SAT Vocabulary: College Panda's 400 Must-Know Words
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What does the word 'secluded' mean?

  • Beautiful, visually pleasing
  • Hard to reach, hidden away (correct)
  • Easy to reach, open to all
  • Full of people, crowded
  • What is the opposite of being 'skeptical'?

  • To be confident
  • To believe everything (correct)
  • To have doubts
  • To be neutral
  • What does the word 'fluctuate' mean?

  • To rise and fall irregularly (correct)
  • To move slowly and steadily
  • To change suddenly
  • To stay the same all the time
  • What does the word 'exalt' mean?

    <p>To praise or worship</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word 'colloquial' mean?

    <p>Used in casual conversation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word 'abrupt' mean?

    <p>Sudden, unexpected, without warning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word 'proxy' mean?

    <p>A person authorized to act on behalf of another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of the word 'disseminate'?

    <p>To spread information widely</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word 'incredulous' mean?

    <p>Unwilling or unable to believe something</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of the word 'paucity'?

    <p>A small amount of something</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word 'reverence' mean?

    <p>A deep respect or admiration for something</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of the word 'anomaly'?

    <p>An oddity or something that is not normal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Vocabulary Words

    • Erratic: unpredictable, inconsistent, and irregular
    • Secluded: hard to reach, hidden away
    • Fluctuate: to rise and fall irregularly
    • Exalt: to praise, to worship
    • Admonish: to warn or scold someone
    • Abrupt: sudden, unexpected, without warning
    • Content: satisfied
    • Eccentric: uncommon, strange
    • Mired: stuck in mud
    • Colloquial: used in casual conversation
    • Reconcile: settle one's differences, make compatible, bring back to peace
    • Alienate: to cause someone to feel isolated or lonely
    • Distinguish: to tell the difference between
    • Adequate: sufficient, enough, acceptable
    • Contend: to deal with someone or something, to claim or state a belief confidently
    • Skeptical: having doubts
    • Enfranchise: to give the right to vote
    • Sophisticated: having a lot of worldly experience and knowledge, complicated
    • Radical: thorough, complete, extensive, fundamental, essential, revolutionary, extreme
    • Formulate: to create or think up
    • Attest: to confirm or verify
    • Vexing: annoying, irritating
    • Unassuming: humble, low-key
    • Coerce: to pressure or force someone to do something
    • Adept: very skilled at something
    • Eloquent: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing
    • Austere: plain and without decoration, comforts, or anything extra
    • Dread: to fear, be afraid of
    • Inevitable: unavoidable
    • Stress: to emphasize
    • Spawn: to produce, generate, or create
    • Renounce: to give up, deny, or surrender something
    • Unprecedented: never done or known before

    More Vocabulary Words

    • Broach: to bring up a difficult subject for discussion
    • Proxy: a person authorized to act on behalf of another; substitute
    • Detrimental: harmful, damaging
    • Secular: having no religious or spiritual basis
    • Innovative: new and different
    • Tangible: real and able to be shown or touched
    • Disseminate: to spread widely (particularly information)
    • Delegate: to assign a task to another person
    • Apparent: clearly visible or understood; obvious
    • Postulate: to suggest or propose something
    • Speculate: to guess, to form a theory without firm evidence
    • Bazaar: a market selling a large variety of goods
    • Sporadic: scattered, irregular, unpredictable
    • Suffrage: the right to vote
    • Incredulous: unwilling or unable to believe something
    • Idealistic: unrealistically aiming for perfection
    • Conflate: to mix or combine into one (typically ideas)
    • Paucity: poverty, scarcity
    • Ephemeral: temporary, short-lived
    • Prompt: to cause (someone) to take a course of action
    • Reverence: deep respect for someone or something
    • Disparity: a great difference
    • Dispassionate: not influenced by strong emotion, fair-minded
    • Phenomenon: a noteworthy occurrence or situation
    • Boast: to brag, to show off
    • Irksome: irritating, annoying
    • Allude: to suggest or call attention to indirectly, to make a reference to something
    • Omnipotence: having unlimited or great power
    • Provoke: to cause a reaction or emotion (usually anger); to trigger
    • Indulge: to allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
    • Entrenched: firmly established and unlikely to change
    • Inherent: built-in, existing in something as a permanent or essential characteristic
    • Vernacular: everyday informal language, local dialect

    Even More Vocabulary Words

    • Inquisition: interrogation, questioning
    • Anecdote: a short personal story
    • Malign: evil in nature, harmful
    • Anomaly: oddity, something that is not normal
    • Inhibit: to hold someone or something back, to suppress, to prevent
    • Mutable: changeable
    • Petty: of little importance, caring too much about trivial matters
    • Avid: passionate about something
    • Invoke: to call on or refer to something
    • Imprudent: foolish, reckless
    • Tenacity: persistence, determination
    • Venerable: respected
    • Authoritarian: enforcing strict obedience to authority

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    Test your knowledge of essential SAT vocabulary words with this quiz featuring 400 must-know words, including erratic, secluded, fluctuate, and more. Improve your understanding of complex vocabulary and boost your SAT scores. Practice and review these crucial words to excel in the exam.

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