High Frequency SAT Words

Approbation

praise

Hackneyed

cliché

Unctuous

sleazy

To assuage

to calm

Decadence

period of downturn

Expostulate

to attempt to dissuade

Lurid

causing horror

Aplomb

confidence

Bombastic

dramatic

Exhort

to strongly urge

Ingratiate

to make one agreeable to gain favor

Inveigh

to attack violently with words

Stringent

strict

Callow

immature

Commiserate

to sympathize

Enjoin

to direct

Expiate

to make up for

To peculate

to steal

To aggrandize

to increase in greatness

Inscrutable

incapable of being understood

Querulous

complaining

Sedulous

determined

Reverberate

to reflect

Advantageous

providing an advantage

Charge

in electricity, positive or negative

Control group

in an experiment, the group in which the variable being tested is not changed

Empirical

relying on hard data

Hierarchy (adj., hierarchical)

system of rank; opposite of egalitarian

Isotope

alternate form of an element

Indigenous

native

Inhibit

prevent, impede (e.g., a response)

Innovative

new and revolutionary

Metabolism

the process of converting food to energy

Microbial

relating to microscopic organisms

Pigment

color

Predisposed

having a tendency toward

Regenerate

regrow

Replicate

repeat (an experiment) and obtain the same results

Saturate

to become completely soaked with

Stimulus

something that provokes a specific response

Symbiosis (adj. Symbiotic)

interaction between two organisms living close together.

Taxonomy

classification system

Trait

characteristic

Velocity

speed

Adept

skilled

Adversary

opponent

Align (oneself with)

support or adopt the position of

Authentic

genuine

Benevolent

kind

Buttress

provide support

Centrality

state of being central or essential

Complement

to complete or perfect

Comprehensive

thorough, complete

Conspicuous

clearly visible

Contingent

dependent upon

Confer

give, grant

Corollary

a statement or condition that logically results from a proven argument

Contemporary

current

Cultivate

grow, raise, e.g., crops

Displace

to force someone or something from its home or habitat

Disposition

personality

Engendering

to cause to exist; produce

Ideology

belief system

Impede, Inhibit

prevent; get in the way of

Ineluctable

unable to be avoided; inescapable

Insuperable

impossible to overcome

Irreproachable

blameless

Judicial

related to the law

Marginal

unimportant

Mitigate

make less severe

Preliminary

occurring before the main event

Prevail

win; adj.

Prevalent, Prevailing

widespread; generally accepted

Reciprocate

respond to an action or behavior with the same action/behavior

Repudiate

to refuse to accept

Rudimentary

very basic

Shrewd

smart

Successor

person who inherits another's position

Unequivocal

leaving no doubt; unambiguous

Vindicate

to free from blame

Afford

Grant (e.g., an opportunity)

Appreciate

To take into account, recognize the merits of. OR to increase in value

Arrest

To stop (not just put handcuffs on a criminal)

Assume

To take on responsibility for, acquire

Austerity

Financial policy to reduce excess spending

Badger

To pester or annoy

Bent

Liking for.

Capacity

Ability

Chance

To attempt

Channel

To direct something toward a specific purpose

Check

To restrain, control, or reduce

Coin

To invent

Compromise

To endanger or make vulnerable

Constitution

Build

Conviction

Certainty, determination.

Couch

To hide

Discriminating

Able to make fine distinctions

Doctor

To tamper with

Economy

Thrift

Embroider

To falsify, make up stories about.