SAT vocab

Rectify

To make something right

Prolong

To make something last longer

Retain

To continue having something

Arduous

Difficult

Haphazard

Unplanned

Contentious

Causing, involving, or likely to cause disagreement and argument

Ineffectual

Not be able to produce good result

Demarcate

To show the limits of something

Reconstitute

Changing something to have a different form

Conflate

To combine two or more separate things

Derive

To get something from something else

Desultory

Showing little effort or interest

Spurious

False and not what it appears to be

Veritable

Used to describe something by emphasizing its character

Notional

Existing only as an idea

Dispute

An argument or disagreement

Withdraw

To take out, move back, or remove

Underscore

To underline

Diversion

Something being sent somewhere different from where it was intended originally

Adhere

To stick firmly

Contend

To compete in order to win something

Corroborate

To add proof

Implement

To start using a plan or system

Disseminate

To spread or give out something

Circumvent

To avoid something

Susceptible

easily influenced

Anecdote

A short story

Stance

A way of thinking

Implied

Understood to be true

Assertion

A statement you strongly believe is true

Eminent

Famous, respected, or important

Inefficient

Not skilled, or organized

Abate

To reduce, lessen

Acclaim

High praise

Ambiguous

Uncertain, unclear

Alleviate

To relieve, make more bearable

Callous

Harsh, cold, no feelings

Attest

To show, say, or prove something to be true

Collude

To act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive someone

Sporadical

not done regularly or continuously

Equivocal

Not clear; Ambiguous

Copious

In large amount, more than enough; abundant

Proxy

Authority given to a person to act for someone else

Discrepancy

A difference from two things that should be the same

Laud

To praise; Acclaim

Obscurity

A state of not being know to many people

Denote

To represent something

Palliative

Reducing pain without curing the cause of pain

Scrutinize

To examine something really carefully

Innocuous

Completely harmless

Tranquil

Calm and peaceful, without noise, violence

Reinforce

To make something stronger

Liken

To say that something or someone has the same qualities as something else

Intrigue

To impress someone a lot, especially by being strange

Acquire

To obtain something

Assess

To judge or decide the amount or importance of some thing

Establish

To start a company or an organization that will continue for a long time

Concede

To admit, often unwillingly

Divergence

The situation in which two things become different

Substantial

Large in size, value, or importance

Liable

Is responsible for something

Tedious

Boring

Lucrative

Producing, making a lot of money

Atypical

Not having the characteristics that you would expect from a group of things

Infallible

Never wrong, failing, or making a mistake

Proponent

A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause

Buttress

To give support or strengthen something

Annotate

To add a short explanation or opinion to something

Intricate

Having a lot of small part that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way

Tenuous

Weak

Repudiate

To refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable

Recant

To publicly announce that your past beliefs are wrong

Proclaim

To announce something publicly

Empirical

Based on what is experienced and seen rather than on theory

Immobile

Not being able to move

Dubious

Not to trust completely

Prudent

careful, avoid risks

Overtly

Show publicly, not a secret

Cordially

Friendly, but formal and polite

Inadvertently

Not intentional

Antecendent

The origin or cause of something

Impending

An even that is unwanted or unpleasant

Perpetual

Continuing forever

Sanction

An official order

Ameliorate

To make a bad situation better

Rationalize

To find a reason for a behavior

Postulate

To suggest a theory

Discount

To decide something is not worth giving attention to

Redefine

To change the meaning of something

Exploit

To use in a way that benefits you

Integrity

Honest; Unity

Flourish

Successful

Inverse

Opposite