Barron's SAT High-Frequency and Hot Prospects Word List (24th edition book)
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| 75726295 | abate | subside, decrease | |
| 75726296 | abridge | condense, shorten | |
| 75726297 | abstemious | temperate, sparing | |
| 75726298 | abstract | theoretical, nonrepresentational | |
| 75726299 | abstruse | obscure, profound | |
| 75726300 | accessible | easy to approach, obtainable | |
| 75726301 | acclaim | applaud | |
| 75726302 | accolade | award of merit | |
| 75726303 | acknowledge | recognize, admit | |
| 75726304 | acquiesce | agree without protesting | |
| 75726305 | acrid | sharp, bitterly pungent | |
| 75726306 | acrimonious | bitter in words or manner | |
| 75726307 | adulation | flattery, admiration | |
| 75726308 | adversary | opponent | |
| 75726309 | adversity | hardship | |
| 75726310 | advocate | support | |
| 75726311 | aesthetic | artistic, appreciation of beauty | |
| 75726312 | affable | warmly friendly | |
| 75726313 | affirmation | confirmation | |
| 75726314 | aggregate | accumulate | |
| 75726315 | alleviate | relieve | |
| 75726316 | aloof | reserved | |
| 75726317 | altruistic | unselfishly generous | |
| 75726318 | ambiguous | confusing | |
| 75726319 | ambivalence | contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes | |
| 75726320 | amorphous | having no form | |
| 75726321 | anachronistic | error involving time | |
| 75726322 | analogous | comparable | |
| 75726323 | anarchist | advocate of abolishing authority | |
| 75726324 | anecdote | short account of an amusing or interesting event | |
| 75726325 | animosity | hatred, hostility | |
| 75726326 | anomaly | irregularity | |
| 75726327 | antagonism | hostility, active resistance | |
| 75726328 | antediluvian | ancient | |
| 75726329 | antidote | medicine | |
| 75726330 | antipathy | dislike | |
| 75726331 | antiquated | old-fashioned | |
| 75726332 | apathy | indifference | |
| 75726333 | apocryphal | untrue | |
| 75726334 | appease | pacify or soothe | |
| 75726335 | apprehension | fear | |
| 75726336 | arable | fit for growing crops | |
| 75726337 | arbitrary | random | |
| 75726338 | archaic | antiquated | |
| 75726339 | ardent | intense | |
| 75726340 | arrogance | pride | |
| 75726341 | articulate | effective | |
| 75726342 | artifact | object made my human beings, either handmade or mass-produced | |
| 75726343 | artisan | craftsman | |
| 75726344 | ascendancy | domination | |
| 75726345 | ascetic | practicing self-denial | |
| 75726346 | aspire | long for | |
| 75726347 | assiduous | diligent | |
| 75726348 | assuage | ease, lessen, soothe | |
| 75726349 | astute | wise | |
| 75726350 | atrophy | waste away | |
| 75726351 | attribute | ascribe, explain | |
| 75726352 | audacious | bold | |
| 75726353 | augment | increase | |
| 75726354 | austere | stern, simple | |
| 75726355 | authoritarian | completely dominating | |
| 75726356 | autonomous | self-governing | |
| 75726357 | avarice | greediness | |
| 75726358 | aversion | dislike | |
| 75726359 | avert | prevent, turn away | |
| 75726360 | beguile | mislead, pass time | |
| 75726361 | belie | contradict, give a false impression | |
| 75726362 | benevolent | generous | |
| 75726363 | bequeath | hand down | |
| 75726364 | bleak | cold or cheerless, unlikely | |
| 75726365 | blighted | suffering from disease, destroyed | |
| 75726366 | bolster | support, reinforce | |
| 75726367 | braggart | boaster | |
| 75726368 | brevity | conciseness | |
| 75726369 | buttress | support | |
| 75726370 | cacophonous | inharmonious | |
| 75726371 | cajole | coax | |
| 75726372 | calculated | deliberately planned, likely | |
| 75726373 | candor | frankness | |
| 75726374 | capricious | unpredictable, fickle, fanciful | |
| 75726375 | carping | finding fault | |
| 75726376 | censorious | critical | |
| 75726377 | censure | blame | |
| 75726378 | certitude | certainty | |
| 75726379 | charlatan | quack, pretender to knowledge | |
| 75726380 | circumlocution | indirect/roundabout expression | |
| 75726381 | cliché | phrase dulled in meaning by repetition | |
| 75726382 | coalesce | combine | |
| 75726383 | coercion | use of force to get someone to obey | |
| 75726384 | colloquial | pertaining to conversation or common speech | |
| 75726385 | combustible | easily burned | |
| 75726386 | commemorate | honor memory of | |
| 75726387 | compile | assemble, gather | |
| 75726388 | complacency | self-satisfaction | |
| 75726389 | complementary | serving to complete something | |
| 75726390 | compliance | readiness to yield, conformity in fulfilling requirements | |
| 75726391 | composure | mental calmness | |
| 75726392 | comprehensive | thorough | |
| 75726393 | concede | admit, yield | |
| 75726394 | conciliatory | reconciling, soothing | |
| 75726395 | concise | brief and compact | |
| 75726396 | concur | agree | |
| 75726397 | condone | overlook, forgive, excuse | |
| 75726398 | conflagration | great fire | |
| 75726399 | confluence | flowing together, crowd | |
| 75726400 | confound | confuse | |
| 75726401 | conjecture | guess | |
| 75726402 | consensus | general agreement | |
| 75726403 | constraint | compulsion, repression of feelings | |
| 75726404 | contend | struggle, compete, assert | |
| 75726405 | contentious | quarrelsome | |
| 75726406 | contract | compress, make a pledge, catch a disease | |
| 75726407 | converge | approach, come together | |
| 75726408 | conviction | judgment that someone is guilty of a crime, strongly held belief | |
| 75726409 | cordial | gracious | |
| 75726410 | corroborate | confirm, support | |
| 75726411 | corrode | destroy by chemical action | |
| 75726412 | corrugated | wrinkled, ridged | |
| 75726413 | credulity | gullibility, naivete | |
| 75726414 | criterion | standard used in judging | |
| 75726415 | cryptic | mysterious, secret, hidden | |
| 75726416 | culpable | deserving blame | |
| 75726417 | cursory | casual, hastily done | |
| 75726418 | curtail | shorten | |
| 75726419 | debilitate | weaken, enfeeble | |
| 75726420 | debunk | expose as false, exaggerated, worthless | |
| 75726421 | decorum | orderliness | |
| 75726422 | deference | courteous regard for another's wish | |
| 75726423 | degradation | humiliation, debasement | |
| 75726424 | dehydrate | dry out | |
| 75726425 | deleterious | harmful | |
| 75726426 | delineate | portray, depict | |
| 75726427 | denounce | condemn | |
| 75726428 | deplore | regret, disapprove of | |
| 75726429 | depose | dethrone | |
| 75726430 | depravity | corruption, wickedness | |
| 75726431 | deprecate | express disapproval of | |
| 75726432 | deride | ridicule | |
| 75726433 | derivative | derived from another source | |
| 75726434 | desiccate | dry up | |
| 75726435 | despondent | depressed | |
| 75726436 | detached | distant, calm and objective, physically unconnected | |
| 75726437 | deterrent | hindrance | |
| 75726438 | detrimental | harmful | |
| 75726439 | devious | roundabout, erratic | |
| 75726440 | devise | invent, plan | |
| 75726441 | diffidence | shyness | |
| 75726442 | diffuse | wordy, rambling, spread out | |
| 75726443 | digression | wandering away from subject | |
| 75726444 | dilatory | delaying | |
| 75726445 | diligence | hard work and effort | |
| 75726446 | diminution | lessening | |
| 75726447 | discerning | mentally quick and observant | |
| 75726448 | disclose | reveal | |
| 75726449 | discordant | not harmonious | |
| 75726450 | discount | disregard, dismiss | |
| 75726451 | discourse | formal discussion | |
| 75726452 | discrepancy | lack of consistency, difference | |
| 75726453 | discriminating | prejudiced | |
| 75726454 | disdain | view with scorn or contempt | |
| 75727383 | disinclination | unwillingness | |
| 75727384 | dismiss | reject | |
| 75727385 | disparage | belittle | |
| 75727386 | disparity | difference | |
| 75727387 | disperse | scatter | |
| 75727388 | disputatious | argumentative | |
| 75727389 | disseminate | distribute | |
| 75727390 | dissent | disagree | |
| 75727391 | distend | expand | |
| 75727392 | divergent | differing, deviating | |
| 75727393 | doctrine | teachings | |
| 75727394 | document | provide written evidence | |
| 75727395 | dogmatic | opinionated, arbitrary, doctrinal | |
| 75727396 | dubious | questionable | |
| 75727397 | dupe | someone easily fooled | |
| 75727398 | duplicity | double-dealing | |
| 75727399 | ebullient | showing excitement | |
| 75727400 | eclectic | composed of elements drawn from disparate sources | |
| 75727401 | edify | instruct | |
| 75727402 | efface | rub out | |
| 75727403 | effervescence | inner excitement, bubbling from fermentation or carbonation | |
| 75727404 | egotistical | excessively self-centered | |
| 75727405 | elated | overjoyed | |
| 75727406 | elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation | |
| 75727407 | elicit | draw out by discussion | |
| 75727408 | eloquence | expressiveness, persuasive speech | |
| 75727409 | elucidate | explain, enlighten | |
| 75727410 | elusive | evasive, baffling | |
| 75727411 | emaciated | thin and wasted | |
| 75727412 | embellish | adorn, ornament | |
| 75727413 | emend | correct | |
| 75727414 | emulate | imitate, rival | |
| 75727415 | endorse | approve, support | |
| 75727416 | enhance | increase, improve | |
| 75727417 | enigma | puzzle | |
| 75727418 | enmity | ill will, hatred | |
| 75727419 | ephemeral | short-lived, fleeting | |
| 75727420 | equanimity | calmness of temperament, composure | |
| 75727421 | equitable | fair, impartial | |
| 75727422 | equivocal | ambiguous, misleading | |
| 75727423 | erroneous | mistaken | |
| 75727424 | erudite | learned | |
| 75727425 | esoteric | hard to understand, known only by few | |
| 75727426 | eulogy | expression of praise at someone's death | |
| 75727427 | euphemism | mild expression in place of an unpleasant one | |
| 75727428 | evanescent | fleeting | |
| 75727429 | exacerbate | worsen | |
| 75727430 | exalt | raise in rank, praise | |
| 75727431 | excerpt | selected passage | |
| 75727432 | execute | put into effect, carry out | |
| 75727433 | exemplary | outstanding, serving as a model | |
| 75727434 | exemplify | embody, serve as an example of | |
| 75727435 | exhaustive | thorough | |
| 75727436 | exhilarating | invigorating and refreshing | |
| 75727437 | exonerate | acquit, exculpate | |
| 75727438 | expedient | suitable, practical, politic | |
| 75727439 | expedite | hasten | |
| 75727440 | explicit | totally clear, definite | |
| 75727441 | exploit | make use of | |
| 75727442 | extol | praise, glorify | |
| 75727443 | extraneous | not essential | |
| 75727444 | extricate | free | |
| 75727445 | exuberance | abundance, enthusiasm | |
| 75727446 | facilitate | help bring about | |
| 75727447 | fallacious | false, misleading | |
| 75727448 | fallow | plowed but not sowed | |
| 75727449 | falter | hesitate | |
| 75727450 | fanaticism | extreme devotion | |
| 75727451 | fastidious | difficult to please | |
| 75727452 | fathom | comprehend, investigate | |
| 75727453 | feasible | practical | |
| 75727454 | fell | cut or knock down, bring down | |
| 75727455 | fervor | glowing ardor, intensity of feeling | |
| 75727456 | fitful | unsteady | |
| 75727457 | flagrant | wicked, blatant, outrageous | |
| 75727458 | florid | ruddy, reddish, flowery | |
| 75727459 | foolhardy | rash | |
| 75727460 | frivolous | lacking in seriousness, carefree | |
| 75727461 | frugality | thrift, economy | |
| 75727462 | furtive | stealthy, sneaky | |
| 75727463 | garrulous | loquacious, wordy | |
| 75727464 | glacial | like a glacier, cold | |
| 75727465 | glutton | someone who eats too much | |
| 75727466 | gratify | please | |
| 75727467 | gratuitous | given freely | |
| 75727468 | gravity | seriousness | |
| 75727469 | gregarious | sociable | |
| 75727470 | guile | deceit | |
| 75727471 | gullible | easily deceived | |
| 75727472 | hackneyed | commonplace, trite | |
| 75727473 | hamper | obstruct | |
| 75727474 | hardy | sturdy | |
| 75727475 | haughtiness | arrogance | |
| 75727476 | hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life | |
| 75727477 | heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief or religion | |
| 75727478 | hierarchy | arrangement by rank, authoritarian body divided into ranks | |
| 75727479 | homogeneous | of the same kind | |
| 75727480 | hypocritical | pretending to be virtuous, deceiving | |
| 75727481 | hypothetical | supposed | |
| 75727482 | iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions | |
| 75727483 | idiosyncrasy | individual trait odd in nature, eccentricity | |
| 75727484 | ignominy | deep disgrace | |
| 75727485 | illicit | illegal | |
| 75727486 | illusory | deceptive | |
| 75727487 | immutable | unchangeable | |
| 75727488 | impair | injure | |
| 75727489 | impeccable | faultless | |
| 75727490 | impecunious | without money | |
| 75727491 | impede | hinder, block, delay | |
| 75727492 | implausible | unlikely | |
| 75727493 | implement | put into effect | |
| 75727494 | impregnable | invulnerable | |
| 75727495 | impudence | rude | |
| 75727496 | inadvertently | unintentionally | |
| 75727497 | inane | silly | |
| 75727498 | incidental | not essential | |
| 75727499 | incisive | cutting | |
| 75727500 | incite | arouse to action | |
| 75727501 | inclusive | tending to include all | |
| 75727502 | incongruous | not fitting | |
| 75727503 | inconsequential | insignificant | |
| 75727504 | incontrovertible | indisputable | |
| 75727505 | incorrigible | not correctable | |
| 75727506 | indefatigable | tireless | |
| 75727507 | indict | charge | |
| 75727508 | indifferent | uncaring, mediocre | |
| 75727509 | indiscriminate | choosing at random | |
| 75727510 | indolent | lazy | |
| 75727511 | induce | persuade, bring about | |
| 75727512 | ineffable | unutterable | |
| 75727513 | inert | inactive | |
| 75727514 | inexorable | relentless, unyielding | |
| 75727515 | ingenious | clever | |
| 75727516 | inherent | firmly established by nature or habit | |
| 75727517 | innate | inborn | |
| 75727518 | innocuous | harmless | |
| 75727519 | innovation | change, something new | |
| 75727520 | insipid | lacking in flavor | |
| 75727521 | insolvent | bankrupt | |
| 75727522 | instigate | urge, start, provoke | |
| 75727523 | insularity | narrow-mindedness, isolation | |
| 75727524 | insuperable | unbeatable | |
| 75727525 | integrity | uprightness, wholeness, honesty | |
| 75727526 | intervene | come between | |
| 75727527 | intimidate | frighten | |
| 75727528 | intractable | unruly, stubborn | |
| 75727529 | intrepid | fearless | |
| 75727530 | inundate | overwhelm | |
| 75727531 | invert | turn upside down or inside out | |
| 75727532 | ironic | resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome | |
| 75727533 | irreproachable | blameless | |
| 75727534 | jocular | said or done in jest | |
| 75727535 | labyrinth | maze | |
| 75727536 | laconic | brief and to the point | |
| 75727537 | laggard | slow | |
| 75727538 | lament | grieve | |
| 75727539 | lampoon | ridicule | |
| 75727540 | lassitude | languor, weariness | |
| 75727541 | laud | praise | |
| 75727542 | lavish | generous, extravagant | |
| 75727543 | lethargic | drowsy, dull | |
| 75727544 | levity | lack of seriousness | |
| 75727545 | linger | loiter or dawdle | |
| 75727546 | listless | no spirit or energy | |
| 75727547 | lithe | flexible | |
| 75727548 | lofty | very high |
