SAT vocab words

acrimonious

bitter; caustic

primeval

of the first age

act

deed

demagogue

false leader of people

agrarian

one who works in the field

alias

assumed (another) name

altitude

height

altruistic

unselfish, considering others

amorous

loving, especially physically

animadvert

cast criticism upon

annuity

yearly remittance

anthropology

study of man

aptitude

skill

aqueduct

passageway for conducting water

archaeology

study of antiquities

astronomy

study of stars

audible

able to be heard

autocracy

rule by one person (self)

bellicose

inclined flight

benefactor

one who does good deeds

bibliography

list of books

biography

writing about a person’s life

brevity

briefness

decadent

deteriorating

capture

seize

decapitate

remove (cut off) someone’s head

carnivorous

flesh-eating

recede

go back, withdraw

celerity

swiftness

century

one hundred years

chronology

timetable of events

incision

a cut (surgical)

incite

stir up, start up

civilization

society of citizens, culture

clamorous

loud

claustrophobia

fear of close places

agnostic

lacking of knowledge, skeptical

complete

filled out

accord

agreement (from the heart)

incorporate

organize into a body

incredulous

not believing, skeptical

curator

person who has the care of something

excursion

journey

data

facts, statistics

debt

something owed

democracy

rule of the people

epidermis

skin

diary

a daily record is activities, feelings, etc

abdicate

renounce

docile

obedient; easily taught

dominate

have power over

viaduct

arched roadway

dynamic

powerful

egoist

person who is self-interested

energy

power

error

mistake

eupeptic

having good digestion

factory

place where things are made

fallacious

misleading

transfer

bring from one place to another

infidel

nonbeliever, heathen

confine

keep within limits

flexible

able to bend

fortuitous

accidental, occurring my chance

fortitude

strength, firmness of mind

fragile

easily broken

fugitive

someone who flees

effusive

gushing, pouring out

monogamy

marriage to one person

genus

group of animals with similar traits

digress

go astray (from the main point)

epigram

pithy statement

gregarious

tending to group together as in a herd

heliotrope

flower that faces the sun

exit

way out

projectile

missile; something thrown forward

perjure

testify falsely

laboratory

place where work is done

election

choice

legislature

law-making body

library

collection of books

liberation

the fact of setting free

entomology

study of insects

soliloquy

speech by one individual

elucidate

enlighten

magnify

enlarge

malevolent

wishing evil

manufacture

create (make by hand)

maritime

connected with seafaring

maternal

pertaining to motherhood

missile

projectile

mobilize

cause to move

admonish

warn

mortuary

funeral parlor

amorphous

formless, lacking shape

immutable

not able to be changed

innate

from birth

navigate

sail a ship

negation

denial

nomenclature

act of naming, terminology