SAT 2400 Word List

Karen C. (United States of America)
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  1. aesthete
    one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art
  2. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  3. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
  4. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  5. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  6. arable
    capable of being farmed productively
  7. arboreal
    of or relating to or formed by trees
  8. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  9. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  10. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  11. austerity
    excessive sternness
  12. avant-garde
    radically new or original
  13. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  14. bequest
    a gift of personal property by will
  15. breadth
    the extent of something from side to side
  16. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  17. bungle
    make a mess of, destroy, or ruin
  18. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  19. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  20. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  21. cerebral
    of or relating to the brain
  22. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  23. circumscribed
    subject to restrictions or constraints
  24. cloying
    overly sweet
  25. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  26. conjecture
    believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  27. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  28. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  29. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  30. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  31. debased
    mixed with impurities
  32. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  33. denuded
    without the natural or usual covering
  34. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  35. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  36. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  37. dilatory
    wasting time
  38. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  39. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  40. discomfited
    people who are defeated
  41. discretionary
    having the ability to act according to your own judgment
  42. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  43. disposed
    (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
  44. divine
    a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  45. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  46. effigy
    a representation of a person
  47. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  48. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  49. emollient
    a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin
  50. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  51. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  52. enfranchise
    grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
  53. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
  54. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  55. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  56. extant
    still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
  57. fabrication
    the act of making a product from raw materials
  58. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  59. felicitous
    exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  60. feral
    wild and menacing
  61. flotilla
    a fleet of small craft
  62. flotsam
    the floating wreckage of a ship
  63. galvanize
    stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
  64. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  65. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  66. grovel
    show submission or fear
  67. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  68. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  69. hermetic
    completely sealed or airtight
  70. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  71. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  72. inanimate
    not endowed with life
  73. incantation
    a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect
  74. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  75. incisive
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  76. incumbent
    necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  77. indelible
    not able to be forgotten, removed, or erased
  78. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  79. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  80. inflammatory
    inciting action or rebellion
  81. insular
    relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  82. intemperate
    excessive in behavior
  83. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  84. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  85. jaded
    exhausted
  86. jingoism
    fanatical patriotism
  87. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  88. juxtapose
    place side by side
  89. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  90. legion
    a large military unit
  91. leviathan
    the largest or most massive thing of its kind
  92. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  93. mawkishness
    insincere pathos
  94. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
  95. mendacity
    the tendency to be untruthful
  96. milieu
    the environmental condition
  97. multifarious
    having many aspects
  98. munificence
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  99. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  100. naivete
    lack of sophistication or worldliness
  101. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  102. nondescript
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  103. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  104. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  105. obliged
    having a moral duty to do something
  106. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  107. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  108. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  109. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  110. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  111. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  112. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  113. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  114. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  115. pedagogic
    of or relating to pedagogy
  116. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  117. perfidious
    tending to betray
  118. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  119. plaudits
    enthusiastic approval
  120. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  121. pragmatist
    an adherent of a theory of observable practical consequences
  122. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  123. precipitate
    bring about abruptly
  124. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  125. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  126. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  127. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  128. promulgate
    state or announce
  129. prose
    ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  130. prototype
    a standard or typical example
  131. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  132. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  133. qualm
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  134. quibble
    evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections
  135. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  136. raiment
    especially fine or decorative clothing
  137. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  138. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  139. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  140. reprehensible
    bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  141. rescind
    cancel officially
  142. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
  143. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  144. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
  145. sanction
    official permission or approval
  146. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  147. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  148. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  149. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  150. specious
    plausible but false
  151. steadfastness
    steadfast resolution
  152. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  153. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
  154. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
  155. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  156. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  157. synergistic
    working together for an enhanced effect
  158. table
    furniture having a smooth flat top supported by legs
  159. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  160. temerity
    fearless daring
  161. temper
    a characteristic state of feeling
  162. threadbare
    thin and tattered with age
  163. treachery
    an act of deliberate betrayal
  164. treacle
    a syrup made of sugar cane
  165. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  166. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  167. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  168. unheralded
    without warning or announcement
  169. unintelligible
    not clearly understood or expressed
  170. untenable
    incapable of being defended or justified
  171. upstart
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  172. utopian
    pertaining to or resembling an ideally perfect state
  173. vaunt
    show off
  174. venial
    warranting only temporal punishment
  175. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  176. verisimilitude
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  177. vestigial
    not fully developed in mature animals
  178. victuals
    a source of food or nourishment
  179. vignette
    a brief literary description
  180. virile
    characteristic of a man
  181. visceral
    relating to or affecting the internal organs
  182. vitiate
    make imperfect
  183. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  184. vocation
    the particular occupation for which you are trained
  185. watershed
    a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
  186. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  187. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  188. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  189. windfall
    a sudden happening that brings good fortune
  190. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  191. witticism
    a message whose ingenuity has the power to evoke laughter
  192. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  193. zephyr
    a slight wind
Created on Mon Jul 29 01:29:40 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Mar 20 21:40:45 EDT 2014)

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