199 Digital SAT hard words

circumvents

find a way around (an obstacle).

repudiates

refuse to accept or be associated with/rejects

recants

say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.

disconcerting

causing one to feel unsettled

diverge

separate from main road

innocuous

not harmful or offensive

novel

new/unusual in interesting way

unobstrusive

not standing out

peripheral

on the edge of something (far away)

elusive

difficult to find, catch, or achieve

imminent

about to happen

latent

existing but not yet developed/manifested

waive

refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim).

tenuous

very weak or slight

inexplicable

unable to explain

indecipheral

not able to read/understand

contrived

created in a way that seems artificial or unrealistic

paucity

scarcity; lack

verisimilitude

the appearance of being true or real

ambivalence

the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

renunciation

rejection; refusal to acknowledge

infallible

incapable of error

lucrative

producing a great deal of profit

buttress

(v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure

conjecture

opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

posit

assert

proffer

to present or offer

sanguine

overly positive

recalcitrant

resisting authority or control

converge

come together

abstruse

difficult to understand

acumen

keen insight; shrewdness

egregious

outstandingly bad

inundate

(v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

Ineluctable

not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

Equivocal

open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

Copious

abundant; plentiful

Ameliorate

to improve

Superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Amorphous

no clear shape

Misconstrued

wrongly interpreted

Stipulates

clearly states

Engender

to produce, cause, or bring about

Supplant

to take the place of, supersede

Austere

plain/strict

Augment

to add on

Idiosyncratic

Peculiar to one person; highly individualized

Coalesce

to come together

surmise

(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof

profusion

abundance

dearth

(n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine

disparate

fundamentally different; entirely unlike

eclectic

selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

salient

most noticeable or important

empirical

based on observation or experiment

apotheosis

highest point/climax

genesis

beginning; origin

antithesis

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

denouement

an outcome; result

altruistic

unselfish

adept

Skilled; expert at

contingent

dependent

elucidate

to make clear

extant

still in existence

fervor

intense and passionate feeling

mitigate

to make less severe

precocious

talented beyond one's age

conventional

in line with standards (negative in SAT)

rudimentary

elementary

corollary

something that follows; a natural consequence

contrive

to plan cleverly; to devise

disposition

Attitude or mood

mutable

changeable

preliminary

introductory, preparatory

premeditated

considered beforehand, deliberately planned

incisive

Sharply cutting; direct and powerful

couch

to hide

doctor

to tamper with, alter

economy

thrifty and efficient use of material resources

embroider

falsify

hobble

to prevent, impede

reallized

achieved

solvent

able to pay off debts

sustain

to withstand

exploit

make use of (positive in sAT)

abject

Lowly, miserable and wretched

aberration

something that differs from the norm

acerbic

biting, bitter in tone or taste

affable/amiable

friendly

arbitrary

random

banal

common, ordinary

bombastic

high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

brevity

shortness

Byzantine

extremely intricate or complicated in structure.

Capricious

impulsive and unpredictable

Castigate

(v.) to punish severely; to criticize severely

Censure

to criticize harshly

Circumspect

careful, cautious

Deride

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Egalitarian

promoting equal rights for all people