | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
| Erratic | wandering and unpredictable |
| Erudite | learned, scholarly, bookish |
| Esoteric | known or understood only by a few |
| Estimable | admirable |
| Eulogy | speech in praise of someone |
| Euphemism | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
| Exacerbate | to make worse |
| Exculpate | to clear from blame, prove innocent |
| Exigent | urgent; requiring immediate action |
| Exonerate | to clear of blame |
| Explicit | clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
| Fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
| Fawn | to grovel |
| Fervid | intensely emotional, feverish |
| Florid | excessively decorated or embellished |
| Foment | to arouse or incite |
| Fortuitous | happening by chance, fortunate |
| Frugality | tending to be thrifty or cheap |
| Garrulous | tending to talk a lot |
| Gregarious | outgoing, sociable |
| Guile | deceit, trickery |
| Gullible | easily deceived |
| Homogenous | of a smiliar kind |
| Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions |
| Imperturbable | not capable of being disturbed |
| Impervious | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
| Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
| Inchoate | not fully formed, disorganized |
| Inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
| Intransigent | uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled |
| Inundate | to overwhelm, to cover with water |
| Irascible | easily made angry |
| Laconic | using few words |
| Lament | to express sorrow, to grieve |
| Lassitude | state of diminished energy |
| Latent | potential that is not readily apparent |
| Laud | to give praise, to glorify |
| Lavish | extremely generous or extravagant; to give unsparingly |
| Lethargic | acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Lucid | clear and easily understood |
| Luminous | bright, brilliant, glowing |
| Malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| Malleable | capable of being shaped |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol |
| Meticulous | extremely careful about details |
| Misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |
| Mitigate | to soften, to lessen |
| Mollify | to calm or make less severe |
| Monotony | no variation, tediously the same |
| Naïve | lacking sophistication or experience |
| Obstinate | stubborn, unyielding |
| Obviate | to prevent; to make unnecessary |
| Occlude | to stop up, prevent the passage of |
| Onerous | troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
| Opaque | impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light |
| Opprobrium | public disgrace |
| Ostentation | excessive showiness |
| Paradox | a contradiction or dilemma |
| Paragon | model of excellence or perfection |
| Pedant | someone who shows off learning |
| Perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent |
| Permeate | to penetrate |
| Pervade | to be present throughout, to permeate |
| Philanthropy | charity, a desire or effort to promote goodness |
| Phlegmatic | calm and unemotional in temperament |
| Placate | to soothe or pacify |
| Plastic | able to be molded, altered or bent |
| Plethora | excess |
| Pragmatic | practical as opposed to idealistic |
| Precipitate | to throw violently or bring about abru[ptly; lacking deliberation |
| Pristine | fresh and clean, uncorrupted |
| Proclivity | a natural inclination or predisposition |
| Prodigal | lavish, wasteful |
| Proliferate | to increase in number quickly |
| Propriety | acting in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs |
| Prudence | wisdom, caution or restraint |
| Pungent | sharp and irritating to the senses |
| Quiescent | motionless |
| Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser |
| Repudiate | to reject the validity of |
| Reticent | silent, reserved |
| Rhetoric | effective writing or speaking |
| Satiate | to satisfy fully or overindulge |
| Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy |
| Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
| Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity |
| Sublime | lofty or grand |
| Tacit | done without using words |
| Taciturn | silent, not talkative |
| Tirade | long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
| Torpor | extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| Transitory | temporary, lasting a brief time |
| Vacillate | to physically sway or to be indecisivew |
| Venerate | to respect deeply |
| Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy |
| Verbose | wordy |
| Vex | to annoy |
| Viscous | thick and adhesive, like a slow flowing fluid |
| Volatile | easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
| Waver | to fluctuate between choices |
| Whimsical | lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
| Zeal | passion, excitement |
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