Digital SAT Vocabulary: Helpful and Harmful

Comprehensive practice flashcards covering vocabulary terms for helpful, harmful, and related concepts as found in the Digital SAT prep materials.

What is the definition of beneficial?

Providing a benefit; favorable

What does advantageous mean?

Helpful and improving; tending to build up or improve

How is the term constructive defined?

Helpful and improving; tending to build up or improve

What is the definition of conducive?

Making something possible or likely

What is defined as practical in the context of being realistic?

Realistic; concerned with real applications, consequences, or results

What is the definition of pragmatic?

Realistic; concerned with real applications, consequences, or results; workable ideas

What does it mean to reinforce something?

To strengthen or support something

What is the definition of bolster?

To support or hold up

How is the verb buttress defined?

To reinforce; to provide physical support or credibility to the research

What does undergird mean?

To support from below; to provide an underlying foundation

What is the definition of utilize?

To make practical use of

How is employ defined in the context of taking advantage of something?

To use

What does it mean to exploit someone or something?

To use unfairly or selfishly achieve a goal

What is the definition of leverage?

To use something to achieve a result

What does it mean to expedite a process?

To speed something up; to do something quickly

What is the definition of facilitate?

To assist; to aid the progress of something or someone

What does it mean to accommodate someone?

To provide something needed or wanted

What is the definition of apt?

Appropriate; relevant

How is pertinent defined?

Important to the current situation or matter

What does efficacious mean?

Producing the desired outcome or result

What is a 'means' defined as?

A method or tool used to achieve a result or objective

In terms of communication, what is a medium?

A way people communicate and access information

What is the definition of mechanism?

A system or process designed for a particular goal

What does benign mean in a medical or social context?

Gentle and kind; not harmful

What is the definition of innocuous?

Not likely to cause harm or offense; offending no one

What is a boon?

Something which provides a benefit or advantage

How is bane defined?

Something that causes a great nuisance

What is the definition of a nuisance?

Something that causes daily annoyance

What does it mean to forestall an event?

To prevent something by acting before it can occur

What is the definition of preclude?

To make something impossible; to prevent something from happening

What does it mean to impede progress?

To slow or delay the progress of something

How is inhibit defined?

To restrain or hold back; to prevent someone or something from doing something

What is the definition of hamper?

To slow the movement or progress of someone or something

What does it mean to hinder someone?

To slow or obstruct the progress of someone or something

What is the definition of thwart?

To successfully stop someone or something; to prevent something from happening

What does it mean to be encumbered?

To hinder something or someone; to burden

What is the definition of undermine?

To gradually damage or weaken something or someone

How is compromise defined when used to weaken something?

To endanger or weaken

What does crude mean in the context of simplicity?

Unfinished; rough

What is the definition of makeshift?

Serving as a temporary substitute

How is rudimentary defined?

Basic or simple in form

What does it mean to exacerbate a situation?

To make more severe

What is the definition of aggravate?

To make more serious or severe

What does it mean to endanger something?

To put someone or something at risk

How is jeopardize defined?

To put someone or something at risk

What is the definition of adverse?

Unfavorable or harmful; preventing or opposing success

What does detrimental mean?

Tending to cause harm; to have a negative effect

What is the definition of insidious?

Subtle and dangerous; gradual and harmful

How is pernicious defined?

Highly injurious or destructive