SAT -- 100 Hot Words Flashcards

These are the 100 most frequently occuring words on the SAT listed in order of decreasing importance.

555565	enigma	a riddle
555566	apathy	lack of emotion or interest
555567	indifferent	having no preference
555568	revere	to worship; to honor
555569	candor	frankness; honesty
555570	reticent	restrained; uncommunicative
555571	aesthetic	concerning art or beauty
555572	ascetic	without indulgence or luxury
555573	autonomy	self-rule; independence
555574	disdain	contempt
555575	innocuous	harmless; insignificant
555576	banal	commonplace; dull, ordinary
555577	ambiguous	unclear; undecided
555578	anarchy	lack of government; chaos
555579	ameliorate	to improve
555580	atrophy	to waste away from lack of use
555581	innovate	to make changes; to modernize
555582	servile	overly submissive; cringing
555583	extol	to praise
555584	augment	to add to; to increase
555585	benevolent	kindly; to wish well
555586	derision	comtempt; ridicule
555587	disparity	inequality
555588	flagrant	glaringly wrong; conspicuously evil
555589	indolence	laziness
555590	acquiesce	to give in; to agree
555591	prodigal	extravagant; wasteful
555592	capricious	whimsical; unpredictable
555593	prosaic	commonplace; uninspired; dull
555594	austere	severe; strict
555595	complacent	smug; self-satisfied
555596	compliance	conforming to a request or demand
555597	dubious	doubtful
555598	ephemeral	short-lived; fleeting
555599	inevitable	unavoidable; bound to happen
555600	insipid	bland; boring
555601	obscure	unclear; clouded; partially hidden
555602	depravity	corruption; wickedness
555603	discern	to distinguish one thing from another
555604	expedite	to quicken
555605	peripheral	on the edge; unimportant
555606	tacitum	quiet; uncommunicative; silent
555607	fastidious	finicky; overly critical
555608	apprehensive	fearful; worried
555609	expedient	advantageous; convenient
555610	novel	new; interesting
555611	parsimony	stinginess
555612	provincial	narrowminded; unsophisticated
555613	respite	a break; a rest
555614	anecdote	a brief, humorous story
555615	drone	to talk on and on in a dull way
555616	desecrate	to show disrespect or to deface something sacred
555617	euphonious	melodious; pleasant sounding
555618	cacophonous	harsh sounding
555619	guile	cunning; deceitfulness
555620	immutable	unchanging; permanent
555621	incessant	non-stop
555622	static	unchanging; not moving
555623	bastion	a stronghold; a fort
555624	benign	kindly; good-natured
555625	credulous	gullible; ready to believe without proof
555626	disparage	to speak poorly of
555627	eccentric	odd; out of the ordinary; quirky
555628	philanthropist	someone who benefits mankind
555629	squander	to waste
555630	virulent	harmful
555631	zeal	enthusiasm
555632	acuity	sharpness of perception or mind
555633	affable	friendly; agreeable
555634	assuage	to reduce pain
555635	avarice	greed
555636	dissonance	lack of agreement or harmony
555637	listless	without energy or enthusiasm
555638	philistine	one who lacks culture or taste
555639	scrupulous	concerned; conscientious; proper
555640	tentative	not final; uncertain
555641	adulation	adoration
555642	dogmatic	stubbornly opinionated
555643	futile	hopeless; without effect
555644	languid	slow and listless
555645	pious	religious; devout
555646	ponderous	weighty; heavy
555647	protracted	drawn out; lengthy
555648	deference	a show of respect
555649	heretic	someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs
555650	paucity	scarcity
555651	profuse	very abundant; flowing
555652	conciliate	to soothe anger
555653	contrite	thoroughly sorry
555654	didactic	intending to teach
555655	diffident	shy; lacking confidence
555656	digression	straying from a topic
555657	dissent	disagreement
555658	elucidate	to explain; to make clear
555659	gullible	overly trusting
555660	strut	a self-important walk
555661	denounce	to speak against publicly
555662	laud	to praise
555663	surreptitious	secret
555664	astute	clever; shrewd; ready-witted
555665	blasphemy	irreverent talk about God
555666	censure	severely criticize; blame
555667	pedestrian	commonplace; ordinary