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Top 100 SAT words

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shorten, abridge
abbreviate
act of refraining from
abstinence
high praise
adulation
misfortune
adversity
pertaining to beauty
aesthetic
agreeable
amicable
out-of-date
anachronistic
short account of event
anecdote
nameless
anonymous
opponent
antagonist
extremely dry
arid
hard-working
assiduous
sanctuary
asylum
friendly, helpful
benevolent
trust among friends
camaraderie
to criticize harshly
censure
indirect, roundabout
circuitous
able to see the future
clairvoyant
to work together
collaborate
sympathy, mercy
compassion
to settle differences
compromise
patronizing
condescending
provisional, contingent
conditional
follower of customs
conformist
crowd of people
congregation
joining of parts
convergence
harmful
deleterious
rabble-rousing leader
demagogue
straying from main point
digression
hard-working
diligent
dishonor, disgrace
discredit
to regard with scorn
disdain
variant, moving apart
divergent
sharing of feelings
empathy
follow an example
emulate
tiring, weakening
enervating
improve, augment
enhance
momentary, fleeting
ephemeral
short-lived, as an image
evanescent
irritation, frustration
exasperation
outstanding
exemplary
guilt diminishing
extenuating
flushed, ornate
florid
lucky
fortuitous
thrifty
frugal
overused, cliched
hackneyed
arrogant, condescending
haughty
pleasure seeker
hedonist
theory requiring proof
hypothesis
rash, impulsive
impetuous
to attribute to someone
impute
unable to work together
incompatible
trivial
inconsequential
unavoidable, certain
inevitable
honesty, decency
integrity
fearless, adventurous
intrepid
instinctive, untaught
intuitive
joy, exultation
jubilation
persuader of legislators
lobbyist
long life
longevity
ordinary, common
mundane
calm, casual
nonchalant
beginner
novice
wealthy
opulent
speaker
orator
displaying wealth
ostentatious
dried up
parched
disloyal
perfidious
talented beyond one's age
precocious
pompous, self-important
pretentious
to delay unnecessarily
procrastinate
run-of-the-mill
prosaic
wealth, success
prosperity
inflammatory
provocative
wise, careful, cautious
prudent
irritable
querulous
hateful
rancorous
withdrawn, hermit-like
reclusive
agreement after a quarrel
reconciliation
state of being renewed
renovation
quick to recover
resilient
controlled, restricted
restrained
profound respect
reverence
wisdom
sagacity
to observe carefully
scrutinize
impulsive action
spontaneity
phony, false
spurious
meek
submissive
to verify, confirm
substantiate
elusive, sly, ambiguous
subtle
lacking in depth
superficial
more than enough
superfluous
to end an activity
suppress
secret, stealthy
surreptitious
diplomatic, polite
tactful
persistent, resolute
tenacious
temporary, fleeting
transient
respectable due to age
venerable
to clear from blame
vindicate
watchful, alert
wary
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