High Frequency Words List #2 (copy)

SAT Vocabulary

admonish

to scold

compendium

a list of works or summary

diverge

to move apart

gregarious

sociable; fond of the company of others

log

a thick piece of wood from a tree

adulterate

to make impure

complaisant

to be overly polite or willing to do favors for others

divest

to strip or deprive someone of their possessions

guileless

innocent and free of deceit

loquacious

talkative

aesthetic

pertaining to beauty or good taste

compliant

submissive and willing to act in accordance with someone's wishes

document

a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks

gullible

naive and easily deceived or tricked

lucid

clear and easily understandable

aggregate

a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together

conciliatory

willing to make concessions

dogmatic

stubbornly opinionated

harangue

a long speech or lecture expressed with strong emotion

luminous

bright; radiant; glowing

alacrity

eagerness

condone

to excuse or make allowances for

dormant

inactive but capable of becoming active

homogeneous

of the same kind

magnanimity

generosity