Spanish: English Vocabulary Sat Words

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Mentor

Back 1

assists other people with problems they may have

Hint 1

advisor, teacher, guide

My mentor assisted me with my math homework.

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Devotee

Back 2

an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast

Hint 2

My mom is a devotee of country music.

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Ecstatic, Exuberant, Elates, Euphoric

Back 3

all mean feel great happiness

Hint 3

I feel ecstatic when I play soccer.

Front 4

Enlighten

Back 4

to inform, instuct, illuminate

Hint 4

My sister enlightened me about today's weather.

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Furtive & Clandestine

Back 5

very secretive, very stealthy

Hint 5

My sister is very furtive about her phone calls.

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Dispicable

Back 6

a vile, very contenptalbe act, deed, or person

Hint 6

The little girl acted dispicable toward her mother.

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Exasperated

Back 7

very irritated, annoyed

Hint 7

I felt exasperated because my sister was being a pain.

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Empathetic

Back 8

very compassionte, very sympathetic

Hint 8

Taylor was empathetic toward the little girl with a broken arm.

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Adept

Back 9

very skillful, adrat

Hint 9

Alicia is very adept at drawing.

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Aesthetic

Back 10

appealing to the sense of beauty

Hint 10

The huge library was aesthetic, in the eyes of the librarian.

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Ecletic

Back 11

choosing from a variety of sources

Hint 11

Edmundo chose ecleticly in guitar class when deciding on a song to play.

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Enigma

Back 12

a puzzle, a riddle

Hint 12

Most men think that women are enigmas.

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Anomalous

Back 13

deviating from a general rule, an inegularity, something that is out of this place, incongruous.

Hint 13

The llama felt anomalous when he met a group of garffes.

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Caustic & Vitriolic

Back 14

((not literal)) biting, stinging, cutting, scathing

Hint 14

The singers were very caustic today in practice.

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paradox

Back 15

a seemlingly contradictotry statement that nonetheless expresses a thruth.

Hint 15

The short student paradoxed herself when she said that she loves being tall.

Front 16

reprimand & castigate

Back 16

sharply scold

Hint 16

He was reprimanded because of his report card.

Front 17

tirade & diatribe

Back 17

sharply criticize, to denounce in a bitter speech

Hint 17

The teacher went on a tirade when she starting talking about the student's essay.

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insightful, discernment, perspicacity

Back 18

very perceptive, astute, penetrating; openminded

Hint 18

Insightful people are openminded and tolerant.

Front 19

Laud, Extol, & Acclaim

Back 19

to praise

Hint 19

The girl's mother acclaimed her for cleaning her messy room.

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Brusque & Curt

Back 20

to blame in manner or speech often to the point of being rude

Hint 20

My sister was acting curt to the trick or treaters last night.

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Stalwart

Back 21

a loyal follower or adherent
synonym = Devotee

Hint 21

Devon is my stalwart because she does whatever I do.

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connoiseur

Back 22

an expert, authority

Hint 22

The scientist is a connosieur because he has studied science for 20 years.

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sage

Back 23

a person who is known for his/her wisdom

Hint 23

My grandfather is a greatly repected sage because he always knows what to do.

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Anarchist

Back 24

a person who opposes laws and government (opposes order)

Hint 24

Criminals are poeple who are considered to be anarchists, because of their oppostion for the law.

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Prodigy

Back 25

a person with great talent, a young genius

Hint 25

Beetoven is a prodigy of music because of his pure genius.

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Itinerant & Vagabond

Back 26

are people who wander

Hint 26

I would hate to be a vagabond because I would not go from place to place with my friends.

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Automaton

Back 27

a person who is devoid of feeling, mechanical

Hint 27

People who follow the same rutine everyday are automatons.

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Swindler

Back 28

a person who elicits trust & then betrays that trust, a con man or woman, someone who defrauds

Hint 28

My ex-best friend is a swindler because she has been dis-honest and betrayed me.

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Virtuoso

Back 29

a person with great artistic talent, a virtusos is very talented.

Hint 29

One of my best friends, Jamie, is a virtuoso.

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Scatterbrain

Back 30

a person who is empty-headed

Hint 30

I am a scatterbrain in stressful situations.

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boor

Back 31

a person who is rude and insensitive, a boor lacks refinement and civility

Hint 31

Ricky Huber is a major boor around is old friends.

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recluse

Back 32

a person who leads a secluded or solitary life, a hermit

Hint 32

Rucluses are people who tend to not have a social life at all.

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pragmatist

Back 33

a person who is practical and thus not given to flights of fancy

Hint 33

High School Seniors should be pragmatist, when they are trying to get into colleges.

Front 34

Neophyte, Novice, & Greenhorn

Back 34

a beginner

Hint 34

Jessica is a novice when it comes to dancing.

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impersonator

Back 35

a person who mimics the character

Hint 35

Jim acted as an impersonator because he was acting like his best friend Bob.

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examplary

Back 36

outstanding; an example to others; worthy of imitation

Hint 36

Examplary students get straight A's on their report cards.

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Skeptic

Back 37

a person who has doubts, a skeptic asks questions and lacks faith

Hint 37

The woman was skeptical about accepting the free money.

Front 38

Charlatan

Back 38

a fake, fraud, cheat

Hint 38

My ex-best friend Brittany is a charlatan because she was always acting fake.

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Ambivalent

Back 39

lacks conviction (strong belief) because of mixed feelings

Hint 39

The stressed mother was ambivalent about letting her children go to camp alone.

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Paltry

Back 40

of little value, trifling and therefore lacking signifance

Hint 40

The teddy bear that I received from my ex boyfriend is paltry.

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Ambiguous

Back 41

unclear, not certain

Hint 41

The girl's answer to the boy's question was ambiguous.

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Incoherent

Back 42

lacks organization

Hint 42

His incoherent babbling confused his other peers in the classroom.

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Merciless & Ruthless

Back 43

cruel & therefore lacking compassion, feeling

Hint 43

The scrooch was ruthless when he decided not to give some of his fortune to the poor.