Alphabetical List of Academic Words in Digital SAT

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering the alphabetical list of academic words for the Digital SAT, including parts of speech and definitions provided in the transcript.

Accentuate (v.)

to emphasize, highlight

Adept

skilled, proficient

Affinity

liking, connection

Amalgamate (v.)

to combine or unit

Ambiguity

uncertainty, ambivalence

Ameliorate (v.)

to improve

Amorphous

flexible, shapeless

Analogical

comparable, parallel

Arduous

difficult, strenuous

Arcane

mysterious, obscure

Augment (v.)

to increase, expand

Banal

unoriginal, commonplace

Beneficiary

a person who receives advantage

Buttress (v.)

to support

Circumspect

cautious, careful

Circumscribe (v.)

to restrict, to limit

Circumvent (v.)

to avoid

Conflate (v.)

to confuse/ combine … into one

Conjecture

guess, speculate

Conspicuous

noticeable

Contentious

controversial, argumentative

Convene (v.)

to assemble, gather

Corroborate (v.)

to confirm, verify

Counterfactual

hypothetical, imaginary

Demarcate (v.)

to separate from

Denounce (v.)

to condemn, criticize

Detractor

critic, opponent

Discount (v.)

to disregard, dismiss

Disconcerting

disturbing

Discriminating

discerning, selective

Disseminate (v.)

to spread out

Dogmatic

inflexible, rigid

Dwindle (v.)

to diminish

Ebullient

enthusiastic, exuberant

Eclipse (v.)

to overshadow

Efface (v.)

to erase from surface

Efficacy

effectiveness, potency

Emanate (v.)

to emerge, to come out

Enact (v.)

to make law

Encompass (v.)

to contain, to include

Engender (v.)

to cause, create

Epitomize (v.)

to be a perfect example of…

Exacerbate (v.)

to make…worse

Exhaustive

thorough, comprehensive

Extraneous

irrelevant, unnecessary

Extemporaneous

improvised, spontaneous

Extol (v.)

to praise, commend

Extrapolate (v.)

to infer, deduce

Empirical

observed, experimental

Erratic

unpredictable, irregular

Fabricate (v.)

to make up, forge

Haphazardly

randomly, aimlessly

Homogeneous

consistent, same kind

Impartial

unbiased, fair

Impeccable

flawless, perfect

Impending

imminent, near

Imperious

domineering, authoritative

Impervious

impermeable, resistant

Implicit

implied, unspoken

Inadvertently

accidentally

Incongruous

unsuitable

Inconsequential

insignificant, trivial

Indifferent

unconcerned about

Ineffectual

ineffective, useless

Ineluctable

inevitable, unavoidable

Ingenious

inventive, creative

Ingenuous

naive, innocent

Insuperable

insurmountable, unbeatable

Intransigent

uncompromising, stubborn

Inextricable

inseparable, tangled

Inimical

harmful, hostile

Innocuous

harmless

Insurmountable

unachievable, invincible

Integral

essential

Irreproachable

faultless, blameless

Latent

dormant, undiscovered

Laud (v.)

to praise, acclaim

Lucrative

profitable, gainful

Magnanimous

generous, noble

Meticulous

careful, scrupulous

Misanthropic

cynical, antisocial

Momentous

significant, important

Mollify (v.)

to soothe, appease

Muzzle (v.)

to prevent, restrain

Mutilate (v.)

to maim, damage

Nebulous

vague, unclear

Obfuscate (v.)

to confuse, obscure

Outstrip (v.)

to exceed

Overt

open, obvious

Palpable

noticeable, obvious

Paucity

scarcity

Perfunctory

hasty, casual, shallow

Peripheral

on the edge, outer

Pernicious

harmful, destructive

Perpetual

permanent, never end

Pervasive

widespread, prevalent

Plethora

abundance, excess

Postulate (v.)

to suggest, to propose (a theory)

Precarious

unstable, risky

Preclude (v.)

to prevent