College Board Top 100 Common SAT/ACT Vocabulary Words Flashcards

The official College Board SAT/ACT words.

28436185	Abbreviate	Shorten,abridge
28436186	Abstinence	act of refraing from
28436187	Adulation	high praise
28436188	adversity	misfortune
28436189	aesthetic	pertaining to beauty
28436190	amicable	agreeable
28436191	anachronistic	out-of-date
28436192	anecdote	short account of event
28436193	anonymous	nameless
28436194	antagonist	opponent
28436195	arid	extremely dry
28436196	assiduous	hard-working
28436197	asylum	sanctuary
28436198	benevolent	friendly, helpful
28436199	camaraderie	trust among friends
28436200	censure	to criticize harshly
28436201	circuitous	indirect, roundabout
28436202	clairvoyant	able to see the future
28436203	collaborate	to work together
28436204	compassion	sympathy, mercy
28436205	compromise	to settle differences
28436206	condescending	patronizing
28436207	conditional	provisional, contingent
28436208	conformist	follower of customs
28436209	congregation	crowd of people
28436210	convergence	joining of parts
28436211	deleterious	harmful
28436212	demagogue	rabble-rousing leader
28436213	digression	straying from main point
28436214	diligent	hard-working
28436215	discredit	dishonor, disgrace
28436216	disdain	to regard with scorn
28436217	divergent	variant, moving apart
28436218	empathy	sharing of feelings
28436219	emulate	follow an example
28436220	enervating	tiring, weakening
28436221	enhance	improve, augment
28436222	ephemeral	momentary, fleeting
28436223	evanescent	short-lived, as an image
28436224	exasperation	irritation, frustration
28436225	exemplary	outstanding
28436226	extenuating	guilt diminishing
28436227	florid	flushed, ornate
28436228	fortuitous	lucky
28436229	frugal	thrifty
28436230	hackneyed	overused, cliched
28436231	haughty	arrogant, condescending
28436232	hedonist	pleasure seeker
28436233	hypothesis	theory requiring proof
28436234	impetuous	rash, impulsive
28436235	impute	to attribute to someone
28437232	incompatible	unable to work together
28437233	inconsequential	trivial
28437234	inevitable	unavoidable, certain
28437235	integrity	honesty, decency
28437236	intrepid	fearless, adventurous
28437237	intuitive	instinctive, untaught
28437238	jubilation	joy, exultation
28437239	lobbyist	persuader of legislators
28437240	longevity	long life
28437241	mundane	ordinary, common
28437242	nonchalant	calm, casual
28437243	novice	beginner
28437244	opulent	wealthy
28437245	orator	speaker
28437246	ostentatious	displaying wealth
28437247	parched	dried up
28437248	perfidious	disloyal
28437249	precocious	talented beyond one's age
28437250	pretentious	pompous, self-important
28437251	procrastinate	to delay unnecessarily
28437252	prosaic	run-of-the-mill
28437253	prosperity	wealth, success
28437254	provocative	inflammatory
28437255	prudent	wise, careful, cautious
28437256	querulous	irritable
28437257	rancorous	hateful
28437258	reclusive	withdrawn, hermit-like
28437259	reconciliation	agreement after a quarrel
28437260	renovation	state of being renewed
28437261	resilient	quick to recover
28437262	restrained	controlled, restricted
28437263	reverence	profound respect
28437264	sagacity	wisdom
28437265	scrutinize	to observe carefully
28437266	spontaneity	impulsive action
28437267	spurious	phony, false
28437268	submissive	meek
28437269	substantiate	to verify, confirm
28437270	subtle	elusive, sly, ambiguous
28437271	superficial	lacking in depth
28437272	superfluous	more than enough
28437273	suppress	to end an activity
28437274	surreptitious	secret, stealthy
28437275	tactful	diplomatic, polite
28437276	tenacious	persistent, resolute
28437277	transient	temporary, fleeting
28437278	venerable	respectable due to age
28437279	vindicate	to clear from blame
28437280	wary	watchful, alert