Test Takers SAT Vocab

This set contains the 400 words that appear most frequently on the SAT. Study, Study!!

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