SAT Vocabulary Words PDF

aristocracy: people on the highest social class ascribe: claim that this piece belongs to somebody allude: indirectly mention someone anachronism: not belonging to this era apocryphal: well-known but probably bullshit abscond: to suddenly disappear secretly to escape from somewhere abhorrent:...

aristocracy: people on the highest social class ascribe: claim that this piece belongs to somebody allude: indirectly mention someone anachronism: not belonging to this era apocryphal: well-known but probably bullshit abscond: to suddenly disappear secretly to escape from somewhere abhorrent: causes hatred attenuate: make sth less or weaken apparatus: system aptitude: natrual ability/skill asceticism: the practice of living a simple life without physical pleasures (!religiously) austerity: the practice of living a simple life without physical pleasures alacrity: with speed and interest acrid: bitter / unpleasant abrasive: rude / texture of sandpaper aberration: temporary change from normal behavior acumen: skill at making correct decisions adulation: great admiration / praise agnostic: someone who doesn't know whether god exists but isn't an atheist either / indecisive austere: simple life (because no mone) archetype: perfect example of something / the original benevolence: kind beseeching: you want that crap very much bequeath: arrange your money to be given to someone after death brevity: only a few words / lasting for a short time banal: unoriginal belligerent: willing to fight/argue congenial: friendly censorious: criticizing other ppl contemptuous: no respect condescend: below your social/professional position cynicism: gaslighting compunction: guilty about what you just did or might do congency: clearly expressed + likely to persuade ppl charlatan: a person who acts like they have knowledge in their job countenance: support something callous: like psychopathic candour: honest chagrin: disappoint/anger from a mistake clamour: loud demand concord: peace agreement between countries copious: abundant cynic: like a narcissist dogged: ngoan cố decorum: behaviour that is controlled and polite derision: mockery delegate: give the job to somebody else to work for you delineate: outline dispassionate: able to make radical decisions cuz you're not controlled by emotions despotic: typical of a cruel leader despondency: depressed decadent: have low standards for morals, interested in funsies only rather than serious stuff didactic: to improve morals by teaching deft: skillful, clever, quick diffident: shy of your abilities dearth: not enough (quantity) dogmatic: you believe you're right and everyone else is wrong deplore: to say/think that something is very bad deferential: respect debacle: fiasco ecotype: subtype of living being that is adapted to an environment empirical: based on exp rather than theory ecclesiastical: christian stuff exalt: speaks very highly of extenuate: lessen the strength of something evince: make something obvious esoteric: only understood by ppl with knowledge enmity: hate extricate: remove something with difficulty eclectic: includes different styles and methods felicity: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious forbearance: self control frivolous: trivial fortitude: courage over a long period facile: too ez furtive: secretly dishonest fickle: prone to changing opinions without a good reason florid: too much decoration fastidious: giving too much attention to small detail expecting everything to be perfect gregarious: likes to be with ppl haphazardly: no plan inveterate: unlike to change infatuation: temporary strong love intrepid: brave inept: not skilled/effective indictment: criticism impartiality: supporting neither SIDES imprudent: unwise / likely to produce bad results incommunicado: you're not allowed to talk outside the place where you are indignation: angry and suprised at an unreasonable thing indefatigably: not willing to be defeated insinuate: imply a negative thing intrinsic: an important aspect of a person incipent: just began incense: trigger someone inimical: harmful, limiting jocularity: the ability to joke jubilant: happy because of a success jaded: apathetic because you experienced it too many times luster/lustre: shining quality of a surface / exciting speciality listlessly: carelessly languid: moving / speaking with little energy, especially attractively lithe: young health attractive smooth magnanimous: be kind to an enemy/inferior magnate: rich businessman mar: fuck sth up mandate: authority given to a group of ppl (!government) to perform an action / govern a country maverick: a person who acts differently from the norm marshal: assemble a group to achieve a task / an official responsible for putting laws in effect meagre: very small / not enough myiopia: cận thị morose: depressed malaise: bad health / lack of energy milieu: environment (in a sense) onerous: difficult task opulent: expensive and luxurious prairie: wide area of flat land prosecution: accuses someone in a court / take part in an activity (!war) posterity: ppl in the future precipitation: act without thinking plight: sad situation primordial: since the very beginning primeval: very early peculiarity: typical of a group/person/thing pecuniary: relating to mone perfidy: unloyal behavior poignant: causes sadness plaintiff: someone who makes a legal complaint in court preclude: preventing a thing pertinent: relevant to the current topic pious: living very religiously parochial: interested in only things that are near to yourself pastoral: countryside arts polemical: strong attack/defend an opinion, person, idea, belief paltry: small quantity of mone / of low quality panacea: one size fits all solution penchant: liking something that most ppl don't pre-eminent: better than others partisan: blindly supporting a person/idea quiescent: temporarily quiet and inactive remuneration: work payment remonstrance: complaint rationale: reasons behind a set of actions repeal: delete a law/rule rescind: delete a law/rule replete: full of something (!food) repudiate: reject respite: a useful delay before something bad happens recluse: a person who lives alone and avoids going outside reprieve: halt/delay a punishment (!death sentence) seismic: relating to earthquakes, the effect is very widespread and devastating salient: important spurious: bullshit even though it looks true sophistry: bullshit even though it looks true suffrage: right to vote subversive: trying to destroy something (!political system) scrupulous: honest strident: expressing bold language that may upset other ppl surfeit: too large, more than needed staunch: stop a liquid in its tracks / always supporting a person/belief supercilious: like narcissist sardonic: disrespectful humor tariff: tax on imported/exported goods trepidation: feel like something bad gonna happen tenuous: weak transpire: to happen tacid: understood without being expressed directly tactiturn: speaks very little torpor: inactive, no energy/enthusiasm turpitude: bad behavior unctuous: express too much interest and praise even though you're clearly faking it usurp: take control of a position of power, especially without having the right to uncouth: rude vindicate: prove something is true / you're right volatile: can easily be changed into a gas (state of matter) OR into something worse voluble: speaking a lot with enthusiasm wry: showing that you find a bad situation funny watershed: important period/era/event that changes the way ppl think be wont to: often do it tap in the zeitgeist: common beliefs of a period in history ferret out: find out after looking everywhere