Quizlet SAT Vocabulary

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  1. abstruse: difficult to understand, recondite, concealed
  2. aesthetic: relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
  3. affable: friendly, courteous, amiable
  4. aloof: apart, indifferent
  5. altruistic: unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others, generous
  6. ambivalent: having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action
  7. angular: lean; sharp cornered; gaunt
  8. antithesis: a direct opposite, a contrast
  9. archaic: antiquated, old, out of use
  10. arrogant: overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
  11. ascend: to move upward, to rise from a lower station
  12. assuage: to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm
  13. audacity: excessive boldness, rashness, daring
  14. austere: strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic
  15. autonomous: independent, self-contained
  16. aversion: strong disinclination, disliking
  17. banal: common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
  18. belie: to contradict, to give a false impression
  19. benign: not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
  20. capricious: changing suddenly, fickle
  21. contentious: quarrelsome, stirring controversy
  22. contrite: extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
  23. credulous: believing on slight evidence, gullible
  24. daunt: to intimidate, to dismay
  25. dawdle: to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner
  26. debililate: to weaken, to enfeeble
  27. defamation: act of harming or ruining another's reputation
  28. depravity: moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
  29. deprecate: to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
  30. didactic: instructive, designed to teach
  31. discern: to differentiate between two or more things
  32. discord: lack of agreement, tension, strife
  33. disdain: intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy
  34. disparage: to degrade; to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner
  35. disparity: inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree
  36. dissemination: the act of spreading widely; scattering
  37. dogmatic: strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
  38. dormant: inactive, sleeping
  39. duplicity: double-healing, hypocrisy
  40. egocentric: self-centered, selfish
  41. embellish: to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation
  42. engender: to cause, to produce, to create
  43. enigmatic: mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
  44. erudite: scholarly
  45. esoteric: understood only by a small group or a select few
  46. euphemism: substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
  47. exacerbate: to aggravate, to irritate, to vex
  48. exotic: foreign, unfamiliar
  49. extol: to praise, to glorify
  50. fastidious: reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme
  51. furtive: secret in an underhand way, stealthy
  52. fuse: to mix or to join
  53. gluttonous: greedy for food and drink
  54. gregarious: sociable and outgoing
  55. hypocrite: one who is insincere or deceitful
  56. immutable: unchanging
  57. incorrigible: incapable of being reformed or improved
  58. innate: existing from birth, inborn
  59. innocuous: harmless, producing no injury
  60. insipid: boring and stupid
  61. lament: to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
  62. laud: to praise, to extol
  63. lethargic: sluggish, languid
  64. loathe: to detest
  65. melancholy: depression of spirits
  66. mitigate: to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe
  67. mundane: ordinary, commonplace
  68. nullify: to cause not to be in effect, to negate
  69. obscure: difficult to see, vague
  70. ominous: threatening
  71. opaque: not allowing the passage of light; not transparent; hard to understand
  72. ostentatious: showy, pretentious
  73. pacifistic: opposed to war or to use of force
  74. petulance: unreasonable touchiness or irritability
  75. pompous: exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic
  76. precocious: exceptionally early in development or occurrence
  77. pretentious: making an extravagant outward show, self-important
  78. prodigal: wastefulm a person given to extravagance
  79. prolific: abundantly fruitful, marked by great productivity
  80. prologue: introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work; introductory action
  81. recant: to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke
  82. reprove: to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent
  83. repudiate: to reject, to disown, to disavow
  84. reticence: restraint in speech, reluctance to speak
  85. revere: to honor, to regard with respect
  86. serene: calm, placid
  87. servile: overly submissive
  88. slothful: lazy, indolent
  89. subtle: delicate, elusive, not obvious
  90. superflous: beyond what is needed or required, an overflow
  91. symmetry: balanced proportions
  92. taciturn: quiet, not verbose
  93. tranquil: peaceful, calm
  94. trepidation: fear, trembling, agitation
  95. trivia: insignificant matters
  96. venerate: to honor, to revere
  97. verbose: wordy, very talkative
  98. villify: to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against
  99. virulent: extremely poisonous; hateful
  100. volatile: quickly changeable, easily vaporized