This set contains the 400 words that appear most frequently on the SAT. Study, Study!!
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| 423282961 | assuage | to ease, relieve, or lessen, mitigate | |
| 423282962 | munificent | very generous | |
| 423282963 | enhance | to improve | |
| 423282964 | obscure | difficult to understand; difficult to see | |
| 423282965 | capricious | tending to change one mind's quickly, mercurial | |
| 423282966 | corrupt | morally bad, to change from good to bad | |
| 423282967 | ascend | to move upwards | |
| 423282968 | extricate | to free from difficulty | |
| 423282969 | quiescence | inactivity | |
| 423282970 | disperse | to spread widely, disseminate | |
| 423282971 | succinct | brief, terse | |
| 423282972 | taciturn | quiet, untalkative, reticent | |
| 423282973 | meager | lacking in quality or quantity | |
| 423282974 | esoteric | understood only by a few | |
| 423282975 | guile | trickiness; deceptiveness | |
| 423282976 | ephemeral | short-lived, evanescent | |
| 423282977 | novel | new or different, innovative | |
| 423282978 | commend | to praise, extol | |
| 423282979 | apathy | lack of emotion or concern, indifference | |
| 423282980 | innocuous | harmless | |
| 423282981 | superficial | shallow; on the surface | |
| 423282982 | debilitate | to weaken | |
| 423282983 | endorse | to support, advocate | |
| 423282984 | inclination | tendency; predilection, proclivity, penchant | |
| 423282985 | innovative | original, new, novel | |
| 423282986 | monotony | a dull sameness | |
| 423282987 | denounce | to criticize publicly | |
| 423282988 | atrophy | to waste away, wither | |
| 423282989 | coalesce | to unite, come together | |
| 423282990 | voluble | talkative, garrulous | |
| 423282991 | undermine | to weaken | |
| 423282992 | cursory | hasty, disregarding details, perfunctory | |
| 423282993 | reticent | quiet, untalkative, taciturn | |
| 423282994 | refute | to disprove, offer arguments against | |
| 423282995 | frugal | not spend freely, cheap | |
| 423282996 | inevitable | unavoidable, certain to happen | |
| 423282997 | vindicate | to clear of blame or suspicion, exonerate | |
| 423282998 | abstract | theoretical; difficult to understand | |
| 423282999 | discord | lack of agreement of harmony, dissonance | |
| 423283000 | intractable | stubborn, difficult to manage | |
| 423283001 | ponderous | very dull, boring | |
| 423283002 | spontaneous | impulsive, not planned | |
| 423283003 | inept | lacking skill, clumsy, maladroit | |
| 423283004 | copious | abundant, plentiful, plethora | |
| 423283005 | conventional | traditional, ordinary, orthodox | |
| 423283006 | vulnerable | easy to injure or harm | |
| 423283007 | impartial | fair, not favoring either side, unbiased | |
| 423283008 | deplore | to strongly disapprove of | |
| 423283009 | innate | inborn, present at birth | |
| 423283010 | contrite | regretful, feeling guilt | |
| 423283011 | contemporary | modern | |
| 423283012 | contentious | quarrelsome, fond of arguing, cantankerous, pugnacious | |
| 423283013 | hypocrite | a person who claims to be what he is not | |
| 423283014 | deplete | to use up | |
| 423283015 | discursive | rambling, unfocused (often used to describe a lecture that wanders from topic to topic) | |
| 423283016 | tyranny | absolute power that is often cruel | |
| 423283017 | accolade | praise; a statement of approval; commendation | |
| 423283018 | daunt | to intimidate; to discourage | |
| 423283019 | enigmatic | mysterious, puzzling, obscure, cryptic | |
| 423283020 | verbose | wordy | |
| 423283021 | audacity | boldness | |
| 423283022 | homogeneous | made up of similar parts | |
| 423283023 | ambivalent | uncertain; having conflicting feelings | |
| 423283024 | expedite | to speed up | |
| 423283025 | arable | fit to grow plants on, fertile | |
| 423283026 | subtle | difficult to detect or understand | |
| 423283027 | coherent | consistent; logically connected | |
| 423283028 | censure | to criticize, denounce, castigate, decry [note: don't confuse this word with censor!!) | |
| 423283029 | garrulous | talkative, voluble | |
| 423283030 | flagrant | obvious, blatant, conspicuous, obtrusive | |
| 423283031 | squander | to waste; to spend foolishly [note: don't confuse with squalor!!] | |
| 423283032 | austere | strict; severely simple | |
| 423283033 | tranquil | calm, peaceful, serene | |
| 423283034 | articulate | able to speak clearly and effectively | |
| 423283035 | viable | workable; able to remain alive | |
| 423283036 | gregarious | friendly, sociable, amicable, affable, cordial | |
| 423283037 | clemency | mercy; gentleness in punishing | |
| 423283038 | burgeon | to grow rapidly; proliferate; flourish | |
| 423283039 | inception | beginning | |
| 423283040 | profuse | very abundant; giving freely | |
| 423283041 | wither | to become dry or lifeless, atrophy | |
| 423283042 | elicit | to bring out, cause to happen | |
| 423283043 | adulation | excessive praise | |
| 423283044 | stolid | unemotional; not easily excited | |
| 423283045 | indifferent | having no preference, impartial, objective, unbiased | |
| 423283046 | dearth | scarcity, limited supply, paucity | |
| 423283047 | altruistic | concerned for the welfare of others | |
| 423283048 | vilify | to speak ill of; slander | |
| 423283049 | furtive | secretive, stealthy | |
| 423283050 | dissent | to disagree | |
| 423283051 | mitigate | to relieve, lessen, alleviate, assuage | |
| 423283052 | advocate | to support, to speak in favor of, endorse | |
| 423283053 | cognizant | aware | |
| 423283054 | miser | a person who saves money excessively, someone who is parsimonious or frugal | |
| 423283055 | revere | to respect, admire, venerate | |
| 423283056 | pacifist | a person who favors peace | |
| 423283057 | incontrovertible | indisputable, undeniable | |
| 423283058 | alacrity | eagerness, cheerful willingness | |
| 423283059 | garner | to get; to acquire | |
| 423283060 | penury | extreme poverty | |
| 423283061 | peripheral | on or having to do with the outer edge | |
| 423283062 | proclivity | tendency, leaning, inclination, predilection, penchant | |
| 423283063 | recalcitrant | disobedient, resisting authority, intractable | |
| 423283064 | undulating | moving in a wavelike manner, sinuous | |
| 423283065 | volatile | highly unstable; explosive | |
| 423283066 | ambiguous | having more than one meaning | |
| 423283067 | tolerance | respect for the ways and views of others | |
| 423283068 | embellish | to decorate; to add fictitious details to | |
| 423283069 | efface | to erase; to make less noticeable | |
| 423283070 | conform | to fit in; to act in agreement with | |
| 423283071 | virtue | moral excellence; good quality | |
| 423283072 | eulogy | high praise (usually for someone who has died) | |
| 423283073 | acquiesce | to give in | |
| 423283074 | competent | capable; sufficiently skilled, proficient | |
| 423283075 | censor | to prevent publication of | |
| 423283076 | contempt | strong dislike, scorn, disdain | |
| 423283077 | buoyant | cheerful; capable of floating | |
| 423283078 | prodigal | wasteful with money, extravagant | |
| 423283079 | tact | sensitivity, courtesy | |
| 423283080 | resilient | capable of recovering quickly | |
| 423283081 | monarch | a ruler (such as a king or queen) | |
| 423283082 | indulge | to give in to (a desire) | |
| 423283083 | dawdle | to waste time | |
| 423283084 | recant | to take back (a statement) | |
| 423283085 | parsimony | extreme stinginess, miserliness | |
| 423283086 | platitude | a dull, overused remark, something banal or hackneyed | |
| 423283087 | desultory | aimless, haphazard, unconnected, discursive | |
| 423283088 | partisan | strongly supporting one party or cause, biased | |
| 423283089 | vigor | strength, energy | |
| 423283090 | compatible | capable of working in harmony | |
| 423283091 | extol | to praise highly, commend, adulate | |
| 423283092 | petulant | irritable, touchy, irascible | |
| 423283093 | acrimony | bitterness | |
| 423283094 | cultivate | to grow; to improve | |
| 423283095 | disparage | to put down, to belittle, vilify, defame, deprecate | |
| 423283096 | erratic | wandering, inconsistent, discursive, desultory | |
| 423283097 | beneficial | helpful, good | |
| 423283098 | levity | lightness of behavior or feeling | |
| 423283099 | ameliorate | to make better, to improve | |
| 423283100 | deride | to laugh at, make fun of cruelly | |
| 423283101 | bane | something that harms or destroys | |
| 423283102 | anarchy | disorder, absence of government and control | |
| 423283103 | provincial | narrow-minded, unsophisticated | |
| 423283104 | soluble | capable of being dissolved | |
| 423283105 | conspicuous | obvious, readily apparent, flagrant, obtrusive | |
| 423283106 | consolidate | to join together, merge, coalesce | |
| 423283107 | extraneous | not essential, not related to, extrinsic, superfluous | |
| 423283108 | expunge | to remove, erase, efface | |
| 423283109 | trifling | unimportant, trivial | |
| 423283110 | objective | not affected by personal feeling, impartial, unbiased, indifferent | |
| 423283111 | plausible | believable, reasonable | |
| 423283112 | vacillate | to change one's mind continually | |
| 423283113 | steadfast | firm, sure | |
| 423283114 | castigate | to criticize or punish severely | |
| 423283115 | unwitting | not aware, unintentional | |
| 423283116 | amicable | friendly | |
| 423283117 | elucidate | to make clear | |
| 423283118 | revise | to correct or improve | |
| 423283119 | comprehensible | capable of being understood | |
| 423283120 | ascetic | rejecting physical comforts | |
| 423283121 | cryptic | secret, mysterious | |
| 423283122 | venerate | to respect | |
| 423283123 | ostentatious | showy, intended to impress | |
| 423283124 | bias | preference, prejudice | |
| 423283125 | augment | to add to, increase | |
| 423283126 | vivid | lifelike; intense | |
| 423283127 | pessimism | a tendency to expect the worst | |
| 423283128 | assess | to evaluate, estimate | |
| 423283129 | repudiate | to reject | |
| 423283130 | enervate | to drain of energy | |
| 423283131 | reprove | to scold | |
| 423283132 | vigilant | watchful, alert | |
| 423283133 | raze | to demolish | |
| 423283134 | trivial | of little importance or significance | |
| 423283135 | defame | to harm the reputation of | |
| 423283136 | depravity | wickedness, perversion | |
| 423283137 | disseminate | to spread widely | |
| 423283138 | corrugated | covered with grooves or ridges | |
| 423283139 | dogmatic | stubbornly certain in a belief | |
| 423283140 | induce | to cause | |
| 423283141 | affable | friendly, pleasant | |
| 423283142 | fetter | to bind, restrain | |
| 423283143 | paucity | fewness, scarcity | |
| 423283144 | indigenous | native, originally from | |
| 423283145 | meticulous | extremely careful and precise | |
| 423283146 | candor | openness, honest | |
| 423283147 | dormant | asleep, inactive | |
| 423283148 | fortuitous | accidental and lucky | |
| 423283149 | inundate | to flood, to overwhelm | |
| 423283150 | abridge | to shorten, condense | |
| 423283151 | prevalent | widespread, commonly accepted | |
| 423283152 | cordial | warmly pleasant | |
| 423283153 | misanthrope | a person who hates mankind | |
| 423283154 | appeal | attraction | |
| 423283155 | appease | to calm, pacify | |
| 423283156 | orthodox | traditional | |
| 423283157 | facilitate | to make easier | |
| 423283158 | terse | brief | |
| 423283159 | desecrate | to violate the sacredness of | |
| 423283160 | fallow | inactive, not in use | |
| 423283161 | mollify | to calm, comfort, appease | |
| 423283162 | strident | loud, harsh-sounding | |
| 423283163 | antagonistic | hostile, conflicting, cantankerous, pugnacious | |
| 423283164 | relevant | related to the matter at hand | |
| 423283165 | accessible | easy to reach or understand | |
| 423283166 | aversion | dislike | |
| 423283167 | conviction | a firm belief | |
| 423283168 | rancor | resentment, hostility, spite, antagonism, enmity | |
| 423283169 | surly | rude, unpleasant, brusque | |
| 423283170 | audible | capable of being heard | |
| 423283171 | erudite | highly educated | |
| 423283172 | debase | to reduce in quality or value | |
| 423283173 | surreptitious | done secretly, sneaky, furtive | |
| 423283174 | saccharine | overly sweet or agreeable | |
| 423283175 | skeptical | doubtful | |
| 423283176 | dispassionate | calm | |
| 423283177 | brusque | rudely brief, surly | |
| 423283178 | plagiarism | the theft of someone else's ideas | |
| 423283179 | preclude | to make impossible, prevent | |
| 423283180 | bungler | a clumsy person | |
| 423283181 | dissonance | disagreement; lack of harmony | |
| 423283182 | distend | to expand, extend | |
| 423283183 | predilection | preference, liking, inclination, proclivity, penchant | |
| 423283184 | willful | stubborn, intractable, recalcitrant | |
| 423283185 | confound | to confuse | |
| 423283186 | torpor | inactivity | |
| 423283187 | hackneyed | overused, stale, banal | |
| 423283188 | invective | an insulting or abusive expression | |
| 423283189 | uniform | identical, similar | |
| 423283190 | banal | unoriginal, stale, hackneyed | |
| 423283191 | consequence | result, outcome | |
| 423283192 | tangible | real, capable of being touched | |
| 423283193 | penchant | liking, inclination, proclivity, predilection | |
| 423283194 | stagnate | to lie motionless | |
| 423283195 | exasperate | to anger or irritate, pique, vex | |
| 423283196 | placate | to calm the anger of, appease, mollify, conciliate | |
| 423283197 | bolster | to support, prop up, buttress | |
| 423283198 | instigate | to provoke to action | |
| 423283199 | kindle | to excite, stir up | |
| 423283200 | emaciated | starved; extremely thin | |
| 423283201 | opaque | impenetrable by light | |
| 423283202 | fitful | irregular; inconsistent | |
| 423283203 | irascible | short-tempered, irritable, petulant | |
| 423283204 | circumspection | caution | |
| 423283205 | civil | polite, courteous | |
| 423283206 | loathe | to hate, scorn, deplore | |
| 423283207 | score | the written form of a piece of music | |
| 423283208 | morose | sad, sorrowful, melancholy, despondent | |
| 423283209 | unprecedented | never before known or experienced | |
| 423283210 | mundane | ordinary; common place | |
| 423283211 | refined | polite, well-bred | |
| 423283212 | assiduous | working devotedly and carefully, meticulous, diligent, painstaking | |
| 423283213 | amass | to pile up, collect, coalesce, aggregate | |
| 423283214 | pulverize | to demolish | |
| 423283215 | fervor | intense emotion | |
| 423283216 | recluse | one who lives alone; a hermit | |
| 423283217 | retain | to keep | |
| 423283218 | diffident | timid, lacking self-confidence | |
| 423283219 | reserve | a tendency to hold oneself back, restraint | |
| 423283220 | extrinsic | not essential; from the outside, extraneous, superfluous | |
| 423283221 | arid | dry | |
| 423283222 | exonerate | to free from blame, vindicate | |
| 423283223 | abet | to encourage, urge on, instigate | |
| 423283224 | adulterate | to add impurities to | |
| 423283225 | aggregate | to collect; to bring together, coalesce, amass | |
| 423283226 | prodigious | immense; astonishing [don't confuse with prodigal!] | |
| 423283227 | rescind | to repeal, cancel | |
| 423283228 | derivative | copied or adapted from others | |
| 423283229 | insipid | dull, uninteresting | |
| 423283230 | engender | to produce; to bring into existence | |
| 423283231 | conservative | traditional; opposed to change | |
| 423283232 | impede | to block, obstruct | |
| 423283233 | impose | to establish by authority | |
| 423283234 | melancholy | sad, depressed, morose, despondent | |
| 423283235 | turbulent | violently agitated, disturbed | |
| 423283236 | obtrusive | obvious, highly noticeable, flagrant, conspicuous | |
| 423283237 | dispatch | promptness | |
| 423283238 | understate | to express less strongly than appropriate | |
| 423283239 | indefatigable | untiring, tireless | |
| 423283240 | ungainly | clumsy, awkward, inept, maladroit | |
| 423283241 | culpable | guilty; blameworthy, reprehensible | |
| 423283242 | jocular | joking, jolly | |
| 423283243 | mercurial | given to quick changes of mood, capricious | |
| 423283244 | nefarious | evil, corrupt, depraved | |
| 423283245 | neologism | a newly invented word | |
| 423283246 | florid | elaborately decorated; flowery | |
| 423283247 | incorporate | to include | |
| 423283248 | cantankerous | quarrelsome, ill-tempered, contentious, antagonistic, pugnacious | |
| 423283249 | perceptive | having keen understanding | |
| 423283250 | contract | to make or become smaller, diminish, taper | |
| 423283251 | meek | spineless, giving in easily | |
| 423283252 | buttress | to support, reinforce, bolster | |
| 423283253 | conciliate | to calm, comfort, appease, mollify, placate | |
| 423283254 | hedonism | single-minded pursuit of pleasure | |
| 423283255 | illicit | illegal [don't confuse with elicit!] | |
| 423283256 | fertile | able to produce or sustain growth, arable | |
| 423283257 | barren | unable to produce or sustain life | |
| 423283258 | dissipate | to scatter, disappear, disperse | |
| 423283259 | trepidation | fear, anxiety | |
| 423283260 | preeminent | superior to all others | |
| 423283261 | proficient | skilled, capable, competent | |
| 423283262 | aberration | abnormality | |
| 423283263 | precocious | maturing early (especially mentally) | |
| 423283264 | ambulatory | capable of walking | |
| 423283265 | pique | to arouse; to irritate, exasperate, vex | |
| 423283266 | proliferate | to grow, increase, burgeon, flourish | |
| 423283267 | upbraid | to scold, castigate, reprove | |
| 423283268 | camaraderie | goodwill among friends, amity | |
| 423283269 | diminish | to make or become smaller, contract, taper | |
| 423283270 | suppress | to hold back, subdue, inhibit | |
| 423283271 | inscrutable | not able to be understood, mysterious, obscure, esoteric, enigmatic, cryptic, abstruse | |
| 423283272 | effervescent | enthusiastic, lively, cheerful, buoyant | |
| 423283273 | hamper | to prevent the movement or action of, impede, inhibit | |
| 423283274 | verify | to check the truth of | |
| 423283275 | explicit | outright, clear, specific | |
| 423283276 | renounce | to give up (a claim, right, or opinion) | |
| 423283277 | lavish | abundant; free with money, prodigal, extravagant | |
| 423283278 | qualified | limited, restricted | |
| 423283279 | despondent | depressed, disheartened, morose, melancholy | |
| 423283280 | bustle | to be noisily busy and in a hurry | |
| 423283281 | beleaguer | to harass | |
| 423283282 | evanescent | lasting for a very short time, fleeting, ephemeral | |
| 423283283 | exhume | to dig up (a dead body) | |
| 423283284 | sate | to satisfy (an appetite or desire) fully, gratify | |
| 423283285 | diligent | working devotedly and carefully, meticulous, assiduous | |
| 423283286 | convoluted | complex | |
| 423283287 | superfluous | extra; beyond what is required, extraneous, extrinsic | |
| 423283288 | aesthetic | having to do with the sense of beauty | |
| 423283289 | embrace | to accept | |
| 423283290 | contend | to claim, argue | |
| 423283291 | amity | peaceful relations, friendship | |
| 423283292 | decry | to criticize openly, denounce, censure, castigate | |
| 423283293 | plethora | overabundance, excess, copiousness | |
| 423283294 | spartan | sternly disciplined and severely simple, austere, ascetic | |
| 423283295 | disdain | scorn, contempt | |
| 423283296 | moderate | to make less intense or severe | |
| 423283297 | despair | hopelessness, pessimism | |
| 423283298 | abstruse | difficult to understand, obscure, esoteric, abstract, enigmatic, cryptic, inscrutable | |
| 423283299 | deference | giving in to another's wished or opinion | |
| 423283300 | incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or reformed | |
| 423283301 | perfunctory | done with little interest or care, cursory | |
| 423283302 | solemn | serious | |
| 423283303 | inhibit | to restrain, prevent, hamper | |
| 423283304 | abstain | to quit; to refrain from something | |
| 423283305 | gratify | to please, satisfy, indulge, sate | |
| 423283306 | reprehensible | blameworthy, deserving of criticism , culpable | |
| 423283307 | radical | extreme | |
| 423283308 | painstaking | careful, taking great pains, meticulous, assiduous, diligent | |
| 423283309 | optimistic | hopeful, tending to expect the best | |
| 423283310 | fastidious | fussy, finicky | |
| 423283311 | deprecate | to belittle, express disapproval of, vilify, disparage, castigate, defame | |
| 423283312 | meander | to wander aimlessly | |
| 423283313 | affected | pretended or taken on to impress others | |
| 423283314 | archaic | ancient; out-of-date | |
| 423283315 | retention | the act of keeping | |
| 423283316 | commodious | roomy | |
| 423283317 | decorous | proper, socially acceptable | |
| 423283318 | fetid | foul-smelling, stinky | |
| 423283319 | jettison | to get rid of, discard | |
| 423283320 | lithe | flexible, limber | |
| 423283321 | maladroit | clumsy, inept, ungainly | |
| 423283322 | pugnacious | quarrelsome, eager to fight, contentious, antagonistic, cantankerous | |
| 423283323 | quixotic | pursuing unreachable goals | |
| 423283324 | rue | to regret | |
| 423283325 | sinuous | curvy; graceful in movement, undulating | |
| 423283326 | squalor | filth; misery | |
| 423283327 | stasis | balance; motionless, stagnation | |
| 423283328 | tantamount | equivalent in effect | |
| 423283329 | truncate | to shorten | |
| 423283330 | grant | to give | |
| 423283331 | render | to make, become | |
| 423283332 | serene | calm, peaceful, tranquil | |
| 423283333 | parody | a humorous imitation of a work of art | |
| 423283334 | disgruntled | dissatisfied, irritated | |
| 423283335 | eccentric | abnormal, strange, peculiar | |
| 423283336 | auspicious | favorable; promising success | |
| 423283337 | restraint | holding back in feelings or behavior, suppression, reserve | |
| 423283338 | congeal | to solidify, freeze, jell | |
| 423283339 | vex | to irritate, annoy, exasperate, pique | |
| 423283340 | intricate | complex | |
| 423283341 | extravagant | given to excessive spending, prodigal, lavish | |
| 423283342 | dubious | doubtful; questionable | |
| 423283343 | piety | religiousness, devoutness | |
| 423283344 | sect | a small group united by a religious belief | |
| 423283345 | resent | to be annoyed as a result of injury | |
| 423283346 | disparity | difference, discrepancy | |
| 423283347 | flourish | to grow quickly, prosper, burgeon, proliferate | |
| 423283348 | virtuoso | a highly skilled musician | |
| 423283349 | amorphous | formless, shapeless | |
| 423283350 | dissuade | to discourage; to talk out of | |
| 423283351 | enmity | hatred, hostility, antagonism, rancor, loathing | |
| 423283352 | opportune | suitable; well-times, fortuitous | |
| 423283353 | presumptuous | overly forward; overly bold | |
| 423283354 | hilarity | merriment | |
| 423283355 | altercation | an argument or quarrel | |
| 423283356 | discrepancy | lack of agreement, difference, discord, disparity | |
| 423283357 | taper | to lessen; to become smaller at one end, contract, diminish | |
| 423283358 | spurn | to reject with scorn, repudiate | |
| 423283359 | prominent | important, well-known | |
| 423283360 | sustain | to support, keep alive, prolong |
