vocab sat 2025

Divert

Distract or cause someone to turn their attention away from something.

Sidetrack

To divert from the main issue or topic.

Deter

To discourage or prevent someone from doing something.

Focus

To concentrate attention or effort on a particular task.

Concentrate

To direct one's attention or mental effort toward a specific point.

Eclipse

To overshadow or surpass in importance.

Outshine

To shine more brightly than; to surpass in attractiveness or quality.

Dominate

To have a commanding influence on; to control or rule over.

Highlight

To emphasize or make prominent.

Emphasize

To give special importance or prominence to something.

False

Not true; made to mislead or deceive.

Bogus

Not genuine; fraudulent or fake.

Fraudulent

Obtained, done by, or involving deception.

Genuine

Real; not counterfeit or phony.

Authentic

Of undisputed origin; genuine.

Meticulous

Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Conscientious

Wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Careless

Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.

Negligent

Failing to take proper care in doing something.

Tangible

Perceptible by touch; clear and definite.

Evident

Plain or obvious; clearly seen or understood.

Perceptible

Able to be seen or noticed.

Imperceptible

Not able to be perceived; very slight or gradual.

Obscure

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

Mandatory

Required by law or rules; obligatory.

Obligatory

Required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory.

Required

Necessitated or demanded by circumstances.

Optional

Available to be chosen but not mandatory.

Voluntary

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

Assembled

To gather together in one place for a common purpose.

Gathered

Come together; assemble.

Summoned

Called to come or meet.

Dispersed

To distribute or spread over a wide area.

Dismissed

To remove from consideration or refuse to accept.

Overshadowed

To conceal, or make less important.

Outshone

Surpassed in brightness or importance.

Surpassed

Exceeded; gone beyond.

Highlighted

Made prominent or emphasized.

Emphasized

Made more noticeable or important.

Increased

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Expanded

Larger in size or amount; stretched out.

Enhanced

Intensified, increased, or improved.

Reduced

Made smaller or less in amount.

Diminished

Made smaller or less.

Downplayed

To make (something) appear less important than it is.

Minimized

Reduced to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Subtle

So delicate or precise that it is difficult to analyze or describe.

Exaggerated

Represented as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.

Overstated

Represented in terms of greater importance than is warranted.

Confirmed

Established the truth or correctness of something.

Substantiated

Provided evidence to support a claim.

Verified

Checked or tested for accuracy.

Disputed

Argued against; challenged.

Contested

Opposed by arguments or claims.

Challenged

To dispute the truth or validity of something.

Questioned

To express doubt about; to ask about.

Accepted

Agreed to be authorized.

Acknowledged

Recognized the existence or truth of something.

Enormous

Very large in size, quantity, or extent.

Vast

Of very great extent or quantity.

Tremendous

Very large or great.

Tiny

Very small.

Insignificant

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

Unidentified

Not recognized or established.

Unfamiliar

Not known or recognized.

Obscure

Not known or not well-known.

Common

Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.

Typical

Having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing.

Routine

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Extraordinary

Very unusual or remarkable.

Exceptional

Unusual; not typical.

Restricted

Limited in extent, number, or scope.

Constrained

Restricted in action or effect.

Finite

Having limits or bounds.

Unlimited

Not limited or restricted.

Boundless

Without limits; immeasurable.

Validate

To confirm the legitimacy or correctness.

Confirm

To establish the truth or correctness of something.

Substantiate

To provide evidence to support what is claimed.

Verify

To check or test for accuracy.

Refute

To prove a statement or theory to be wrong.

Invalidate

To make an argument, statement, or theory unsound or erroneous.

Assume

To take for granted or without proof.

Presume

To suppose something is the case based on probability.

Postulate

To suggest or assume the existence of something.

Doubt

To feel uncertain about.

Question

To ask questions about something.

Classify

To arrange in categories.

Group

To combine or put together.

Sort

To arrange systematically.

Mix

To combine two or more things together.

Confuse

To mix up so that the individual elements become disorderly.

Alleviate

To make suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe.

Lessen

To reduce in amount, degree, or size.

Ease

To make less severe or serious.

Aggravate

To make a problem or injury worse.

Intensify

To make something stronger or more extreme.

Affect

To have an influence on.

Shape

To determine the form of something.