SAT Vocabulary II

Karen C. (United States of America)
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  3. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  4. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  5. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  6. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  7. acclaim
    enthusiastic approval
  8. accord
    concurrence of opinion
  9. accretion
    an increase by natural growth or addition
  10. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  11. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  12. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  13. aerial
    existing, living, growing, or operating in the air
  14. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  15. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  16. agriculture
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  17. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  18. allege
    report or maintain
  19. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  20. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  21. amenity
    something that provides value, pleasure, or convenience
  22. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  23. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  24. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  25. annex
    attach to
  26. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
  27. antediluvian
    of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
  28. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
  29. antithesis
    exact opposite
  30. appalling
    causing shock, dismay, or horror
  31. apprehend
    anticipate with dread or anxiety
  32. aquatic
    operating or living or growing in water
  33. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  34. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  35. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  36. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  37. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  38. audible
    heard or perceptible by the ear
  39. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  40. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  41. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  42. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  43. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  44. blandish
    praise somewhat dishonestly
  45. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  46. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  47. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  48. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  49. calibrate
    make fine adjustments for optimal measuring
  50. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  51. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  52. cavort
    play boisterously
  53. cerebral
    of or relating to the brain
  54. cherish
    be fond of
  55. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  56. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  57. circumvent
    surround so as to force to give up
  58. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  59. clergy
    the entire class of religious officials
  60. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  61. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  62. collateral
    accompanying; following as a consequence
  63. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  64. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  65. compelling
    capable of arousing and holding the attention
  66. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
  67. comprehensive
    including all or everything
  68. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  69. concise
    expressing much in few words
  70. condolence
    an expression of sympathy with another's grief
  71. confidant
    someone to whom private matters are told
  72. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  73. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  74. constrain
    hold back
  75. contemporaneous
    occurring in the same period of time
  76. contravene
    go against, as of rules and laws
  77. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  78. copious
    large in number or quantity
  79. corpulence
    the property of excessive fatness
  80. counteract
    act in opposition to
  81. covert
    secret or hidden
  82. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  83. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
  84. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  85. debauch
    a wild gathering
  86. deface
    mar or spoil the appearance of
  87. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  88. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  89. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  90. demean
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  91. denounce
    speak out against
  92. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  93. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  94. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  95. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  96. dilatory
    wasting time
  97. disavow
    refuse to acknowledge
  98. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  99. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  100. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  101. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  102. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  103. dissuade
    turn away from by persuasion
  104. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  105. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  106. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  107. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  108. ecstatic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  109. effervescent
    giving off bubbles
  110. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  111. elucidate
    make clear and comprehensible
  112. embezzle
    appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
  113. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  114. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  115. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  116. engender
    call forth
  117. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  118. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  119. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  120. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  121. exasperate
    make furious
  122. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  123. exorbitant
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  124. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  125. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  126. exult
    feel extreme happiness or elation
  127. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  128. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
  129. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
  130. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  131. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  132. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
  133. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  134. grandiloquence
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
  135. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  136. hallowed
    worthy of religious veneration
  137. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
  138. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  139. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  140. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  141. impinge
    infringe upon
  142. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
  143. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
  144. inarticulate
    without or deprived of the use of speech or words
  145. indolent
    disinclined to work or exertion
  146. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  147. infamy
    a state of extreme dishonor
  148. ingenuous
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  149. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  150. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  151. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  152. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  153. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  154. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  155. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  156. kudos
    an expression of approval and commendation
  157. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  158. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  159. libertarian
    an advocate of freedom of thought and speech
  160. linchpin
    a central cohesive source of support and stability
  161. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  162. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  163. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  164. modulate
    fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  165. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  166. nomadic
    relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work
  167. nondescript
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  168. nuance
    a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  169. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  170. oration
    an instance of formal speaking
  171. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  172. pacific
    disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
  173. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  174. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  175. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  176. perplex
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  177. perusal
    the act of examining or reading carefully
  178. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  179. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  180. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  181. presage
    a foreboding about what is about to happen
  182. proscribe
    command against
  183. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  184. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  185. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  186. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  187. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  188. regurgitate
    pour or rush back
  189. remedial
    tending or intended to rectify or improve
  190. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  191. restitution
    the act of restoring something to its original state
  192. revoke
    cancel officially
  193. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  194. seminal
    influential and providing a basis for later development
  195. servile
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  196. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  197. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  198. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  199. surrogate
    someone or something that takes the place of another
  200. transient
    lasting a very short time
  201. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  202. trepidation
    a feeling of alarm or dread
  203. truncate
    make shorter as if by cutting off
  204. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  205. veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
  206. vilify
    spread negative information about
Created on Tue Jun 04 00:09:51 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Jul 14 21:04:09 EDT 2013)

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