SAT Words from Word Smart II Part 4
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*Why use this one? There are many other sets like this out there but none of them contain all the information given in the Princeton Review Word Smart II. These words are used very commonly in the SAT, GRE, and other standardized tests. It seems that there are already full Word Smart sets out there, (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 captivate | v. to fascinate; to enchant; to enrapture |
| carcinogenic | adj. causing cancer (carcinogen is an agent that causes cancer). |
| cardinal | adj. most important; chief |
| careen | v. to swerve; to move rapidly without control; to lean to one side |
| cartography | n. the art of making maps and charts (n. cartographer: a person who makes maps and charts) |
| cascade | n. a waterfall; anything resembling a waterfall (can also be a verb) |
| cataclysm | n. a violent upheaval; an earthquake; a horrible flood (adj. is cataclysmic) |
| caucus | n. a meeting of the members of a political party or political faction; a political group whose members have common interests or goals (can also be verb) |
| cavalier | adj. arrogant; haughty; carefree; causal |
| cavil | v. to quibble; to raise trivial objections (can also be a noun) |
| chaff | n. worthless stuff |
| chameleon | n. a highly changeable person (like chameleon, the lizard that changes color to match surroundings and camouflage) |
| champion | v. to defend; to support |
| channel | v. to direct; to cause to follow a certain path |
| chaste | adj. pure and unadorned; abstaining from sex |
| cherub | n. a supercute chubby-cheeked child; a kind of an angel (adj. is cherubic) |
| chortle | v. to chuckle with glee (can also be a noun) |
| churl | n. a rude person; a boor (adj is churlish) |
| chutzpah | n. brazenness; audacity |
| cipher | n. a zero; a nobody; a code; the solution to a code (v. decipher to decode a message; v. encipher: to put into code) |
| circumnavigate | v. to sail or travel all the way around (can be used figuratively) |
| citadel | n. a fortress defending a city; a stronghold; a bulwark |
| clandestine | adj. concealed or secret, usually for evil or subversive purpose |
| classic | adj. top-notch; of the highest quality; serving as a standard or model ( can also be noun; Classical refers to Greece and Rome) |
| cleave | v. to cling; to split (has opposite definitions) |
| climatic | adj. having to do with climate (don't get confused with climactic, which means having to do with climax) |
| cloister | n. a covered walk, with columns on one side, that runs along the perimeters of a courtyard, especially in a convent or monastery; a convent or monastery; a tranquil, secluded place (verb form: to cloister someone is to put them into seclusion) |
| clone | n. an exact duplicate; an organism genetically identical to another (can also be a verb) |
| clout | n. a blow; influence |
| cloy | v. to cause to feel too full, especially when indulging something overly sweet; to become wearisome through excess |
| coddle | v. to baby |
| cogitate | v. to ponder; to meditate; to think carefully about (noun is cogitation) |
| cohort | n. a group |
| commemorate | v. to honor the memory of; to serve as memorial to (commemoration is noun) |
| commiserate | v. to express sorrow or sympathy for; to sympathize with; to pity (noun is commiseration) |
| commodious | adj. spacious; roomy; capacious (notice that some words with prefix "com" and "con" mean "with" somebody or something, though not this one and a few others) |
| compatible | adj. harmonious; capable of functioning, working, or living together in harmony; consistent (opposite is incompatible; noun is compatibility) |
| competent | adj. capable; qualified (opposite is incompetent; noun is competence) |
| compile | v. to gather together; to gather together into a book (noun is compilation) |
| comply | v. to act or be in accordance (add with after; noun is compliance) |
| composed | adj. calm; tranquil (noun is composure) |
| compromise | n. a settlement of differences in which each sides gives up something ( can also be a verb or it can mean to abandon or give up) |
| compunction | n. remorse; a feeling of uneasiness at doing something wrong |
| concave | adj. curved inward, like the inside of a circle or sphere (not convex) |
| concede | v. to acknowledge as true or right; to grant or yield (noun is concession) |
| concentric | adj. having the same center |
| concert | n. combined action; agreement (adj. is concerted) |
| concoct | v. to create by mixing ingredients; to devise (noun is concoction) |
| concomitant | adj. following from; accompanying; going along with |
| confederate | n. an ally; an accomplice (like Confederacy; confederate is also verb) |
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