SAT Vocabulary
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The high-value words that show up on the SAT. Every card carries pronunciation, part of speech, an example sentence, synonyms, antonyms, the word's root, and a memory hook where one genuinely helps.
- Abate
- To become less intense or widespread
- Aberration
- A departure from what is normal or expected
- Abhor
- To regard with disgust and hatred
- Abstain
- To deliberately refrain from doing something
- Acumen
- Keen insight and sharp judgment
- Adulation
- Excessive admiration or praise
- Adversity
- Difficulties or misfortune
- Aesthetic
- Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
- Alacrity
- Cheerful readiness or eagerness
- Altruistic
- Selflessly concerned for the well-being of others
- Ambiguous
- Open to more than one interpretation; unclear
- Ambivalent
- Having mixed or contradictory feelings
- Ameliorate
- To make something bad better
- Anachronistic
- Belonging to a different time period; out of chronological place
- Anecdote
- A short entertaining story about a real incident
- Animosity
- Strong hostility or dislike
- Antagonist
- A person who actively opposes someone; an adversary
- Apathy
- Lack of interest or concern
- Arbitrary
- Based on random choice rather than reason or system
- Arcane
- Understood by few; mysterious or secret
- Arduous
- Requiring great effort; difficult and tiring
- Articulate
- Able to express ideas clearly and effectively
- Ascertain
- To find out with certainty
- Assiduous
- Showing great care and persistent effort
- Astute
- Having sharp judgment; clever
- Audacious
- Showing bold risk-taking or daring
- Austere
- Severely simple; strict and without comfort
- Avarice
- Extreme greed for wealth
- Banal
- Boring from overuse; unoriginal
- Belligerent
- Hostile and aggressive; eager to fight