Vocabulary Words For Sat Vocab Test

Front 1

Abase

Back 1

To humble, disgrace

Front 2

abnegate

Back 2

to deny, renounce

Front 3

bastion

Back 3

fortification, stronghold

Front 4

billet

Back 4

board and lodging for troops

Front 5

candor

Back 5

honesty of expression

Front 6

capitulate

Back 6

to submit completely, surrender

Front 7

cursory

Back 7

hastily done, superficial

Front 8

dearth

Back 8

lack, scarcity, insufficiency

Front 9

esoteric

Back 9

understood only by a learned few

Front 10

iniquity

Back 10

sin or evil act

Front 11

insolent

Back 11

insulting and arrogant

Front 12

lethargy

Back 12

indifferent activity

Front 13

maladroit

Back 13

clumsy, tactless

Front 14

marginal

Back 14

barely sufficient

Front 15

mollify

Back 15

to calm or make less severe

Front 16

montage

Back 16

composite picture

Front 17

nomadic

Back 17

moving from place to place

Front 18

opulence

Back 18

wealth

Front 19

pilfer

Back 19

to steal

Front 20

premeditate

Back 20

to consider, plan beforehand

Front 21

restitution

Back 21

the act of compensating for loss or damages

Front 22

secular

Back 22

not specifically pertaining to religion

Front 23

succinct

Back 23

brief, terse, concise

Front 24

tangible

Back 24

able to be sensed, perceptible, measurable

Front 25

altruism

Back 25

unselfish concern for others welfare

Front 26

broach

Back 26

to mention or suggest for the first time

Front 27

burgeon

Back 27

to sprout or flourish

Front 28

concur

Back 28

to agree

Front 29

delegate

Back 29

to give powers to another

Front 30

disclose

Back 30

to confess, divulge

Front 31

enigmatic

Back 31

puzzling, inexplicable

Front 32

gaunt

Back 32

thin and bony

Front 33

jaded

Back 33

tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical

Front 34

hone

Back 34

to sharpen

Front 35

latent

Back 35

present but hidden; potential

Front 36

lurid

Back 36

harshly shocking, sensational

Front 37

mirth

Back 37

frivolty, gaiety, laughter

Front 38

parody

Back 38

humorous imitation

Front 39

penchant

Back 39

inclination

Front 40

rectify

Back 40

to correct

Front 41

retard

Back 41

to slow, hold back

Front 42

spawn

Back 42

to generate; produce

Front 43

undermine

Back 43

to sabotage; thwart

Front 44

validate

Back 44

to authorize, certify, confirm

Front 45

neophyte

Back 45

novice, beginner

Front 46

aberration

Back 46

something different from the usual

Front 47

affluent

Back 47

rich, abundant

Front 48

benign

Back 48

kindly, gentle, harmless

Front 49

chagrin

Back 49

shame, embarrassment, humiliation

Front 50

convene

Back 50

to meet, come together, assemble

Front 51

culprit

Back 51

guilty person

Front 52

disparage

Back 52

to belittle, speak disrespectfully about

Front 53

edifice

Back 53

building

Front 54

estrange

Back 54

to alienate, keep at a distance

Front 55

fabricate

Back 55

to make or devise, construct

Front 56

garner

Back 56

to gather and store

Front 57

homogenous

Back 57

composed of identical parts

Front 58

impediment

Back 58

barrier, obstacle, speech disorder

Front 59

indulge

Back 59

to give into a craving or desire

Front 60

levity

Back 60

gaiety, frivolty, humor

Front 61

metamorphosis

Back 61

change, transformation

Front 62

munificent

Back 62

generous

Front 63

ominous

Back 63

menacing, threatening, indicating misfortune

Front 64

peerless

Back 64

unequalled

Front 65

reclusive

Back 65

shut off from the world

Front 66

revert

Back 66

to backslide, regress

Front 67

scrutiny

Back 67

careful observation

Front 68

tirade

Back 68

long, violent speech; verbal assault

Front 69

veneration

Back 69

adoration, honor, respect

Front 70

whet

Back 70

to sharpen, stimulate

Front 71

abridge

Back 71

to condense, shorten

Front 72

accost

Back 72

to approach and speak to someone

Front 73

bountiful

Back 73

plentiful

Front 74

brazen

Back 74

bold, shameless, impudent, of or like brass

Front 75

chicanery

Back 75

trickery, fraud, deception

Front 76

clamor

Back 76

to make a noisy outcry

Front 77

depravity

Back 77

sinfulness, moral corruption

Front 78

discursive

Back 78

wandering from topic to topic

Front 79

engender

Back 79

to produce, cause, bring about

Front 80

feign

Back 80

to pretend, give a false impression; to invent falsely

Front 81

glower

Back 81

to glare, stare angrily and intensely

Front 82

humane

Back 82

merciful, kindly

Front 83

illusory

Back 83

unreal, deceptive

Front 84

impulsive

Back 84

spontaneous, unpredictable

Front 85

keen

Back 85

having a sharp edge, intellectually sharp, perceptive

Front 86

obsequious

Back 86

overly submissive, brown-nosing

Front 87

pauper

Back 87

very poor person

Front 88

pernicious

Back 88

very harmful

Front 89

respite

Back 89

interval of relief

Front 90

shirk

Back 90

to avoid a task due to laziness or fear

Front 91

speculation

Back 91

contemplation; the act of taking business risks for financial gain

Front 92

tolerance

Back 92

capacity to repsect different values; capacity to endure or resist something

Front 93

voluminous

Back 93

large, having great volume

Front 94

wary

Back 94

careful, cautious

Front 95

embroil

Back 95

to involve in; cause to fall into disorder

Front 96

loathe

Back 96

to despise, hate

Front 97

opine

Back 97

to express an opinion

Front 98

lenient

Back 98

easy going, permissive

Front 99

hew

Back 99

to cut with an axe

Front 100

abandon

Back 100

total lack of inhibition