SAT Vocab 150 Words

Aesthetic

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation; unclear.

Anomaly

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

Apathy

Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Arbitrary

Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason.

Articulate

(v) To express clearly; (adj) Having the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

Assertion

A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

Austere

Severe or strict in manner; plain or simple in appearance.

Banal

Lacking originality; boringly ordinary.

Benevolent

Well-meaning and kindly.

Candid

Truthful and straightforward; frank.

Catalyst

Something that causes change or speeds up a process.

Censure

(v) To express severe disapproval; (n) strong criticism.

Clarity

The quality of being clear, coherent, or easily understood.

Coherent

Logical and consistent; sticking together.

Concede

To admit that something is true or valid, often reluctantly.

Conform

To comply with rules, standards, or expectations.

Connotation

An idea or feeling a word invokes beyond its literal meaning.

Credible

Able to be believed; convincing.

Cynical

Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity; skeptical.

Derive

To obtain something from a specified source.

Digress

To stray from the main subject in speaking or writing.

Disparity

A great difference or inequality.

Dogmatic

Inclined to assert beliefs as unquestionably true.

Eclectic

Deriving ideas or style from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Eloquent

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

Empirical

Based on observation or experience rather than theory.

Endorse

To declare support or approval for something.

Ephemeral

Lasting for a very short time.

Equivocal

Open to multiple interpretations; ambiguous or uncertain.

Exacerbate

To make a situation, problem, or feeling worse.

Facilitate

To make an action or process easier.

Futile

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

Impartial

Treating all sides equally; unbiased.

Incongruous

Not in harmony or keeping with surroundings; out of place.

Indifferent

Having no particular interest or concern; neutral.

Inhibit

To hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process.

Irony

A situation or statement where the outcome or meaning is opposite to what was expected.

Mitigate

To make less severe, serious, or painful.

Objective

Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions; impartial.

Paradox

A statement or situation that seems self-contradictory but reveals a truth.

Pragmatic

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically, based on practical considerations.

Precedent

An earlier event or action used as an example for similar circumstances.

Prolific

Producing many works, results, or offspring; abundant.

Provocative

Causing thought, discussion, or excitement, often intentionally.

Refute

To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false.

Rhetoric

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

Skeptical

Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

Subtle

Delicate or precise; not obvious.

Sustain

To strengthen, support, or maintain over time.

Adherent

Someone who supports a particular idea or cause.

Advocate

(v) To support or argue for a cause; (n) a person who does so.

Antithesis

The direct opposite; a contrast.

Bias

Prejudice in favor of or against something.

Bolster

To support or strengthen.

Contention

A heated disagreement; an assertion in an argument.

Contradict

To assert the opposite of a statement.

Corroborate

To confirm or give support to a statement or theory.

Credulity

A tendency to believe things too readily.

Debunk

To expose the falseness of a myth or belief.

Dissent

(v) To disagree; (n) the expression of disagreement.

Fallacy

A mistaken belief or flawed argument.

Fervor

Intense and passionate feeling.

Impetus

The force or motivation behind an action.

Inferred

Deduced or concluded from evidence.

Persuasive

Able to convince others effectively.

Plausible

Seeming reasonable or probable.

Rationale

The underlying reason or explanation for something.

Speculative

Based on conjecture rather than evidence.

Vindicate

To clear of blame or justify.

Abate

To become less intense or widespread.

Ameliorate

To make something better or less severe.

Anachronism

Something out of place in time.

Augment

To make larger or increase.

Cessation

The act of stopping or ending.

Chronological

Arranged in order of time.

Culminate

To reach a climax or final point.

Deteriorate

To become worse over time.

Emerge

To come into view or become known.

Erode

To gradually wear away or diminish.

Evolve

To develop gradually over time.

Inception

The beginning or establishment of something.

Interim

(n) A temporary period; (adj) temporary.

Obsolete

No longer in use or out of date.

Perpetuate

To make something continue indefinitely.

Precipitate

To cause to happen suddenly or unexpectedly.

Proliferate

To increase rapidly in number or spread.

Stagnant

Showing no activity; not flowing or moving.

Transient

Lasting only for a short time.

Wane

To decrease in strength, intensity, or size.

Abundant

Existing in large quantities; plentiful.

Acute

Severe or intense; sharply perceptive.

Diminutive

Extremely small or tiny.

Disproportionate

Out of proportion; too large or small relative to something.

Egregious

Outstandingly bad or shocking.

Exorbitant

Unreasonably high (e.g., price or demand).

Frugal

Sparing or economical with resources.

Immense

Extremely large or great.

Infinitesimal

Extremely small; negligible.

Lavish

Extravagantly generous or elaborate.