SAT Words Appearing More than Once on Actual SAT Exams Flashcards

Taken From Gruber's Complete Preparation for the New SAT

9542290	abridge	To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
9542291	abstemious	sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
9542292	accolade	a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
9542293	acquiesce	to agree or express agreement
9542294	amass	collect or gather
9542295	ambulatory	able to walk about
9542296	ameliorate	get better
9542297	amity	Friendship.
9542298	antediluvian	a very old (or old fashioned) person
9542299	ascendancy	controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
9542300	atrophy	any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
9542301	bane	something causes misery or death
9542302	blunder	utter impulsively
9542303	bungle	spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
9542304	burgeon	grow and flourish
9542305	capitulate	surrender under agreed conditions
9542306	clemency	Mercy.
9542307	confound	confuse
9542308	congeal	make or become stiff and solid
9542309	corroborate	establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
9542310	converge	come together so as to form a single product
9542311	daunt	cause to lose courage
9542312	distend	To stretch out or expand in every direction.
9542313	efface	remove completely from recognition or memory
9542314	effervesce	form bubbles
9542315	enigmatic	not clear to the understanding
9542316	ephemeral	enduring a very short time
9542317	evanescent	tending to vanish like vapor
9542318	expedite	speed up the progress of
9542319	expendable	easy to replace
9542320	fallow	left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
9542321	fraudulent	intended to deceive
9542322	garner	assemble or get together
9542323	guile	shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
9542324	hackneyed	repeated too often
9542325	hefty	large in amount or extent or degree
9542326	irascible	characterized by anger
9542327	jettison	to throw overboard; to dump
9542328	kindle	cause to start burning
9542329	levity	lack of seriouness; lightness
9542330	listless	lacking energy
9542331	maladroit	clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling
9542332	mitigate	make less severe or harsh
9542333	munificent	very generous
9542334	myriad	very large number
9542335	nefarious	extremely wicked
9542336	parsimony	extreme stinginess
9542337	paucity	an insufficient quantity or number, an insufficient quantity or number
9542338	penury	extreme poverty
9542339	placate	pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease
9542340	proclivity	a natural inclination
9542341	profuse	produced or growing in extreme abundance
9542342	pulverize	destroy completely
9542343	recalcitrant	marked by stubborn resistance to authority
9542344	recant	to withdraw a statement or belief, renounce, retract
9542345	rescind	repeal; annul; cancel (a law, decision, or agreement)
9542346	saccharine	overly sweet
9542347	salubrious	promoting health
9542348	somber	Gloomy.
9542349	spurn	have nothing to do reject or refuse
9542350	stymie	hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
9542351	subpoena	A command, issued under a court's authority, to a witness to appear and give testimony.
9542352	sumptuous	rich and superior in quality
9542353	tantamount	Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
9542354	transient	enduring a very short time
9542355	vilification	a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
9542356	virulent	harsh or corrosive in tone
9542357	whet	sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
9542358	zany	like a clown