SAT & College Panda Vocabulary Jamlanmasi

A comprehensive collection of 344 SAT vocabulary words from the College Panda list, including English definitions and synonyms.

Abate

To become less intense or widespread

Abject

Miserable, hopeless, awful

Abrupt

Sudden, unexpected, without warning

Abstract

Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a concrete existence

Absurd

Ridiculous or completely unreasonable

Abundant

Plentiful

Acquisition

Something that is bought or obtained

Actuate

Activate, trigger, set in motion

Adept

Very skilled at something

Adequate

Sufficient, enough, acceptable

Admonish

To warn or scold someone

Adorn

Decorate, embellish, ornament

Adversary

One's opponent or enemy

Aesthetic

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Affluent

Wealthy

Aggregate

Collection or sum total

Agitate

To make someone troubled or nervous / To campaign

Alienate

To cause someone to feel isolated or lonely

Allude

To suggest or call attention to indirectly

Altercation

A noisy argument or disagreement

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation; unclear

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings

Amend

Revise, modify, adjust

Amicable

Friendly

Analogy

A comparison between two things

Ancestral

Belonging to or inherited from one's ancestors

Anecdote

A short personal story

Anomaly

Oddity, something that is not normal

Antipathy

Hatred, dislike

Apparent

Clearly visible or understood; obvious

Apprehensive

Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen

Apt

Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances

Arbitrary

Based on random choice or personal impulse

Articulate

Having the ability to speak fluently and persuasively

Ascertain

To find something out for certain

Aspire

To hope to achieve something or be successful

Assert

To state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

Attest

To confirm or verify

Austere

Plain and without decoration or comforts

Authoritarian

Enforcing strict obedience to authority

Avid

Passionate about something

Bazaar

A market selling a large variety of goods

Bluster

Boast, rant, swagger, threaten

Boast

To brag, to show off

Brevity

Concise use of words in writing or speech

Broach

To bring up a difficult subject for discussion

Burden

A difficulty, problem, or responsibility

Candor

Honesty

Cleave

To cut or split into at least two parts

Clout

Influence, power, sway

Coarse

Rough, grainy, rude

Coerce

To pressure or force someone to do something

Colloquial

Used in casual conversation

Compel

To force someone to do something

Competent

Capable, skilled, qualified

Complacent

Overly satisfied or pleased with oneself

Complement

To add to something in a way that enhances it

Comprise

To consist of or to be made up of

Concede

Admit that something is true after first denying it

Conceive

To form or create a plan or idea

Conception

Origin/beginning or an idea/concept

Conflate

To mix or combine into one (typically ideas)

Conform

Comply, follow, obey, adapt

Confound

To cause surprise or confusion in someone

Conjecture

An opinion or conclusion that is unproven, a guess

Consensus

General agreement

Consolidate

Strengthen or combine/unite

Consummate

Complete or perfect, having a high degree of skill

Contemplate

To think about for a long time

Contend

To deal with something or state a belief confidently

Content

Satisfied

Contradiction

A combination of statements that are opposed

Conventional

Traditional, accepted, mainstream, standard

Convoke

To summon, to call together

Convulsion

A sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body

Corroborate

To confirm, to verify

Credibility

Believability, authority

Crux

The essence, the main point

Cultivate

To grow, to develop

Dabble

To try an activity in a casual way

Deceive

To trick or mislead someone

Decree

An official order or command

Decrepit

Weak, disabled or in a run-down state

Deference

Respect

Degrade

Treat with disrespect

Delegate

To assign a task to another person

Demeanor

Manner, attitude, appearance

Demur

To raise doubts or to protest

Depiction

Portrayal, illustration

Deplete

Exhaust, drain, consume

Deploy

To bring into effective action

Desolation

A state of complete emptiness or destruction

Deter

To discourage someone from doing something

Detrimental

Harmful, damaging

Devise

To plan or invent by careful thought

Dilemma

A situation with a difficult choice between options

Diligent

Hard-working

Discord

Disagreement between people

Dismal

Depressing, gloomy

Dismay

A feeling of shock and unhappiness