SAT Vocabulary V

Karen C. (United States of America)
From The 1000 Most Common SAT Words
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  1. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  2. accommodating
    obliging; willing to do favors
  3. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  4. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  5. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  6. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  7. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  8. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  9. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  10. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  11. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  12. artifact
    a man-made object
  13. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  14. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
  15. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  16. assail
    attack someone physically or emotionally
  17. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  18. blemish
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
  19. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  20. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  21. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  22. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  23. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  24. callous
    emotionally hardened
  25. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  26. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  27. canvas
    a heavy, closely woven fabric
  28. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  29. captivate
    attract; cause to be enamored
  30. carouse
    celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way
  31. carp
    any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
  32. cobbler
    a person who makes or repairs shoes
  33. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  34. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  35. colossus
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  36. combustion
    a reaction of a substance with oxygen to give heat and light
  37. commendation
    an official award given as formal public statement
  38. connive
    form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
  39. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  40. consign
    give over to another for care or safekeeping
  41. consonant
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
  42. constituent
    one of the individual parts making up a composite entity
  43. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  44. consumption
    the act of using something up
  45. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  46. confusion
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
  47. credulity
    tendency to believe readily
  48. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  49. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  50. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  51. cumulative
    increasing by successive addition
  52. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  53. curt
    brief and to the point
  54. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  55. daunting
    discouraging through fear
  56. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  57. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  58. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  59. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  60. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  61. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  62. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  63. disaffected
    discontented as toward authority
  64. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  65. disclose
    expose to view as by removing a cover
  66. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  67. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  68. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
  69. disgruntled
    in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  70. disheartened
    made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  71. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  72. efficacious
    giving the power to produce an intended result
  73. effulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
  74. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  75. elated
    exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
  76. eloquent
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  77. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  78. evince
    give expression to
  79. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  80. exculpate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  81. excursion
    a journey taken for pleasure
  82. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  83. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  84. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  85. forestall
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  86. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  87. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  88. forum
    a public facility to meet for open discussion
  89. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  90. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  91. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  92. frugal
    avoiding waste
  93. goad
    stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  94. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  95. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
  96. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  97. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  98. illicit
    contrary to accepted morality or convention
  99. immutable
    not subject or susceptible to change or variation
  100. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  101. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  102. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  103. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  104. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  105. incisive
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  106. inclination
    the act of bending forward
  107. incorrigible
    impervious to correction by punishment
  108. increment
    the amount by which something increases
  109. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  110. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  111. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  112. irreverence
    a mental attitude showing lack of due respect
  113. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  114. laceration
    the act of tearing irregularly
  115. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  116. larceny
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  117. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  118. lurid
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  119. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  120. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  121. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  122. mandate
    a formal statement of a command to do something
  123. manifold
    many and varied; having many features or forms
  124. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  125. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  126. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  127. obsolete
    no longer in use
  128. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  129. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  130. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  131. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  132. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  133. perfidious
    tending to betray
  134. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  135. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  136. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  137. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  138. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  139. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  140. potable
    suitable for drinking
  141. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  142. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  143. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  144. prepossessing
    creating a favorable impression
  145. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  146. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  147. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  148. protean
    taking on different forms
  149. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  150. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
  151. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  152. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  153. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  154. reciprocate
    act, feel, or give mutually or in return
  155. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  156. refract
    subject to change in direction of a propagating wave
  157. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  158. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  159. reprehensible
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  160. reservoir
    lake used to store water for community use
  161. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
  162. resolve
    find a solution or answer
  163. respite
    a pause from doing something
  164. resplendent
    having great beauty
  165. retract
    formally reject or disavow
  166. rhapsodize
    say with great enthusiasm
  167. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  168. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  169. speculative
    not based on fact or investigation
  170. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  171. strenuous
    taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Created on Sun Jul 14 11:47:51 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Jul 14 20:58:07 EDT 2013)

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