Every word in this set comes from Barron's "Picture these SAT Words". The words in the book were selected from Barron's High-Frequency and Hot Prospects word list so you won't waste your time learning words that won't show up on the SAT. Thus, you will learn only the most important SAT Words-the ones you need to know to do well on the SAT.
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| 1082301455 | abstemious | eating and drinking in moderation; restricted to bare necessities | |
| 1082301456 | abstract | not concrete; theoretical | |
| 1082301457 | abstruse | difficult to understand | |
| 1082301458 | acclaim | applaud; announce with great approval | |
| 1082301459 | accolade | award of merit | |
| 1082301460 | acknowledge | to recognize; admit | |
| 1082301461 | acquiesce | agree without protesting | |
| 1082301462 | adulation | excessive flattery or admiration | |
| 1082301463 | adversary | opponent | |
| 1082301464 | adversity | hardship; misfortune | |
| 1082301465 | advocate | to argue in favor of | |
| 1082301466 | aesthetic | pertaining to art or beauty | |
| 1082301467 | affable | easily approachable; warm and friendly | |
| 1082301468 | affirmation | declaring something to be a true, positive statement | |
| 1082301469 | aggregate | total | |
| 1082301470 | alleviate | relieve | |
| 1082301471 | aloof | apart; reserved | |
| 1082301472 | altruistic | unselfishly generous; concerned for others | |
| 1082301473 | ambiguous | unclear or doubtful in meaning | |
| 1082301474 | ambivalence | having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes | |
| 1082301475 | amorphous | formless; lacking in shape or definition | |
| 1082301476 | analogous | comparable | |
| 1082301477 | anarchist | a person who seeks to overturn the established government; a person who favors abolishing authority | |
| 1082301478 | animosity | bitter hostility; active hatred | |
| 1082301479 | anomaly | irregularity | |
| 1082301480 | antagonism | actively expressed hostility | |
| 1082301481 | antediluvian | extremely old | |
| 1082301482 | antidote | medicine to counteract a poison or disease; something that relieves a harmful effect | |
| 1082301483 | antiquated | old-fashioned; obsolete | |
| 1082301484 | apathy | indifferent | |
| 1082301485 | appease | soothe; relieve | |
| 1082301486 | apprehension | fear | |
| 1082301487 | arbitrary | randomly chosen | |
| 1082301488 | archaic | ancient, out-of-date | |
| 1082301489 | ardent | very enthusiastic; passionate | |
| 1082301490 | arrogance | overbearing pride | |
| 1082301491 | articulate | able to express oneself clearly and effectively | |
| 1082301492 | artifact | object made by human beings | |
| 1082301493 | artisan | manually skilled worker; craftsman as opposed to artist | |
| 1082301494 | ascendancy | controlling influence; domination | |
| 1082301495 | ascetic | person who leads a life of self-denial | |
| 1082301496 | aspire | seek to attain; long for | |
| 1082301497 | assiduous | earnest and persistent in undertaking a task | |
| 1082301498 | assuage | ease or lessen; satisfy; soothe; alleviate | |
| 1082301499 | astute | wise; shrewd | |
| 1082301500 | attribute | explain; relate to a cause | |
| 1082301501 | audacious | daring; bold | |
| 1082301502 | austere | severe or stern; simple and unornamented | |
| 1082301503 | authoritarian | subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will | |
| 1082301504 | autonomous | self-governing | |
| 1082301505 | avarice | greediness for wealth | |
| 1082301506 | aversion | firm dislike | |
| 1082301507 | beguile | charm; deceive by trickery | |
| 1082301508 | belie | contradict; give a false impression | |
| 1082301509 | benevolent | generous; charitable | |
| 1082301510 | benign | showing gentleness; exerting a beneficial influence; harmless | |
| 1082301511 | bolster | support; reinforce | |
| 1082301512 | bombastic | using inflated language | |
| 1082301513 | braggart | boaster | |
| 1082301514 | cajole | coax | |
| 1082301515 | calculated | deliberately planned | |
| 1082301516 | candor | frankness; open honesty | |
| 1082301517 | capricious | unpredictable; fickle | |
| 1082301518 | censure | blame, criticize | |
| 1082301519 | charlatan | a quack; pretender to knowledge | |
| 1082301520 | coalesce | combine; fuse | |
| 1082301521 | colloquial | pertaining to conversational or common speech | |
| 1082301522 | compile | assemble; gather; accumulate | |
| 1082301523 | complacency | self-satisfaction; smugness | |
| 1082301524 | compliance | readiness to yield; conformity | |
| 1082301525 | composure | mental calmness | |
| 1082301526 | comprehensive | thorough; inclusive | |
| 1082301527 | concede | admit; yield | |
| 1082301528 | conciliatory | overcoming hostility or distrust | |
| 1082301529 | concise | brief and compact | |
| 1082301530 | conflagration | great fire | |
| 1082301531 | confound | confuse; puzzle | |
| 1082301532 | contend | assert earnestly | |
| 1082301533 | contentious | quarrelsome; causing quarrels | |
| 1082301534 | conviction | strongly held belief; judgement that someone is guilty of a crime | |
| 1082301535 | cordial | gracious; heartfelt | |
| 1082301536 | corrode | destroy by chemical action; deteriorate | |
| 1082301537 | criterion | standard used in judging | |
| 1082301538 | cryptic | mysterious; hidden; secret | |
| 1082301539 | culpable | deserving blame | |
| 1082301540 | cursory | done with haste and little attention to detail | |
| 1082301541 | debilitate | weaken; enfeeble | |
| 1082301542 | decorum | orderliness and good taste in manners | |
| 1082301543 | degradation | humiliation; degeneration | |
| 1082301544 | deplore | regret; disapprove of | |
| 1082301545 | depravity | extreme corruption; wickedness | |
| 1082301546 | deprecate | express disapproval of; belittle | |
| 1082301547 | deride | ridicule; make fun of | |
| 1082301548 | derivative | unoriginal; derived from another source | |
| 1082301549 | deterrent | something that discourages | |
| 1082301550 | digression | wandering away from the subject | |
| 1082301551 | diligence | steadiness of effort; persistent hard work | |
| 1082301552 | disclose | reveal | |
| 1082301553 | discount | disregard; dismiss | |
| 1082301554 | discriminating | able to see differences | |
| 1082301555 | disdain | scorn | |
| 1082301556 | disinclination | a lack of inclination; reluctance | |
| 1082301557 | dismiss | put away from consideration, reject, discount | |
| 1082301558 | disperse | scatter | |
| 1082301559 | disputatious | argumentative; fond of arguing | |
| 1082301560 | dissent | disagree | |
| 1082301561 | divergent | varying; going in different directions from the same point | |
| 1082301562 | dogmatic | arrogantly stating opinions without proof | |
| 1082301563 | duplicity | deliberate deceptiveness | |
| 1082301564 | eclectic | composed of elements drawn from diverse sources | |
| 1082301565 | egotism | excessive self-importance; conceit | |
| 1082301566 | elated | overjoyed; in high spirits | |
| 1082301567 | elegy | poem or song expressing grief | |
| 1082301568 | elusive | hard to grasp | |
| 1082301569 | embellish | adorn; ornament; add fictitious detail | |
| 1082301570 | emulate | imitate | |
| 1082301571 | endorse | approve; support | |
| 1082301572 | enmity | ill will; hatred | |
| 1082301573 | ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting | |
| 1082301574 | equivocal | unclear in meaning; intentionally misleading | |
| 1082301575 | erroneous | mistaken | |
| 1082301576 | eulogy | expression of praise, usually for funerals | |
| 1082301577 | evanescent | fleeting; vanishing (like ephemeral) | |
| 1082301578 | exalt | raise in rank or dignity; praise | |
| 1082301579 | execute | put into effect, carry out | |
| 1082301580 | exemplary | serving as a model; outstanding | |
| 1082301581 | exemplify | serve as an example of | |
| 1082301582 | exhaustive | thorough; comprehensive | |
| 1082301583 | explicit | totally clear; definite | |
| 1082301584 | extol | praise; glorify | |
| 1082301585 | extricate | free; disentangle | |
| 1082301586 | exuberance | joyful enthusiasm; overflowing abundance | |
| 1082301587 | facilitate | to help bring about; make less difficult | |
| 1082301588 | fallow | plowed but not sowed; uncultivated | |
| 1082301589 | falter | hesitate | |
| 1082301590 | fanaticism | extreme devotion to a belief or cause | |
| 1082301591 | fastidious | difficult to please; very careful | |
| 1082301592 | feasible | practical | |
| 1082301593 | flagrant | conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous | |
| 1082301594 | furtive | sneaky; secretive | |
| 1082301595 | garrulous | talkative; wordy | |
| 1082301596 | glacial | very slowly; like a glacier; extremely cold | |
| 1082301597 | glutton | someone who eats and drinks excessively | |
| 1082301598 | gregarious | sociable | |
| 1082301599 | guile | deceit; wiliness; cunning | |
| 1082301600 | gullible | easily deceived | |
| 1082301601 | hamper | obstruct; make more difficult | |
| 1082301602 | hardy | strong | |
| 1082301603 | haughtiness | pride; arrogance | |
| 1082301604 | hedonist | one who believes that please is the sole aim in life | |
| 1082301605 | heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief | |
| 1082301606 | hierarchy | arrangement by rank or standing | |
| 1082301607 | homogeneous | composed of identical parts | |
| 1082301608 | hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement | |
| 1082301609 | hypocritical | pretending to be virtuous; deceiving | |
| 1082301610 | iconoclast | attacking cherished traditions | |
| 1082301611 | ignominy | deep disgrace; shame or dishonor | |
| 1082301612 | illusory | deceptive; not real | |
| 1082301613 | immutable | unchangeable | |
| 1082301614 | impair | injure; hurt | |
| 1082301615 | impecable | faultless; having no flaws | |
| 1082301616 | implement | put into effect | |
| 1082301617 | impudence | offensive boldness | |
| 1082301618 | inadvertent | unintentional; as a result of oversight; careless (by mistake)` | |
| 1082301619 | incite | arouse to action | |
| 1082301620 | inclusive | tending to include all | |
| 1082301621 | incongruous | not fitting; absurd | |
| 1082301622 | inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant | |
| 1082301623 | incorrigible | not correctable | |
| 1082301624 | indifferent | unmoved; unconcerned by; mediocre | |
| 1082301625 | induce | persuade; bring about | |
| 1082301626 | ingenious | clever; resourceful | |
| 1082301627 | inherent | firmly established by nature or habit | |
| 1082301628 | innate | inborn | |
| 1082301629 | innocuous | harmless | |
| 1082301630 | innovation | change; introduction of something new | |
| 1082301631 | instigate | provoke; start; urge | |
| 1082301632 | insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolation | |
| 1082301633 | integrity | uprightness; wholeness | |
| 1082301634 | intimidate | frighten | |
| 1082301635 | intrepid | fearless | |
| 1082301636 | ironic | resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome | |
| 1082301637 | jocular | said or done in jest | |
| 1082301638 | lament | grieve; express sorrow | |
| 1082301639 | lavish | extravagant; wasteful | |
| 1082301640 | linger | loiter or dawdle; continue or persist | |
| 1082301641 | listless | lacking in spirit or energy | |
| 1082301642 | lofty | very high | |
| 1082301643 | meander | wind or turn in its course | |
| 1082301644 | mercenary | interested in money or gain | |
| 1082301645 | meticulous | painstaking; excessively careful | |
| 1082301646 | miserly | stingy | |
| 1082301647 | mitigate | moderate in intensity | |
| 1082301648 | morose | ill-humored; sad; gloomy | |
| 1082301649 | mosaic | picture made of colorful small inlaid tiles; something that resembles a mosaic | |
| 1082301650 | mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; concerned with the commonplace | |
| 1082301651 | munificent | very generous | |
| 1082301652 | nefarious | very wicked | |
| 1082301653 | nonchalance | indifference; lack of concern; composure | |
| 1082301654 | notoriety | ill fame (being known widely and unfavorably) | |
| 1082301655 | novelty | something new; newness | |
| 1082301656 | nurture | nourish; educate; foster | |
| 1082301657 | obliterate | destroy completely | |
| 1082301658 | oblivion | obscurity; forgetfulness | |
| 1082301659 | obscure | indistinct; not easily understood | |
| 1082301660 | obstinate | stubborn; hard to control or treat | |
| 1082301661 | ominous | threatening | |
| 1082301662 | opportunist | one who sacrifices principles to gain advantage by taking advantage of circumstances | |
| 1082301663 | opulence | extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance | |
| 1082301664 | orator | public speaker | |
| 1082301665 | ornate | excessively or elaborately decorated | |
| 1082301666 | pacifist | one opposed to force; antimilitarist | |
| 1082301667 | parody | humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff | |
| 1082301668 | partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party | |
| 1082301669 | paucity | scarcity | |
| 1082301670 | penury | severe poverty; stinginess | |
| 1082301671 | peripheral | outer; marginal | |
| 1082301672 | perpetuate | making something last; preserve from extinction | |
| 1082301673 | phenomena | observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation | |
| 1082301674 | pithy | concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty | |
| 1082301675 | placate | pacify; lessen the anger of | |
| 1082301676 | polemical | aggressive in verbal attack; relating to argument or controversy | |
| 1082301677 | ponderous | weighty; unwieldy; dull, boring | |
| 1082301678 | pretentious | pompous; making unjustified claims; outwardly extravagant | |
| 1082301679 | prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money | |
| 1082301680 | profusion | overabundance; excess | |
| 1082301681 | proliferation | rapid growth; spread |
