Kaplan's 100 Most Common SAT Words

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Kaplan has analyzed the top 100 SAT vocabulary words of all time.

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  1. abbreviate
    shorten
  2. abstinence
    the trait of refraining from something, especially alcohol
  3. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  4. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  5. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  6. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  7. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  8. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  9. anonymous
    having no known name or identity or known source
  10. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  11. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  12. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  13. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  14. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  15. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  16. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  17. circuitous
    deviating from a straight course
  18. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  19. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  20. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  21. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  22. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  23. conditional
    imposing or depending on or containing an assumption
  24. conformist
    someone who follows established standards of conduct
  25. congregation
    the act of assembling
  26. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  27. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  28. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  29. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  30. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  31. discredit
    the state of being held in low esteem
  32. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  33. divergent
    tending to move apart in different directions
  34. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  35. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  36. enervating
    causing weakness or debilitation
  37. enhance
    increase
  38. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  39. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  40. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  41. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  42. extenuating
    partially excusing or justifying
  43. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  44. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  45. frugal
    avoiding waste
  46. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  47. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  48. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  49. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  50. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  51. impute
    attribute or credit to
  52. incompatible
    not in harmonious or agreeable combination
  53. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  54. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  55. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
  56. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  57. intuitive
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
  58. jubilation
    a feeling of extreme joy
  59. lobbyist
    someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
  60. longevity
    the property of having lived for a considerable time
  61. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  62. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  63. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  64. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  65. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  66. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  67. parched
    extremely thirsty
  68. perfidious
    tending to betray
  69. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  70. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  71. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  72. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  73. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  74. provocative
    serving or tending to excite or stimulate
  75. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  76. querulous
    habitually complaining
  77. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  78. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  79. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  80. renovation
    the act of improving by renewing and restoring
  81. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  82. restrained
    under control
  83. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  84. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  85. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  86. spontaneity
    the quality of coming from feelings without constraint
  87. spurious
    plausible but false
  88. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  89. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  90. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  91. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  92. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  93. suppress
    put down by force or authority
  94. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  95. tactful
    having a sense of what is considerate in dealing with others
  96. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  97. transient
    lasting a very short time
  98. venerable
    profoundly honored
  99. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  100. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
Created on Sun Jan 27 23:02:00 EST 2013 (updated Mon Jan 28 13:55:08 EST 2013)

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