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101 Key SAT Words
Mrs. Jackson's official list of all 101 words.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | to hate, loathe, or detest |
| Censure | to condemn in a stern fashion |
| Chastise | to scold or criticize severely |
| Coerce | to force someone against his or her will, either by means of physical force or through some kind of threat |
| Efface | to erase or wear away |
| Inundate | to flood or overwhelm |
| Patronize | to talk down to or treat in a condescending way |
| Repudiate | to reject, disown, or disclaim |
| Vacillate | to move back and forth between two opinions or choices; to be unable to make a decision |
| Acquiesce | to give in, or agree, peaceable in a reluctant way |
| Ameliorate | to make something better; to improve a bad situation |
| Eminent | distinguished; highly respected and well-known |
| Esteem | the high opinion in which someone is held |
| Facilitate | to make easier; to smooth the way |
| Magnanimous | generous; big-hearted and noble |
| Prolific | producing a great deal; fertile, productive, fruitful |
| Scrupulous | thorough or ethical |
| Serene | calm, peaceful |
| Ambiguous | unclear, vague; having several different possible interpretations |
| Amorphous | without form, shape, or definition; sometimes also without character |
| Arbitrary | according to choice or impulse; without a rational reason |
| Austere | stern, plain, severe, self-denying; without luxuries |
| Banal | boring, ordinary, dull |
| Capricious | unpredictable, unsteady; changing on a whim |
| Chronic | long-standing, frequent; constantly recurring |
| Dubious | doubtful, questionable |
| Egregious | outstanding in a bad way; noticeably bad or foolish |
| Novel | new, original |
| Reticent | quiet, restrained; reluctant to speak |
| Wanton | reckless and unrestrained |
| Anachronism | something that is out of place in time |
| Anomaly | something that doesn’t fit in with the norm or within a particular group |
| Criteria | standards used to make a judgment |
| Exacerbate | to make a problem or condition worse |
| Expedient | practical, done to gain advantage |
| Intrepid | brave; daring |
| Juxtapose | to place two things side by side, usually in order to compare them |
| Negligence | neglect; carelessness |
| Propensity | strong natural tendency, preference |
| Proponent | advocate; to argue in favor of or for something |
| Quixotic | overly idealistic; romantic and impractical |
| Brevity | briefness |
| Circumscribe | to restrict or limit |
| Circumspect | cautious |
| Coherent | arranged logically, fitting together well; clear |
| Explicit | said clearly or fully, without question |
| Imminent | about to take place; happening soon |
| Immutable | unchangeable; used to describe something that cannot be changed |
| Miniscule | tiny, very small |
| Scrutinize | to look at very closely; to study carefully |
| Cacophony | a loud, harsh noise made up of sounds that don’t blend very well |
| Chicanery | trickery, deceit |
| Decadence | moral decay or decline |
| Euphemism | a pleasant or neutral word or expression used instead of an unpleasant, offensive, or obscene word or expression |
| Evade | to escape or avoid |
| Impunity | exemption; the ability to do something without punishment |
| Nonchalant | casual, unconcerned |
| Pessimistic | feeling gloomy or negative |
| Temerity | recklessness, foolish boldness |
| Trepidation | fear, anxiety |
| Demagogue | a leader who tells people what they want to hear and plays on people’s prejudices |
| Harangue | long, lecturing speech |
| Hyperbole | wild exaggeration |
| Infamy | evil reputation |
| Insidious | dangerous, slow, and subtle in its effect |
| Jargon | specialized language |
| Malign | to say evil, harmful things about someone |
| Rhetoric | speech that is persuasive but often insincere or meaningless in content |
| Sanction | authorize, endorse, approve, allow |
| Supercilious | above it all; having a sense of superiority |
| Virulent | infectious, dangerous |
| Zealous | enthusiastic and dedicated, sometimes overly so |
| Hiatus | break, interruption |
| Hierarchy | a series arranged by rank, sometimes used to refer to the group of people in authority at the top of the ranking |
| Mundane | ordinary, everyday |
| Obscure | vague, mysterious; not prominent or well-known |
| Pandemic | spread throughout a population |
| Paradigm | model |
| Plethora | surplus; overabundance |
| Quandary | puzzling situation, often one in which there seems to be something wrong with every solution; state of uncertainty |
| Ubiquitous | found everywhere |
| Vicarious | felt or experienced secondhand |
| Frugal | careful with resources; unwilling or unable to spend money |
| Garrulous | talkative |
| Impetuous | impulsive, acting without thinking |
| Impudent | rude in a bold, daring way, often to one’s superiors or elders |
| Inane | silly, senseless |
| Laconic | expressing as much as possible in as few words as possible |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Misanthrope | someone who hates or distrusts everybody |
| Querulous | complaining, whining |
| Eclectic | being carefully chosen from many different sources |
| Enigma | mystery; a riddle whose answer is hard to figure out or may not actually exist |
| Ephemeral | fleeting; here one moment and gone the next |
| Erratic | unpredictable; differing from what is expected |
| Extricate | to get free of an entanglement or a difficult situation |
| Inexorable | relentless, inflexible; showing no mercy |
| Partial | biased; favoring one side over another |
| Recalcitrant | tough to control; defiant of authority |
| Superfluous | extra, unnecessary |
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Mrs.Jackson
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