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SAT Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Abolish | doing away with; putting an end to |
Abridge | Shorten; condense |
Abstemious | Not self indulgent, temperate, moderate |
Accent | Specific pronunciation of a language |
Accented | Emphasized |
Accolade | Honor, award, approval |
Acquiesce | To agree; to consent |
Affirmation | Assertion of something that is true |
Amass | To gather for oneself |
Ambivalence | Uncertainty; Fluctuation;Simultaneous Feeling Of Conflicting Thoughts |
Ambulatory | Not stationary; Pertaining to Walking |
Ameliorate | To improve; make better |
Amity | Friendship; Harmony |
Antediluvian | Very old; old fashioned; out of date |
Atrophy | Degeneration; Decline; Decrease |
Bane | A person or thing that ruins or spoils |
Blunder | A dumb mistake |
Blandishment | Affection; kindness; tending to win the heart |
Bungle | To do awkwardly or clumsily |
Burgeon | To grow or develop quickly; flourish |
Acrimonious | Angry; Bitter |
Capitulate | To surrender |
Canard | False derogatory story |
Capricious | Erratic; Led by whim or impulse |
Clemency | To show mercy or compassion |
Coalesce | To unite into one body |
Coherent | Harmonious; Large connected |
Choleric | Irritable; easily angered |
Confide | To impart secrets trustfully |
Confound | To perplex, amaze, confusion or disorder |
Congeal | solidify, satisfy as a whole |
Converge | approach, focus, come together |
Copious | large amount |
Corrugated | wrinkled, |
Circuitous | circular, indirect |
Convivial | friendly, agreeable, festive |
Corroborate | to confirm |
Corrupt | Guilty of dishonesty |
Cursory | Going rapidly over something |
Daunt | Intimidate |
Debilitate | To weaken |
Deplete | To decrease |
Discrepancy | Difference, inconsistency, disagreement |
Disparity | Lack of similarity, inequality |
Disputatious | Argumentative |
Distention | To expand, stretch out or extend |
Droll | Amusing in an odd way, humorous |
Duress | Constraint, forcible restraint |
Efface | To wipe out, to do away with |
Effervescent | Lively, sparkling |
Enhance | To better |
Enigmatic | Perplexing, mysterious |
Ephemeral | Lasting a very short time, short-lived |
Equanimity | mental calmness |
Euphonious | pleasant in sound |
Enervate | Deprive of strength, weaken |
Evanescent | Vanishing, fading away |
Expeditious | Quick |
Expendable | Not worth keeping |
Ethereal | Light, heavenly |
Fastidious | critical, hard to please |
Filial | due to, relating to a child, filial piety |
Fallow | inactive, not used |
Frenetic | uncontrolled energy |
Flower | A state of full development |
Fraudulent | Done through deception |
Fruitful | producing good results |
Gainer | Someone who gains a profit |
Guile | Sly intelligence |