SAT Vocabulary

Rudimentary

basic; not fully developed

Surmised

guessed based on limited evidence

Haphazard

random; lacking organization

Premeditated

planned in advance

Contrived

artificial; forced

Advent

arrival or beginning of something

Recant

withdraw or take back a statement

Profusion

large quantity; abundance

Allude

refer to indirectly

Ambivalence

mixed or conflicting feelings

Analogous

similar in certain respects

Ambiguity

lack of clarity; multiple possible meanings

Unambiguous

clear; having only one meaning

Dogmatic

stubbornly certain; not open to other views

Buttress

support; strengthen

Emperical

based on observation or experiment

Irreconcilable

impossible to bring into agreement

Underscore

emphasize

Enumerate

list or count

Adept

skilled

Tenacious

persistent; not giving up

Entrenched

firmly established; difficult to change

Dominion

control or authority

Revere

deeply respect

Repudiate

reject strongly

Populist

appealing to ordinary people

Arrant

complete (usually negative, e.g., “arrant nonsense”)

Vitality

energy; liveliness

Despondent

very discouraged; hopeless

Mar

damage; spoil

Abdicate

give up power or responsibility

Aberration

deviation from what is normal

Abject

extremely bad or miserable

Abate

reduce in intensity

Eschew

deliberately avoid

Unequivocal

completely clear; leaving no doubt

Innocuous

harmless

Engender

cause; bring about

Egregious

extremely bad

Fraught

filled with (usually tension or difficulty)

Dearth

lack or shortage

Glut

oversupply

Sartorial

related to clothing or fashion

Volatility

tendency to change rapidly or unpredictably

Supposition

assumption; belief without proof

Synopsis

brief summary

Interjected

inserted a comment suddenly

Facile

overly simple; superficial

Opaque

unclear; difficult to understand

Discernable

noticeable; able to be perceived

Idiosyncratic

unique to an individual

Superflous

unnecessary; extra

Endemic

regularly found in a certain area

Elide

omit; leave out

Pragmatic

practical

Tenuous

weak; not well supported

Corroborate

confirm with evidence

Attenuate

weaken gradually

Ambiguous

unclear; open to multiple meanings

Spurious

false but appearing real

Arbitrary

based on random choice, not reason

Precipitate

cause suddenly

Concede

admit reluctantly

Reconcile

bring into agreement

Transient

temporary

Implicit

implied; not directly stated

Explicit

clearly stated

Anomalous

unusual; deviating from normal

Pervasic

spread throughout

Ubiquitous

present everywhere

Paradoxal

seemingly contradictory but possibly true