Great SAT Vocab List

vtoodler · January 7, 2007, 7:25pm

Here's a great SAT vocab list that I used to score in the 95%ile on the SAT verbal section.

VOCABULARY LIST

abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery. 
abbot n. The superior of a community of monks
abeyance n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
abjure v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. 
aboveboard adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. 
abscess n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.
abscission n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. 
abut v. To touch at the end or boundary line. 
accession n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. 
accompaniment n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part. 
adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration. 
adjudge v. To award or bestow by formal decision. 
adjuration n. A vehement appeal.
adjutant adj. Auxiliary. 
adumbrate v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
aerostatics n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure,
alder n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. 
allay v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. 
ambrosial adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. 
ampere n. The practical unit of electric-current strength.
ampersand n. The character &
anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase. 
anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage. 
anemometer n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind. 
animadversion n. The utterance of criticism or censure.
animalcule n. An animal of microscopic smallness. 
antechamber n. A waiting room for those who seek audience.
antedate v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
antemeridian adj. Before noon.
antemundane adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
anteroom n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger. 
anthracite n. Hard coal. 
anticyclone n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. 
antilogy n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. 
antiphon n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
antiphony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
antipodes n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
antiquary n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc. 
antispasmodic adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
antistrophe n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home". 
apiary n. A place where bees are kept.
apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
apostate adj. False. 
apothecary n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
apotheosis n. Deification. 
apposite adj. Appropriate.
apposition n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. 
approbation n. Sanction. 
arbiter n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters. 
arborescent adj. Having the nature of a tree. 
armory n. An arsenal. 
arrant adj. Notoriously bad.
arrear n. Something overdue and unpaid
artifice n. Trickery
ascendant adj. Dominant. 
askance adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning. . 
athwart adv. From side to side.
atomizer n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc. 
attache n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy. 
auricle n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
auricular adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
auriferous adj. Containing gold.
aurora n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere. 
autarchy n. Unrestricted power. 
automaton n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical
avocation n. Diversion. 
bale n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
baleful adj. Malignant. 
barcarole n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
barring prep. Apart from.
baritone adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. 
baste v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. 
batten n. A narrow strip of wood. 
bauble n. A trinket. 
beck v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
bedaub v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
belay v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
benefice n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. 
berth n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. 
beset v. To attack on all sides.
bestrew v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
bestride v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
bethink v. To remind oneself.
betide v. To happen to or befall.
betimes adv. In good season or time.
betroth v. To engage to marry.
betrothal n. Engagement to marry.
bibulous adj. Fond of drinking. 
biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. 
blazon v. To make widely or generally known. 
bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. 
bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells. 
boorish adj. Rude. 
Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. 
brae n. Hillside. 
brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear. 
bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.
brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals. 
breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
breech n. The buttocks. 
brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
brimstone n. Sulfur.
brine n. Water saturated with salt
broach v. To mention, for the first time. 
bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water. 
bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. 
burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
burnish v. To make brilliant or shining. 
butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated. 
by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion. 
cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.
cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
caitiff adj. Cowardly. 
calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning. 
calumny n. Slander. 
came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows. 
canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
cantata n. A choral composition.
canto n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
cantonment n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered. 
capitulate v. To surrender or stipulate terms. 
captious adj. Hypercritical. 
caret n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted. 
carnage n. Massacre. 
carouse v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
carrion n. Dead and putrefying flesh. 
cartridge n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. 
cauterize v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron. 
centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.
chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court. 
cholera n. An acute epidemic disease. 
chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision. 
claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right. .
clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. 
codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will. 
cognizant adj. Taking notice. 
collier n. One who works in a coal-mine. . 
collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
comestible adj. Fit to be eaten. 
commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
commission v. To empower. 
complaisance n. Politeness.
confessor n. A spiritual advisor. . . 
confluent n. A stream that unites with another. 
congenial adj. Having kindred character or tastes. 
conscript v. To force into military service. 
consign v. To entrust. 
consonance n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
constable n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace. 
consul n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country. 
consumptive adj. Designed for gradual destruction. 
contumacious adj. Rebellious.
contumacy n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
contuse v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin. 
conversant adj. Thoroughly informed. 
conveyance n. That by which anything is transported.
convivial adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
convolve v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
cornice n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
cosmogony n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
cosmography n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
cosmology n. The general science of the universe.
cosmopolitan adj. Common to all the world. 
courser n. A fleet and spirited horse.
covey n. A flock of quails or partridges.
coxswain n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
crag n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
creamery n. A butter-making establishment.
crockery n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
crucible n. A trying and purifying test or agency. 
cryptogram n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning. 
cudgel n. A short thick stick used as a club. 
culvert n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
cupidity n. Avarice. 
curio n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
cycloid adj. Like a circle.
cygnet n. A young swan. 
cynosure n. That to which general interest or attention is directed. 
darkling adv. Blindly.
day-man n. A day-laborer.
death's-head n. A human skull as a symbol of death. 
decalogue n. The ten commandments.
Decameron n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
decamp v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
deciduous adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc. 
declamation n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
declamatory adj. A full and formal style of utterance.
declension n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender. 
defalcate v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something. 
deign v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
deist n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation. 
deliquesce v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
demulcent n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface
demurrage n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
denouement n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. 
dentifrice n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
deponent adj. Laying down. 
derrick n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. 
descry v. To discern. 
desistance n. Cessation.
desultory adj. Not connected with what precedes. 
detrude v. To push down forcibly. 
diacritical adj. Marking a difference. 
dialectician n. A logician. 
diaphanous adj. Transparent. 
dictum n. A positive utterance. 
digraph n. A union of two characters representing a single sound. 
dilettante n. A superficial amateur. 
discountenance v. To look upon with disfavor. 
discrepant adj. Opposite. 
dismount v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like. 
diurnal adj. Daily.
divagation n. Digression.. 
docket n. The registry of judgments of a court. 
dragnet n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
dragoon n. In the British army, a cavalryman. 
ductile adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. 
dun v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
durance n. Confinement. 
dyne n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
effete adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions.
efflorescence n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.
effluvium n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
effrontery n. Unblushing impudence. 
electrotype n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin. 
embolden v. To give courage to
entrails n. pl. The internal parts of an animal.
entreaty n. An earnest request.
entree n. The act of entering.
entrench v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall. 
epicycle n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
epigram n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation. 
epizootic adj. Prevailing among animals.
epode n. A species of lyric poems. 
errant adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. 
espy v. To keep close watch.
esquire n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy. 
esthetic adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
estimable adj. Worthy of respect. 
estuary n. A wide lower part of a tidal river. 
evert v. To turn inside out. 
excrescence n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development. 
excursion n. A journey. 
execration n. An accursed thing. 
exegesis n. Biblical exposition or interpretation. 
expectorate v. To cough up and spit forth. 
expiate v. To make satisfaction or amends for. 
expostulate v. To discuss. 
extensor n. A muscle that causes extension. 
extradition n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
extrajudicial adj. Happening out of court. 
extrude v. To drive out or away. 
facetious adj. Amusing.
faun n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
fawn n. A young deer.
fete n. A festival or feast. 
fiducial adj. Indicative of faith or trust.
fishmonger n. One who sells fish. 
flag-officer n. The captain of a flag-ship. 
flection n. The act of bending. 
floe n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. 
flue n. A smoke-duct in a chimney. 
fluential adj. Pertaining to streams. 
forby adv. Besides. 
forecourt n. A court opening directly from the street.
forejudge v. To judge of before hearing evidence.
forepeak n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck. 
forecastle n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds. 
foreground n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
forehead n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. 
foreman n. The head man.
foreordain v. To predetermine.
foreordination n. Predestination.
foresail n. A square sail. 
forfend v. To ward off. 
forswear v. To renounce upon oath. 
forth adv. Into notice or view. 
frowzy adj. Slovenly in appearance. 
fruition n. Fulfillment.
fugacious adj. Fleeting. 
fulminate v. To cause to explode.
fulsome adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
functionary n. An official. 
fungible adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed. 
furlough n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
gait n. Carriage of the body in going. 
galore adj. Abundant. 
gambol n. Playful leaping or frisking. 
gamut n. The whole range or sequence.
garrote v. To execute by strangling. 
gendarme n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer. 
genitive adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like. . 
glazier n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows. 
gossamer adj. Flimsy.
gourd n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind. 
grenadier n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature. 
grindstone n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
grisly adj. Fear-inspiring. 
grotto n. A small cavern. 
gumption n. Common sense. 
halcyon adj. Calm.
hale adj. Of sound and vigorous health. 
hardihood n. Foolish daring. 
hawthorn n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges. 
heartrending adj. Very depressing. 
henpeck v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances. 
heteromorphic adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type. 
Hibernian adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.
hypodermic adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin. 
imbroglio n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife. 
immiscible adj. Separating, as oil and water. . 
impolitic adj. Inexpedient. 
importune v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties. 
imprudent adj. Heedless. 
inchmeal adv. Piecemeal.
inchoate adj. Incipient.
incipience n. Beginning.
incisor n. A front or cutting tooth. 
inexorable adj. Unrelenting.
inexpedient adj. Unadvisable.
inimical adj. Adverse.
inroad n. Forcible encroachment or trespass.
insentient adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. 
intension n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained. 
intercessor n. A mediator.
interdict n. Authoritative act of prohibition. 
interlocutor n. One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion. 
interpolation n. Verbal interference.
intervale n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river. 
intestate adj. Not having made a valid will. 
intramural adj. Situated within the walls of a city.
introgression n. Entrance.
intromit v. To insert.
inveigh v. To utter vehement censure or invective.
inveterate adj. Habitual.
invidious adj. Showing or feeling envy.
irrefragable adj. That can not be refuted or disproved.
irrefrangible adj. That can not be broken or violated.
isochronous adj. Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.
joggle n. A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake.
judicature n. Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment.
junta n. A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.
joust v. To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.
kiln n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products. 
kingship n. Royal state. 
knight errant n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.
knighthood n. Chivalry. 
ladle n. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids.
lattice n. Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars. 
lea n. A field.
leeward n. That side or direction toward which the wind blows. 
legionary n. A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor. 
leonine adj. Like a lion. 
leviathan n. Any large animal, as a whale. 
levy v. To impose and collect by force or threat of force. 
liege adj. Sovereign.
ligature n. Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying. 
ligneous adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood. 
liniment n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
liquefacient adj. Possessing a liquefying nature or power. 
liqueur n. An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances. 
lithograph n. A print made by printing from stone.
littoral adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
loam n. A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay.
locative adj. Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.
lode n. A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.
lodgment n. The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.
lordling n. A little lord.
lough n. A lake or loch.
louse n. A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
lune n. The moon.
lyre n. One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.
macadamize v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone. 
magnet n. A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the
manumission n. Emancipation.
manumit v. To set free from bondage.
messieurs n. pl. Gentlemen. 
metempsychosis n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
mien n. The external appearance or manner of a person.
millet n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
miscreant n. A villain.
mislay v. To misplace.
missal n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
misuse v. To maltreat.
miter n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
modish adj. Fashionable.
mongrel n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
monitory n. Admonition or warning.
moonbeam n. A ray of moonlight.
mordant adj. Biting.
morphology n. the science of organic forms.
muffle v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
muleteer n. A mule-driver.
naphtha n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in
necrology n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
necromancer n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
Neolithic adj. Pertaining to the later stone age.
neology n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
nettle v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
nimble adj. Light and quick in motion or action.
nit n. The egg of a louse or some other insect.
nondescript adj. Indescribable.
nonpareil n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
nostrum n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
nugatory adj. Having no power or force.
oakum n. Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.
obelisk n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.
obstreperous adj. Boisterous.
obvert v. To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person
Occident n. The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.
occlude v. To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
octavo n. A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.
octogenarian adj. A person of between eighty and ninety years.
ocular adj. Of or pertaining to the eye.
oculist n. One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
operetta n. A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.
opprobrium n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
oratorio n. A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures.
osculate v. To kiss.
palinode n. A retraction.
palliate v. To cause to appear less guilty.
paly adj. Lacking color or brilliancy.
panegyric n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
panoply n. A full set of armor.
pantheism n. The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
pantomime n. Sign-language.
pantoscope n. A very wide-angled photographic lens.
parlance n. Mode of speech.
parley v. To converse in.
paronymous adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word.
paroxysm n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.
parse v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
passible adj. Capable of feeling of suffering.
patronymic adj. Formed after one's father's name.
patter v. To mumble something over and over.
peccadillo n. A small breach of propriety or principle.
peccant adj. Guilty.
pecuniary adj. Consisting of money.
pedant n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.
peerage n. The nobility.
pellucid adj. Translucent.
pennant n. A small flag.
pentavalent adj. Quinqeuvalent.
pentad n. The number five
perambulate v. To walk about.
percolate v. To filter.
perfidy n. Treachery.
perigee n. The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth. .
peripatetic adj. Walking about.
persiflage n. Banter.
personage n. A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
philately n. The study and collection of stamps.
philharmonic adj. Fond of music. 
philology n. The study of language in connection with history and literature.
phonogram n. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
phonology n. The science of human vocal sounds.
physiocracy n. The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
physiognomy n. The external appearance merely.
physiography n. Description of nature.
picayune adj. Of small value.
piccolo n. A small flute.
pillory n. A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
piteous adj. Compassionate.
pittance n. Any small portion or meager allowance.
planisphere n. A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
plaudit n. An expression of applause.
plenary adj. Entire.
plenipotentiary n. A person fully empowered to transact any business.
plenteous adj. Abundant.
pluperfect adj. Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
pneumatic adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
poesy n. Poetry.
poetaster n. An inferior poet.
portent n. Anything that indicates what is to happen.
posit v. To present in an orderly manner.
postscript n. Something added to a letter after the writer's signature. 
potentate n. One possessed of great power or sway.
prate v. To talk about vainly or foolishly.
precedential adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
predicate v. To state as belonging to something.
preeminence n. Special eminence.
preempt v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
prelacy n. A system of church government.
prelate n. One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.
preordain v. To foreordain.
prepossession n. A preconceived liking.
presage v. To foretell.
prescience n. Knowledge of events before they take place.
prescript adj. Prescribed as a rule or model.
presentient adj. Perceiving or feeling beforehand.
presentment n. Semblance.
preternatural adj. Extraordinary.
pretext n. A fictitious reason or motive.
prevaricate v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
prickle v. To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
priggish adj. Conceited.
prim adj. Stiffly proper.
primer n. An elementary reading-book for children.
primeval adj. Belonging to the first ages.
priory n. A monastic house.
privateer n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
privity n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
privy adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.
proffer v. To offer to another for acceptance.
profligate adj. Abandoned to vice.
proletarian n. A person of the lowest or poorest class.
prolix adj. Verbose.
promulgate v. To proclaim.
proscenium n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.
proscription n. Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
proselyte n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.
protomartyr n. The earliest victim in any cause.
provident adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.
providential adj. Effected by divine guidance.
prudential adj. Proceeding or marked by caution.
prurient adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.
puissant adj. Possessing strength.
pulmonary adj. Pertaining to the lungs.
punctilious adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
purl v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
purloin v. To steal.
purport n. Intent.
purveyor n. one who supplies
pyre n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
pyx n. A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
quadrate v. To divide into quarters.
quarto n. An eight-page newspaper of any size.
quay n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.
queue n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
quibble n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
quintet n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.
radix n. That from or on which something is developed.
raillery n. Good-humored satire.
ramose adj. Branch-like.
rampart n. A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
rancor n. Malice.
rapacious adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.
rapine n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
raptorial adj. Seizing and devouring living prey.
ravine n. A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of
recidivist n. A confirmed criminal.
reconnoiter v. To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
recourse n. Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.
recreant n. A cowardly or faithless person.
recrudescence n. The state of becoming raw or sore again.
redolent adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
redound n. Rebound.
refragable adj. Capable of being refuted.
refringency n. Power to refract.
regent n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
regiment n. A body of soldiers.
regnant adj. Exercising royal authority in one's own right.
rein n. A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal. .
reliquary n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.
remiss adj. Negligent.
remonstrance n. Reproof
remonstrate v. To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.
repartee n. A ready, witty, or apt reply.
repertory n. A place where things are stored or gathered together.
repudiate v. To refuse to have anything to do with.
requiem n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.
requital n. Adequate return for good or ill.
resumption n. The act of taking back, or taking again.
retch v. To make an effort to vomit.
retinue n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
risible adj. capable of exciting laughter.
rivulet n. A small stream or brook.
rondo n. A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
rookery n. A place where crows congregate to breed.
rote n. Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.
rudimentary adj. Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.
salacious adj. Having strong sexual desires.
salvo n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.
sapid adj. Affecting the sense of taste.
sapience n. Deep wisdom or knowledge.
saponaceous adj. Having the nature or quality of soap.
sarcophagus n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.
satyr n. A very lascivious person.
scabbard n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.
scope n. A range of action or view.
scurrilous adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar.
scuttle v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
scythe n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.
secant adj. Cutting, especially into two parts.
sedition n. Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.
sedulous adj. Persevering in effort or endeavor.
seer n. A prophet.
seignior n. A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.
sensorium n. The sensory apparatus.
sentience n. Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.
sentinel n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
sepulcher n. A burial-place.
sequacious adj. Ready to be led.
sequent adj. Following in the order of time.
sequestrate v. To confiscate.
sextet n. A band of six singers or players.
sibilate v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
sidelong adj. Inclining or tending to one side.
sidereal adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations.
sinecure n. Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
singe v. To burn slightly or superficially.
sirocco n. hot winds from Africa.
skiff n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
sleight n. A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.
solder n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
solecism n. Any violation of established rules or customs.
solicitude n. Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
solstice n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.
somnolence n. Oppressive drowsiness.
specious adj. Plausible.
specter n. Apparition.
spinous adj. Having spines.
spinster n. A woman who has never been married.
sprightly adj. Vivacious.
squatter n. One who settles on land without permission or right.
stagy adj. Having a theatrical manner.
staid adj. Of a steady and sober character.
stanchion n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
statecraft n. The art of conducting state affairs.
statuette n. A figurine.
steppe n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.
sterling adj. Genuine.
stolid adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
stratagem n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
streamlet n. Rivulet.
stultify v. To give an appearance of foolishness to.
suasion n. The act of persuading.
subacid adj. Somewhat sharp or biting.
sublingual adj. Situated beneath the tongue.
submersible adj. Capable of being put underwater.
subtend v. To extend opposite to.
subterfuge n. Evasion.
subtrahend n. That which is to be subtracted.
superannuate v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
superlative n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
supernumerary adj. Superfluous.
supine adj. Lying on the back.
supplant v. To take the place of.
supplicant n. One who asks humbly and earnestly.
supplicate v. To beg.
supposition n. Conjecture.
supramundane adj. Supernatural.
surety n. Security for payment or performance.
Sybarite n. A luxurious person.
sylph n. A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
syndicate n. An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
syneresis n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.
synod n. An ecclesiastical council.
taciturn adj. Disinclined to conversation.
tactician n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
taxidermy n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
tenor n. A settled course or manner of progress.
tercentenary adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
termagant adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
testator n. The maker of a will.
thoroughfare n. A public street or road.
thrall n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
tilth n. Cultivation.
timorous adj. Lacking courage.
tincture n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
tortious adj. Wrongful.
trammel n. An impediment.
transalpine adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.
treatise n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
treble adj. Multiplied by three.
trenchant adj. Cutting deeply and quickly.
trestle n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.
triad n. A group of three persons of things.
trident n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
turgid adj. Swollen.
twinge n. A darting momentary local pain.
typography n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. 
tyro n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. 
ultramundane adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.
ultramontane adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
umbrage n. A sense of injury.
unguent n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application.
univalence n. Monovalency.
unisonant adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
Unitarian adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
untoward adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance. 
upturn v. To throw into confusion. 
urbanity n. Refined or elegant courtesy.
urchin n. A roguish, mischievous boy.
usurious adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
utilitarianism n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
vainglory n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
vale n. Level or low land between hills. 
vassal n. A slave or bondman.
venal adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
vendition n. The act of selling.
veneer n. Outside show or elegance. 
venial adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
venison n. The flesh of deer. 
venous adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins. 
vernal adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring. 
vertigo n. Dizziness.
vicarious adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
vindicatory adj. Punitive. 
virago n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman. . 
vitiate v. To contaminate.
vituperable adj. Deserving of censure. 
vivisection n. The dissection of a living animal.
vocable n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
vocative adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling. 
volant adj. Flying or able to fly. 
voluble adj. Having great fluency in speaking. 
votary adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise.
votive adj. Dedicated by a vow. 
waif n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.
weal n. Well-being.
whereupon adv. After which. . 
witling n. A person who has little understanding. 
wizen v. To become or cause to become withered or dry.
zeitgeist n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.

vtoodler · January 7, 2007, 7:26pm

Just copy and paste this into a Word document and print it out so you can study with it.

TruthfuLie · January 7, 2007, 7:48pm

where is this list from?

skp21 · January 7, 2007, 8:54pm

782 words .

solsek · January 7, 2007, 9:10pm

What is the 95th percentile? 700?

Lasko · January 7, 2007, 9:31pm

How do ppl remember words like these...there are soo many!

thecalccobra · January 7, 2007, 10:05pm

no gain without pain bra

Godot · January 8, 2007, 2:24am

This is NOT a good SAT vocabulary list (although it might be a good list if one were studying for the GRE). One would be lucky to find just two of these words on his exam. Start with a list with much more frequently occurring words first.

solsek · January 8, 2007, 2:26am

What would be a good word list?

CC_Admin · January 8, 2007, 4:15am

i agree, i also would NOT recommend this list

vtoodler · January 8, 2007, 11:17am

It is more of an advanced list for people who'd like to score above the 90 percentile. If you want a more basic list, I'd suggest Princeton Review or Kaplan.

Honestly, if you have time, I suggest using a more advanced list such as this because one of the reasons that I didn't score higher on the SATs was because I missed some sentence completions and reading questions that had really advanced words.

Also, it's a very short list, and it shouldn't take more than 2 weeks to memorize it.

jaywoodard · January 8, 2007, 1:13pm

you can get a free list at sparknotes

TruthfuLie · January 8, 2007, 10:29pm

is the sparknotes 1000 common words list even accurate? I remember glancing at just the first words starting with letter "a" and none of them even showed up on a blue book practice exam.

Maybe sparknotes needs to update the list?

Dabu · January 9, 2007, 4:46pm

That would be nice to know TruthfuLie, considering that is the list I have been studying from.

Godot · January 11, 2007, 9:00pm

Start with the list in RocketReview (323 words). Using that list alone and learning all of the vocabulary that appears in the Blue Book would be a fantastic foundation.

cliff_hanger · January 12, 2007, 12:30am

Can anyone post the RocketReview word list? That would be greatly appreciated.

solsek · January 12, 2007, 2:23am

Yes, if someone could that would be excellent.

ru4real1666 · January 12, 2007, 4:08am

<ol>
<li>conventional (100) based on accepted practice; traditional; customary;
normal; ordinary; orthodox (convention,
unconventional)</li>
<li>undermine (99) to hurt, weaken, or destroy, often in an
underhanded or sneaky way</li>
<li>dismissive (90) rejecting another’s thoughts or ideas, usually as not
worthy of consideration; condescending (dismiss)</li>
<li>aesthetic (86) relating to what is beautiful; beautiful; pleasing
(aesthetics, aesthete, unaesthetic)</li>
<li>objective (77) based on facts rather than personal feelings;
unbiased; not personal; not subjective; true
(objectivity)</li>
<li>reconcile (75) to adjust the differences between things; to reach
an agreement, especially after an argument; to
make up; to overcome discord; to try to be inclusive
(reconciliation, conciliatory, irreconcilable)</li>
<li>speculative (74) taking a chance; risky; uncertain; cannot be
confirmed (speculate, speculation)</li>
<li>accessible (71) being able to enter or approach a place;
approachable; friendly; genial; gregarious (access,
inaccessible)</li>
<li>decorum (68) proper; correct behavior or etiquette; good
manners; refinement (decorous, indecorous)</li>
<li>impulsive (67) tending to act on impulse and without thought;
rash; impetuous; unrestrained; capricious
(impulses)</li>
<li>deride (67) to ridicule something; to laugh at something as
ridiculous; to mock; to satirize (derision, derisory,
risible)</li>
<li>suppress (67) to stop something from rising or coming out by
holding it down; to repress (suppression)</li>
<li>complacent (66) overly pleased with an accomplishment;
overconfident; self-satisfied; so unwary as to be
foolish (complacency)</li>
<li>reverent (66) deeply honoring or respectful—and so not joking
around; venerating (revere, reverence, reverential,
irreverent)</li>
<li>disparage (65) to insult or put down; to offend</li>
<li>relevant (65) relating to the subject at hand; important or
significant; pertinent (relevance, irrelevant)</li>
<li>prudent (62) careful; cautious, especially about money; having
good judgment; circumspect; wary (prudence,
imprudent)</li>
<li>refute (62) to prove wrong or false (refutation, irrefutable)</li>
<li>inevitable (61) certain to happen; unavoidable (inevitability)</li>
<li>innocuous (60) harmless; not dangerous at all; not likely to provoke
a strong reaction; inconsequential</li>
<li>convey (60) to make something known; to reveal; to
communicate; to depict</li>
<li>profound (59) wise; deep; beneath the surface (profundity)</li>
<li>ironic (59) a statement or situation that conveys a second
meaning at odds with the apparent meaning;
humorous (irony)</li>
<li>ambivalent (58) undecided; feeling positively and negatively towards
something (ambivalence)</li>
<li>pragmatic (58) getting things done in an effective way; practical;
emphasizing the practical; expedient (pragmatism,
pragmatist)</li>
<li>innovative (58) new; revolutionary (innovation)</li>
<li>rational (57) based on reason rather than emotions; logical;
sensible (irrational, rationale, rationalize)</li>
<li>abstract (57) based on general ideas; not solid or concrete; vague;
hypothetical (abstraction)</li>
<li>distinct (57) clearly separate from others; not identical;
different; clear; conspicuous; lucid (distinction,
distinctive, indistinct)</li>
<li>felicitous (56) well-chosen; especially appropriate; pleasing
(felicity, infelicity)</li>
<li>resolute (56) determined to succeed; not easily discouraged;
persistent; tenacious (resolution, irresolute,
resolve, unresolved)</li>
<li>diverse (55) varying; something composed of distinct or unlike
elements or qualities (diversity, diversify)</li>
<li>trivial (53) unimportant; insignificant; negligible;
inconsequential (trivialize, triviality)</li>
<li>discern (53) to notice; to see clearly; to distinguish; to
discriminate (discerning, discernment,
indiscernible)</li>
<li>enhance (53) to strengthen; to improve (enhancement)</li>
<li>redundant (52) extra, so not needed; extraneous (redundancy)</li>
<li>tempered (52) mild; not severe or extreme; controlled; moderate;
restrained (temperate, temperance, intemperate)</li>
<li>dubious (52) doubtful, and probably untrue; implausible</li>
<li>depict (51) to represent in words or pictures; to describe a
scene or situation; to show; to convey (depiction)</li>
<li>compelling (51) to arouse a feeling irresistibly; forceful; incisive;
provocative; engaging (compel, compulsion,
compulsory)</li>
<li>indifferent (51) not caring about something—such as an outcome—
one way or the other; apathetic (indifference)</li>
<li>embellish (50) to decorate; to make beautiful or aesthetic; to make
additions to, especially as in adding fictitious
details to a story (embellishment)</li>
<li>supplant (50) to replace as better</li>
<li>fabricate (49) to make or devise something; to make up an
elaborate story, as in to lie (fabrication, fabricator)</li>
<li>plausible (49) believable; probably; likely (implausible)</li>
<li>parallel (49) something equivalent; a comparison; an analogy
(unparalleled)</li>
<li>eradicate (49) to wipe out; to eliminate; to destroy (ineradicable)</li>
<li>dominant (49) having great or complete power or influence over
someone or something; primary (dominate,
domination, predominant)</li>
<li>deleterious (49) harmful</li>
<li>discord (48) disagreement; disharmony, especially among
people; tension or unease between people, and
often the resulting confusion (discordant, concord,
accord)</li>
<li>futile (48) completely useless or ineffective; so hopeless that
effort to change a situation is wasted (futility)</li>
<li>indulgent (47) giving in to another’s wishes; permissive; lenient;
tolerant; condoning (indulge, overindulge, selfindulgent)</li>
<li>indignant (47) annoyed or insulted, especially about one’s dignity;
angered (indignity)</li>
<li>eclectic (47) selecting the best from different sources; selective;
varied</li>
<li>vindicate (47) to prove someone right in the end; to free him or
her from blame; to exonerate (vindication)</li>
<li>exemplary (46) showing by being great example; outstanding
(exemplar, exemplify)</li>
<li>inhibit (46) to block; to hold back; to impede or suppress
(inhibition)</li>
<li>discredit (46) to harm someone’s reputation; to show something
should not be trusted or believed (credit)</li>
<li>contemporary (46) occurring at the present time; occurring at the
same time in history; modern (contemporaries,
contemporaneous)</li>
<li>provoke (45) to arouse strong feelings in someone; to anger
(provocative, provocation)</li>
<li>solicitous (45) eager to help; asking if one can help; sympathetic
(solicit, solicitude)</li>
<li>daunting (45) discouraging; intimidating; scary (undaunted)</li>
<li>skepticism (44) doubt (skeptical, skeptic)</li>
<li>coherent (44) sticking together in a unified whole; orderly;
logically understandable; lucid (incoherent)</li>
<li>autonomy (44) independence; self-government (autonomous)</li>
<li>comprehensive (44) all-inclusive; thorough; complete; encompassing a
great deal</li>
<li>ambiguous (44) unclear; capable of being interpreted in more than
one way; uncertain; doubtful; dubious; not
definitive (ambiguity, unambiguous)</li>
<li>pretentious (43) believing oneself to better than others; boa****l;
affected; not modest or reserved (pretense,
pretension)</li>
<li>rhetoric (43) impressive sounding, though sometimes empty,
words; a formal speech (rhetorical)</li>
<li>ephemeral (43) short-lived; present so fleetingly as barely to exist;
transient; evanescent</li>
<li>spurious (43) not genuine; fake; false; inauthentic</li>
<li>valid (43) well-grounded; sound; logical; effective; legal;
legitimate (validity, invalid)</li>
<li>contempt (43) looking down on others or feeling superior to them;
to feel that someone or something deserves great
disrespect; condescension (contemptuous)</li>
<li>restrained (43) calm and collected; controlled; not impulsive;
reserved (self-restraint)</li>
<li>mundane (43) relating to everyday life; uninspired; banal; prosaic</li>
<li>impetuous (43) rash; impulsive; capricious; not retrained
(impetuosity)</li>
<li>repudiate (42) to reject a person or an idea completely; to have
nothing to do with any longer (repudiation)</li>
<li>definitive (42) settling a disputed matter finally; no longer
tentative; conclusive; authoritative; decisive
(defining, indefinite)</li>
<li>debunk (42) to prove wrong or false; to invalidate</li>
<li>divergent (41) to separate; to split away from; to move apart; to
travel in different directions (diverge, converge)</li>
<li>digress (41) to wander away from a topic; to change the subject
of a discussion momentarily (digression,
digressive)</li>
<li>sustain (41) to hold up; to support; to keep something going
(sustenance)</li>
<li>incongruous (41) not fitting or matching; seeming out of place
(incongruity, congruent)</li>
<li>diffident (40) lacking confidence; shy; reserved; apprehensive;
wary (diffidence)</li>
<li>subtle (40) so slight as to be hard to notice; hard to
distinguish or discern (subtlety)</li>
<li>transient (40) passing through a place quickly; not lasting; shortlived;
transitory; ephemeral; evanescent
(transience)</li>
<li>serene (40) not disturbed; peaceful; quiet; tranquil (serenity)</li>
<li>inconsequential (40) not worth noticing; unimportant; so insignificant
as to have no consequences; negligible; trivial; trite
(consequence)</li>
<li>scrutinize (40) to examine something closely and completely,
especially with an aim to finding faults (scrutiny,
inscrutable)</li>
<li>assert (40) to state a belief positively; to claim, often without
proof (assertion, assertive)</li>
<li>foster (40) to promote; to encourage; to contribute to
something’s growth</li>
<li>perplex (40) to confuse; to mystify (perplexing, perplexity)</li>
<li>narrative (40) an account, story, or history about something
(narrate, narrator, narration)</li>
<li>prosaic (39) ordinary; matter-of-fact; lacking imagination;
uninspired; hackneyed; mundane; banal (prose)</li>
<li>substantiate (39) to offer supporting evidence; to help prove; to
corroborate (unsubstantiated, substantive,
substantial; insubstantial)</li>
<li>optimistic (39) hopeful; looking on the bright side; expecting the
best; sanguine (optimism, optimist)</li>
<li>tranquil (39) calm; peaceful; quiet; relaxing; serene (tranquility)</li>
<li>denounce (39) to put someone down, often publicly; to blame
someone; to accuse (denunciation)</li>
<li>condescend (38) to talk down to; to act superior to; to dismiss; to
treat with contempt (condescending,
condescension)</li>
<li>partisan (38) supporting one side in a dispute, especially over
political matters; biased; not detached or objective
(bipartisan, nonpartisan)</li>
<li>prosperity (38) success, especially financial (prosper, prosperous)</li>
<li>lucid (38) clear; easily understood; transparent; coherent
(elucidate, pellucid)</li>
<li>advocate (38) someone who supports a cause; a supporter; a
champion; a proponent (advocacy)</li>
<li>distinguish (38) to notice; to pick something out, as a person in a
crowd; to see something as different; to
discriminate; to discern (distinguished,
indistinguishable)</li>
<li>superficial (37) only on the surface; shallow; unimportant</li>
<li>illusory (37) seemingly real but not; deceptive; false; inauthentic
(disillusion, illusive)</li>
<li>apprehensive (36) having great doubts; nervous; fearful; diffident
(apprehension, apprehend)</li>
<li>nostalgia (36) fondness for and missing the past, especially one’s
own; missing the good old days (nostalgic)</li>
<li>benevolent (36) kind; generous; tending to help others; solicitous
(benevolence)</li>
<li>sympathy (36) sharing feelings; showing concern for another;
harmonious; solicitude (sympathetic, sympathies,
unsympathetic)</li>
<li>corrupt (36) to ruin something, especially a person’s morals; to
make impure; to decay (corruption, incorruptible)</li>
<li>polemical (35) arguing a position, especially a radical one
(polemics, polemicist)</li>
<li>belie (35) to contradict; to fail to confirm (belied, belying)</li>
<li>mock (35) to ridicule; to make fun of, often as something fake;
to satirize (mockery)</li>
<li>compromised (35) to make insecure or to place in danger; to come to
an agreement by settling differences; agreeing to
something partially (uncompromising)</li>
<li>disdain (34) considering someone or something beneath oneself;
to have contempt for; to despise; condescension</li>
<li>presumption (34) a bold assumption; being overly bold with someone
to the point of disrespect (presume, presuming,
presumptuous)</li>
<li>caustic (34) burning; sarcastic</li>
<li>deferential (34) respectful; reverent; venerating (defer, deferred,
deferral)</li>
<li>subjective (34) open to interpretation; reflecting someone’s
perspective; biased; not objective</li>
<li>capricious (34) unpredictable; whimsical; to act with complete
spontaneity; impulsive; impetuous; acting without
restraint (caprice)</li>
<li>animated (34) lively; vigorous (animation)</li>
<li>endorse (34) to support; to approve; to champion; to authorize;
to advocate; to commend (endorsement)</li>
<li>auspicious (34) promising; favorable (inauspicious)</li>
<li>exacerbate (33) to make a bad situation worse; to worsen</li>
<li>obscure (33) not easily noticed; dark or shadowy; unclear; vague
(obscurity)</li>
<li>dogmatic (33) stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible; closeminded;
intractable (dogma, dogmatism)</li>
<li>extravagant (33) fancy; luxurious; immoderate (extravagance)</li>
<li>venerate (33) to honor above others; to revere (venerable)</li>
<li>gregarious (33) friendly; outgoing; genial</li>
<li>attain (33) to achieve, especially a goal; to get</li>
<li>elude (33) to avoid being found or caught, usually by being
clever (elusive)</li>
<li>tenacious (33) persistent, especially in the face of continuing
challenges; stubborn; resolute; rarely if ever
resigned (tenacity, pertinacious)</li>
<li>mediate (33) to try to help two arguing sides reach an
agreement; to reconcile to parties (mediator,
mediation)</li>
<li>meticulous (32) careful; thorough; painstaking; scrupulous;
exacting</li>
<li>negligible (32) extremely small; so unimportant that it can be
ignored; inconsequential; trivial</li>
<li>equanimity (32) calm; composure, especially under difficult
circumstances</li>
<li>mitigate (32) to lessen the severity or force of something,
especially of something bad or harmful; to
moderate; to alleviate (mitigating, unmitigated)</li>
<li>transitory (32) of short duration; brief; ephemeral; transient;
mutable</li>
<li>immutable (32) unchanging; not able to change; everlasting
(mutable)</li>
<li>evoke (32) to inspire; to arouse; to bring forth (evocative)</li>
<li>cursory (32) hurried and superficial; quick; perfunctory; not
meticulous</li>
<li>rancor (32) extremely bad feelings about something; bitterness
(rancorous)</li>
<li>authentic (32) genuine; true; real; valid (authenticity, inauthentic)</li>
<li>reserved (32) generally quiet and reserved in behavior; modest
(reservation, unreserved)</li>
<li>intuitive (31) knowing by instinct as opposed to rational thought;
what you would expect without having to give much
thought to the matter (intuit, intuition,
counterintuitive)
320</li>
<li>satirize (31) to imitate so as to make fun of; to mock, especially
in writing (satire, satiric)</li>
<li>devoid (31) lacking; free from; empty (void)</li>
<li>concise (31) expressing a lot using few words; short and clear;
to the point; terse (concision, conciseness)</li>
<li>erroneous (31) wrong; mistaken; incorrect (err)</li>
<li>collaborate (31) to work together with someone as equals on a
project, as with a colleague (collaboration,
collaborator)</li>
<li>thwart (31) to block or impede, often for a long time or
permanently</li>
<li>spontaneous (30) happening without being planned; making
decisions suddenly and without thought;
happening naturally, or without human effort;
impulsive (spontaneity)</li>
<li>implement (30) to put into practice; to begin to use something
(implements, implementation)</li>
<li>underscore (30) to emphasize, as if by drawing a line under; to
highlight</li>
<li>explicate (30) to explain or analyze logically; to clear up any
misunderstanding; to make explicit; to elucidate
(explication, inexplicable)</li>
<li>exasperate (30) to annoy someone to the point of frustration
(exasperation)</li>
<li>momentous (30) extremely important; major; unprecedented</li>
<li>pertinent (30) important; relevant (impertinent)</li>
<li>conspicuous (29) obvious; easily seen; in plain sight; extremely
noticeable; easily distinguished or discerned;
prominent (inconspicuous)</li>
<li>amiable (29) friendly; nice; genial; gregarious; amicable
(amiable)
321</li>
<li>widespread (29) widely spread out or shared; commonly held;
pervasive; abundant</li>
<li>pervasive (29) appearing or being everywhere; widespread;
abundant; prevalent (pervade)</li>
<li>prophetic (29) foretelling events; predicting or anticipating the
future (prophet, prophesy)</li>
<li>cynical (29) looking at the bad side of people’s actions; lacking
faith in humanity; lacking any optimism (cynic,
cynicism)</li>
<li>tenuous (29) thin; insubstantial; unable to support anything else
(attenuate)</li>
<li>innate (29) inborn; inherited; naturally belonging; inherent</li>
<li>explicit (29) clearly stated; in plain view; clear; lucid;
unambiguous; conspicuous (implicit)</li>
<li>distort (29) to twist something out of shape; to misrepresent; to
give a false or misleading impression</li>
<li>challenge (29) to question or dispute the truth or validity of
something</li>
<li>acclaim (28) high praise; fame; renown (acclamation)</li>
<li>moderate (28) not extreme; reasonable; tempered</li>
<li>legitimate (28) justified by some rule or law; legal; real; true
(illegitimate, legitimacy)</li>
<li>patronize (28) to be a customer; to treat rudely, condescendingly,
or contemptuously (patron, patronage)</li>
<li>exacting (28) demanding; insisting on; meticulous</li>
<li>contentious (28) to fight; to deal with difficulty; to argue a point
(contention, contend, contender)</li>
<li>conscientious (28) careful; diligent; prudent; scrupulous; meticulous</li>
<li>diligent (28) always careful and hardworking; thorough;
persistent; assiduous (diligence)</li>
<li>deter (28) to prevent; to discourage; to impede; to daunt
(deterrent, undeterred)</li>
<li>initiate (28) to begin; to start; to introduce (initiative,
initiation)</li>
<li>champion (28) to support; to fight for; to endorse; to advocate; to
commend</li>
<li>mediocre (28) second-rate; average-to-poor quality (mediocrity)</li>
<li>domestic (27) relating to the home; relating to one’s country;
fitting in at home; indigenous (domesticate,
domesticity)</li>
<li>pedantic (27) overly academic about minor matters; being a
stickler for academic correctness (pedant,
pedantry)</li>
<li>wary (27) cautious; careful; prudent; circumspect;
apprehensive; diffident</li>
<li>vulnerable (27) able to be hurt; weak (vulnerability, invulnerable)</li>
<li>opportunist (27) someone who takes advantage of opportunities,
often exploiting them selfishly (opportunistic,
opportune)</li>
<li>discriminating (27) selective; making a clear distinction between
things; to treat differently; discerning;
distinguishing (indiscriminate, indiscriminant,
discrimination)</li>
<li>adept (27) skillful (inept)</li>
<li>anachronistic (26) out of date; extremely old-fashioned way of doing
something; dated and no longer needed; obsolete;
no longer contemporary (anachronism)</li>
<li>provincial (26) relating to a region or province; narrow-minded;
parochial</li>
<li>obstinate (26) stubborn; intractable (obstinacy)</li>
<li>heresy (26) a statement, action, or belief that goes a dominant
religion or system of beliefs; more generally, any
belief that goes sharply against the accepted
viewpoint on a subject; a radically unconventional
idea or action (heretical, heretic)</li>
<li>articulate (26) able to express ideas clearly; coherent; lucid
(inarticulate)</li>
<li>formal (26) standard; following rules; proper; ceremonial;
conventional; relating to superficial conventions
(formality, informal)</li>
<li>detached (26) unemotional; unbiased; objective almost to the
point of being indifferent; neutral (detachment)</li>
<li>conformist (26) someone who follows rules or conventions
(conform; conformity; nonconformist)</li>
<li>complement (26) to fit well with; to complete something
(complementary)</li>
<li>intrepid (26) brave; fearless; undaunted (trepidation)</li>
<li>feasible (26) possible; workable; likely to happen (feasibility)</li>
<li>proponent (26) a supporter; a champion; one who endorses; an
advocate</li>
<li>reprehensible (26) deserving great blame; wicked; evil</li>
<li>extol (26) to praise highly; to commend</li>
<li>compatible (26) able to exist with something else; well-matched;
harmonious (incompatible)</li>
<li>radical (26) not moderate; extremely unconventional, and
almost heretical</li>
<li>erratic (26) moving in an unpredictable way; unpredictable;
inconsistent</li>
<li>inherent (26) inborn; essential; innate</li>
<li>resilient (26) quickly bouncing back; flexible under pressure;
resolute (resilience)</li>
<li>tractable (26) obedient; easily controlled; amenable (intractable)</li>
<li>clandestine (25) secret; surreptitious</li>
<li>commend (25) to praise; to extol (commendable)</li>
<li>adversity (25) a difficult, harmful, or dangerous situation
(adverse)</li>
<li>convoluted (25) complicated; twisted; incoherent</li>
<li>empathy (25) ability to see and feel things from another person’s
point of view; sympathetic (empathetic)</li>
<li>inundate (25) to flood; to overwhelm with overabundance</li>
<li>genial (25) friendly; good-natured; kind; sympathetic;
gregarious; amiable; amicable (congenial)</li>
<li>insolvent (25) unable to pay; out of money (solvent, solvency,
soluble, insoluble)</li>
<li>impede (25) to block; to hinder; to delay; to inhibit
(impediment)</li>
<li>equivocal (25) intentionally unclear or ambiguous; duplicitous;
obscuring one’s meaning, often in response to a
question (unequivocal, equivocate)</li>
<li>decisive (25) quick to decide; definite or definitive; determined;
resolute</li>
<li>transcend (25) to move beyond and often to overcome; to surpass
(transcendental)</li>
<li>prohibitive (25) tending to prevent or impede; precluding</li>
<li>dilatory (25) delaying; not prompt</li>
<li>divisive (25) tending to divide parties; creating or stirring up
disagreement</li>
<li>tolerant (25) accepting of differences with others; able to deal
with; amicable (tolerance, tolerable, tolerate)</li>
<li>cerebral (25) intellectual; relating to the brain</li>
<li>cantankerous (24) bad-tempered; irritable</li>
<li>consensus (24) general agreement; concord (consensual)</li>
<li>notion (24) an idea or concept, usually unproven; a hypothesis</li>
<li>compound (24) to combine; to increase (compounded)</li>
<li>circumscribe (24) to draw a line around; to restrict; to define
(circumscription)</li>
<li>tentative (24) not final; dependent; unsure; not definitive or
decisive</li>
<li>enigmatic (24) puzzling; mysterious; obscure (enigma)</li>
<li>colleague (24) a coworker, especially in a particular business or
profession; a collaborator (collegial)</li>
<li>regenerate (24) to grow back; to regain health (degenerate)</li>
<li>hackneyed (24) unoriginal; overused; banal; prosaic; mundane;
vapid</li>
<li>preclude (24) to prevent; to make impossible; to prohibit</li>
<li>attribute (24) to claim something as a cause, a characteristic, or
an aspect of something (attribution)</li>
<li>na?ve (24) unsophisticated; innocent; childlike; ingenuous
(naivet?)</li>
<li>abundant (24) plentiful; not scarce (overabundant)</li>
<li>chronological (24) in order of time (chronology)</li>
<li>exorbitant (24) excessive; unreasonable</li>
<li>didactic (24) intended to instruct; instructive</li>
<li>idiosyncratic (24) a quirky or highly individualistic way of doing
something or behaving; relating to an odd personal
habit or characteristic; oddly or extremely
unconventional (idiosyncrasy)</li>
<li>banal (24) ordinary; commonplace; unoriginal; uninspired;
trite; mundane; prosaic; hackneyed (banality)</li>
<li>static (24) not moving; remaining in the same state of being
(stasis)</li>
<li>extraneous (24) unnecessary; irrelevant; not pertinent; not
inherent</li>
<li>notorious (24) widely known or famous, usually in a bad way
(notoriety)</li>
<li>salutary (24) beneficial</li>
<li>ardent (23) extremely eager and enthusiastic (ardor)</li>
<li>impenetrable (23) unable to be penetrated or understood; obscure;
enigmatic (penetrating)</li>
<li>amicable (23) friendly, especially after a dispute; amiable; genial;
tractable; gregarious; conciliatory; amenable</li>
<li>trite (23) not original; done many times already; boring;
banal; hackneyed; trivial; inconsequential</li>
<li>toxic (23) extremely harmful; poisonous; deleterious (toxin,
toxicity)</li>
<li>disparity (23) inequality (disparate)</li>
<li>incisive (23) sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive;
discriminating; astute</li>
<li>allude (23) to hint at; to refer to indirectly (allusion)</li>
<li>verbose (23) wordy (verbosity)</li>
<li>account (23) a report, description, or explanation; a narrative
(accountable, unaccountable)</li>
<li>anecdote (23) a brief personal story, account, or illustration, often
humorous (anecdotal)</li>
<li>affectation (23) a pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving;
pretending to be something; not typical behavior
(affected, unaffected)</li>
<li>resignation (23) reluctantly accepting a less than ideal situation;
reconciling oneself to a bad but apparently
inevitable situation; giving in (resigned)</li>
<li>composure (23) extreme calm and confidence; equanimity
(composed, composition)</li>
<li>florid (22) overly decorated; flowery</li>
<li>amenable (22) cooperative; willing; tractable; amicable</li>
<li>condone (22) to allow to happen; to forgive or overlook something
wrong; to indulge</li>
<li>tedious (22) boring; monotonous; so dull and repetitive as to be
tiring (tedium)</li>
<li>officious (22) bossy; overly asserting one’s authority; using one’s
position or authority to force others; authoritarian</li>
<li>exploit (22) to use to advantage; to take advantage of (exploits,
exploitative, exploitation, unexploited)</li>
<li>assiduous (22) hard-working; dedicated; persistent; diligent</li>
<li>neutral (22) not taking sides, especially in a dispute; detached;
objective (neutralize, neutrality)</li>
<li>scrupulous (22) principled; highly moral; conscientious; assiduous,
especially when dealing fairly with others (scruple,
scruples, unscrupulous)</li>
<li>laconic (22) habitually using few words; tight-lipped</li>
<li>authoritarian (22) demanding absolute obedience; domineering;
peremptory; officious (authoritative)</li>
<li>refinement (22) elegance; improving something, often by making it
more pure; urbanity; decorum (refine, unrefined)</li>
<li>incorporate (22) to include as a part within a larger whole; to
encompass; to comprehend</li>
<li>predator (22) a hunter, especially an animal hunting other
animals (predatory)</li>
<li>incredulous (22) disbelieving; highly if not completely skeptical
(credulous, incredulity)</li>
<li>hypothesis (22) something supposed to be true, but not yet proven;
a tentative theory; an educated guess; a likely
explanation (hypothetical, hypotheses)</li>
<li>duplicity (22) deceitfulness; double-dealing; equivocation
(duplicitous)</li>
<li>languid (22) lazy; lacking energy; apathetic (languish, languor)</li>
<li>orthodox (21) traditional; conservative; commonly accepted;
conventional (orthodoxy, unorthodox)</li>
<li>ominous (21) threatening, as an omen; dangerous; inauspicious
(omen)</li>
<li>tacit (21) understood without needing to be said; implied;
implicit</li>
<li>astute (21) insightful; clever; wise; discerning; discriminating</li>
<li>aspect (21) the look or appearance of something, especially
from a particular viewpoint; an attribute</li>
<li>peremptory (21) bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive;
officious (peremptorily, preempt)</li>
<li>vignette (21) a brief description of a scene</li>
<li>intrusive (21) butting in; joining in without being wanted;
tactless (intrusion; intruder)</li>
<li>prevalent (21) common; existing everywhere; widespread;
abundant; pervasive (prevail, prevailing)</li>
<li>indisputable (21) certain; absolute; beyond doubt dispute
(disputatious, disputant)</li>
<li>merit (21) praiseworthy excellence (merited, meritorious,
demerit)</li>
<li>lament (21) to regret deeply, sometimes to the point of grief
(lamentable, lamentation)</li>
<li>exonerate (21) to free from blame; to vindicate</li>
<li>terse (21) brief and often abruptly to the point; concise</li>
<li>sensibility (21) preferences; awareness; tastes; delicacy or
refinement of tastes; discernment</li>
<li>evanescent (21) fleeting; lasting only a very short while; transient;
ephemeral; transitory</li>
<li>renowned (21) famous in a good way; distinguished; prominent;
acclaimed</li>
<li>indigenous (21) native; belonging to a particular region and not
usually found elsewhere; domestic</li>
<li>repressed (21) held down or held back; inhibited; suppressed
(repressive, repression, irrepressible)</li>
<li>ingenuous (21) na?ve; childlike; naive (disingenuous)</li>
<li>adulation (21) deep and perhaps excessive admiration (adulatory)</li>
<li>expedient (21) practical; useful; helpful; simple and efficient;
pragmatic (expedite, inexpedient)</li>
<li>vapid (20) bland and uninteresting; unexciting; dull;
uninspired; prosaic; banal; trite; hackneyed</li>
<li>encompass (20) to include; to encircle; to incorporate</li>
<li>exclusive (20) shutting out; limited, sometimes to a select few;
elitist (inclusive)</li>
<li>scarce (20) rare, and often less than required; not abundant
(scarcity)</li>
<li>engaging (20) interesting almost to the point of exciting; tending
to attract and occupy someone’s attention;
compelling (engaging, disengaged)</li>
<li>urbane (20) sophisticated; having highly refined manners;
decorus (urbanity)</li>
<li>sanguine (20) hopeful; buoyant; optimistic</li>
<li>sarcasm (20) biting and often ironic and caustic remarks or
attitude; contemptuous or condescending humor
(sarcastic)</li>
<li>adversary (20) an opponent (adversarial)</li>
<li>surreptitious (20) not out in the open; sneaky; clandestine</li>
<li>vicarious (20) living through the experience of another; secondhand</li>
<li>parochial (20) narrow-minded; having a limited outlook;
provincial</li>
<li>revival (20) returning to life or to use; reawakening (revive)</li>
<li>improvise (20) to deal with things as they come, without planning
(improvisational)</li>
<li>apathetic (20) not caring about something or an outcome, one way
or the other; indifferent (apathy)</li>
<li>corroborate (20) to support or back up; to confirm; to provide
evidence for; to substantiate (corroboration,
corroborative)</li>
<li>unprecedented (20) without precedent; highly unusual; remarkable;
never seen before; momentous (precedent)</li>
<li>alleviate (20) to lessen the pain or severity of something; to make
something more bearable; to alleviate; to mitigate</li>
<li>prominent (20) standing out; well-known; renowned; acclaimed;
conspicuous</li>
<li>circumspect (20) careful; cautious; prudent, wary (circumspection)</li>
</ol>

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cliff_hanger · January 12, 2007, 8:06pm

Thank you so much!

Just curious, what do the numbers inside of the ( ) indicate?

betterday55 · January 12, 2007, 10:05pm

i think the frequency the word appear on the tests. So a (100) will appear more frequently than a (20).

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