SAT Vocabulary Building List

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SAT Vocabulary Building List
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Week 18

1. premonition (n.) - a presentiment of the future
2. preponderance (n.) - a great amount or frequency
3. prudent (adj.) - cautious, careful
4. scurrilous (adj.) - crude, vulgar
5. scathing (adj.) - hurtful, critical
6. telepathic (adj.) - capable of reading minds
7. celestial (adj.) - relating to the sky or the
   heavens
8. carouse (v.) - to revel, to party
9. bourgeois (adj.) - middle class
10. defunct (adj.) - no longer used or existing

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Week 17

1. abscond (v.) - to sneak away and hide
2. abrogate (v.) - to abolish, often by authority
3. collusion (n.) - a conspiracy, a secret agreement
4. colossus (n.) - an enormous structure
5. compel (v.) - to force
6. dictate (v.) - to pronounce, command, prescribe
7. diminish (v.) - to decrease or make smaller
8. exemplary (adj.) - serving as an example
9. existential (adj.) - relating to existence
10. histrionic (adj.) - excessively dramatic or
    emotional

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Week 16

1. arbitrator (n.) - one who settles controversy
   between two sides
2. apocalypse (n.) - total devastation, the end of
   the world
3. anomaly (n.) - something that does not fit into
   the normal order
4. amiable (adj.) - friendly, affable
5. ameliorate (v.) - to improve, to make better
6. buffet (v.) - to hit or strike
7. buffet (n.) - a spread of food involving choices
8. cacophony (n.) - noise, discordant sound
9. circumspect (adj.) - cautious
10. clairvoyant (adj.) - able to see things that
    others cannot

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Week 15

1. entity (n.) - something that exists as a discrete
   unit
2. dynamic (adj.) - characterized by continuous
   change or activity
3. douse (v.) - to drench, saturate
4. diminutive (adj.) - miniature, small
5. diligent (adj.) - careful, showing care
6. destitute (adj.) - impoverished
7. fallacious (adj.) - incorrect, misleading
8. familial (adj.) - relating to family
9. fatuous (adj.) - silly, foolish
10. feral (adj.) - savage, wild, untamed

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Week 14

1. impervious (adj.) - unable to be penetrated,
   unaffected
2. insatiable (adj.) impossible to satisfy.
3. gluttonous (adj.) - insatiable in appetite
4. flabbergasted (adj.) - astounded, stupefied
5. forsake (v.) - to abandon, forget
6. ingenious (adj.) - marked by special intelligence
7. infuse (v.) - to inject
8. inclination (n.) - a tendency, propensity
9. indictment (n.) - accusation of wrongdoing
10. indignation (n.) - anger due to an unfair
    situation

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Week 13

1. accommodating (adj.) - obliging, helpful
2. accost (v.) - to approach or confront
   aggressively
3. camaraderie (n.) - cheerful unity among a group
4. capricious (adj.) - impulsive, unpredictable,
   subject to whim
5. chastise (v.) - to criticize, to scold
6. discrete (adj.) - separate, distinct, individual
7. derelict (adj.) - run-down, abandoned
8. envious (adj.) jealous
9. armistice (n.) - warring parties agree to stop
   fighting
10. aweigh (v.) to heave, hoist or raise just above
    the sea.

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Week 12

1. abide (v.) - to put up with, tolerate
2. accentuate (v.) - to emphasize, to highlight
3. vivacious (adj.) - lively, spirited, full of life
4. tranquil (adj.) - calm, serene, peaceful
5. truculent (adj.) - eager to fight, violent
6. tenuous (adj.) - having little substance or
   strength very strained
7. terse (adj.) - abrupt, short, brief
8. subsist (v.) - to live, exist
9. stagnate (v.) - to be idle, to be still
10. innocuous (adj.) - harmless

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Week 11

1. discreet (adj.) - prudent or inconspicuous
2. differentiate (v.) - to distinguish, to make
   different
3. espouse (v.) - to support, or to marry
4. extravagant (adj.) - excessive, over-the-top
5. fickle (adj.) - characterized by changeableness,
   whimsical, not serious
6. figurative (adj.) - symbolic
7. flout (v.) - to scorn, ignore, show contempt for
8. gregarious (adj.) - sociable, outgoing
9. harmony (n.) - agreement, often of sound
10. guile (n.) - deceitful actions or behavior

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Week 10

1. aberration (n.) - a deviation from the expected
   course
2. abhor (v.) - to hate, loathe
3. cliché (n.) - a trite, overused expression
4. cogent (adj.) - intelligent, viable
5. deleterious (adj.) harmful
6. delude (v.) - to deceive, to mislead
7. impudent (adj.) - rude, improper
8. incessant (adj.) - without interruption
9. pervasive (adj.) - to spread throughout
10. parody (n.) - a satirical imitation

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Week 9a

1. abase (v.) - to lower, demean, degrade
2. aloof (adj.) - reserved, distant
3. allay (v.) - to sooth, assuage
4. cajole (v.) - to urge, coax
5. brazen (adj.) - excessively bold, brash
6. bloated (adj.) - swollen, bigger than desired
7. boisterous (adj.) - loud, energetic
8. divergent (adj.) - different, deviating, contrary
9. diverse (adj.) - varied
10. domicile (n.) - a residence, a home

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Week 9

1. laceration (n.) - a cut, a rip
2. libel (n.) - a statement that gives an unjust or
   unfavorable representation of a person or thing
3. malaise (n.) - vague feeling of discomfort
4. mendacious (adj.) - inclined to lie or mislead
5. mimic (v.) - to imitate, to copy
6. pedagogue (n.) - a schoolteacher
7. penchant (n.) - a tendency, partiality,
   preference
8. permeate (v.) - to spread out, to pervade
9. persevere (v.) - to persist, remain constant
10. peruse (v.) - to examine carefully

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Week 8

1. audacious (adj.) - excessively bold
2. benevolent (adj.) - kind, good, caring
3. brash (adj.) - hasty or lacking in sensitivity
4. erroneous (adj.) - mistaken, incorrect
5. exacerbate (v.) - to make more violent, intense
6. fortitude (n.) - strength, bravery
7. loquacious (adj.) - talkative
8. meager (adj.) - lacking in quality stature
9. oration (n.) - a dignified and formal speech
10. pariah (n.) - an outcast

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Week 7

1. acute (adj.) - sharp, severe
2. affable (adj.) - friendly, amiable
3. captivate (v.) - to hold the interest of, to gain
   the attention of
4. complicit (adj.) - being an accomplice in a
   wrongful act
5. defame (v.) - to destroy the reputation of
6. disparage (v.) - to criticize, degrade, belittle
7. feign (v.) - to fake or pretend to
8. fortify (v.) - to strengthen
9. lethargic (adj.) - sluggish, weary, apathetic
10. mediate (v.) - to intervene, to arbitrate, to
    sort out

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Week 6

1. harrowing (adj.) - agonizing, distressing, scary
2. fluctuate (v.) - to vary irregularly
3. forage (v.) - to rummage, scavenge, graze for
4. hierarchy (n.) - a ranking system of groups or
   individuals
5. inclement (adj.) - stormy, bad, severe
6. judicious (adj.) - of sound judgment
7. malaise (n.) - vague feeling of discomfort
8. mendacious (adj.) - inclined to lie or mislead
9. myopic (adj.) - short-sighted
10. myriad (adj.) - consisting of a very great number

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Week 5

1. abate (v.) - to lessen, to reduce in severity
2. alleviate (v.) - to relieve
3. austere (adj.) - very bare, bleak, simple
4. berate (v.) - to scold severely
5. benign (adj.) - non-threatening, innocuous
6. desolate (adj.) - deserted, lifeless
7. despondent (adj.) - discouraged, hopeless,
   depressed
8. divisive (adj.) - causing conflict, opposition
9. euphoric (adj.) - elated, overjoyed
10. illusory (adj.) - deceptive, produced by an
    illusion

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Week 4

1. abbreviate (v.) - to shorten, reduce
2. abduct (v.) - to kidnap
3. compliment (n.) - an expression of esteem or
   approval
4. concede (v.) - to give in, to accept
5. foster (v.) - to stimulate, promote, encourage
6. frenetic (adj.) - frenzied, hectic, frantic
7. malevolent (adj.) - having intent to harm others
8. malign (v.) - to slander, to smear, to libel, to
   defame, to speak evil of
9. raze (v.) - to demolish
10. recalcitrant (adj.) defiant, refusing to give
    in.

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Week 3

1. predestination (n.) - the concept of destiny or
   fate
2. quaint (adj.) - old-fashioned
3. radiant (adj.) - bright, beaming
4. savor (v.) - to appreciate fully, enjoy
5. strife (n.) conflict
6. torrid (adj.) - giving off intense heat,
   passionate
7. uniform (adj.) - unvarying, conforming to one
   principle
8. vast (adj.) - enormous, immense
9. voluminous (adj.) - large, ample
10. wane (v.) - to decrease gradually in size or
    degree

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Week 2

1. fabricate (v.) - to invent, make-up, concoct
2. goad (v.) - to urge, to provoke into action
3. hiatus (n.) - an interruption in continuity, a
   break
4. immaculate (adj.) - impeccably clean, spotless,
   pure
5. juvenile (adj.) - young or immature
6. lavish (adj.) - extravagant
7. magnanimous (adj.) - generous, noble
8. nefarious (adj.) - horribly villainous
9. odious (adj.) - meriting strong displeasure
10. pacify (v.) - to sooth, ease

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Week 1

• 1. affluent (adj.) - rich, wealthy
• 2. belligerent (adj.) - contentious, ready to
  fight
• 3. callous (adj.) - harsh, cold, unfeeling
• 4. daunting (adj.) - intimidating
• 5. empathy (n.) - the experience of anothers
  feelings as ones own
• 6. exacerbate (v.) - to make more violent,
  intense to make worse
• 7. fortitude (n.) - strength, bravery
• 8. hapless (adj.) - unlucky
• 9. incessant (adj.) - without interruption
• 10. jubilant (adj.) - joyful, happy