Digital SAT Vocab

Ingenious (adj.)

clever; original; innovative

Engender (v.)

to create; to cause (a situation, action, or mental state)

Repudiate (v.)

to disown; reject; deny the validity of something

Pervasive (adj.)

(of something unpleasant) spreading widely throughout an area or group of people

Nebulous (adj.)

unclear; undefined; vague

Unequivocal (adj.)

leaving no doubt; unambiguous

Insuperable (adj.)

impossible to overcome; insurmountable

Ineluctable (adj.)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

Supplant (v.)

to take over; to replace

Venerate (v.)

to regard with great respect; to revere

Orthodox (adj.)

conventional; unoriginal; standard; traditionally accepted

Synopsis (n.)

a brief summary or general survey

Supposition (n.)

an uncertain belief

Monetizing (adj.)

earning revenue; converting into currency

Induce (v.)

to succeed in persuading someone; to cause or produce an effect

Tenuous (adj.)

very weak; insubtantial

Buttress (v.)

to increase the strength (of an argument); to reinforce

Precariousness (n.)

being in danger; being uncertain or highly dependent on chance

Exactitude (n.)

exactness; precision and accuracy

Corroborate (v.)

to confirm or verify a statement or theory

Extrapolate (v.)

to infer about an unknown situation by using existing trends and data

Candor (n.)

openness and honesty; frankness

Prudence (n.)

cautiousness; exercising good judgement

Incongruous (adj.)

out of place; inharmonious or unsuitable with one’s surroundings

Inextricable (adj.)

impossible to escape or separate from

Subvert (v.)

to destabilize; to undermine the influence and power of laws, expectations, institutions

Presage (v.)

to warm or foresee future events (usually misfortunate or bad)

Denigrate (v.)

to unfairly criticize; to disparage

Arcane (adj.)

not well understood; mysterious, secret

Defunct (adj.)

no longer in effect; not operating

Ubiquitous (adj.)

found everywhere; commonplace

Disparage (v.)

to regard as less worthy; to denigrate

Outstrip (v.)

to exceed; to surpass

Stymie (v.)

to hinder progress; to interfere with

Explicable (adj.)

explainable; understandable

Deference (n.)

humble submission and respect

Disseminate (v.)

to spread (information) widely

Brood (v.)

to worry about unhappy things

Dispassionate (adj.)

unemotional; not influenced by emotional connection

Contentious (adj.)

likely to cause arguments; debatable

Ineffectual (adj.)

does not produce the desired effect; lacking the ability to deal with a role or situation

Summation (n.)

adding things together; summarization

Exemplification (n.)

an illustration of or example of something

Ambivalent (adj.)

having mixed feelings; neither liking or disliking

Analogous (adj.)

comparable; being similar in meaning or design

Reprieve (n.)

the cancellation or postponement of a sentence or punishment

Palpable (adj.)

able to be touched or felt; noticeable

Acclaim

(n. or v.) to praise enthusiastically and publicly

Augment (v.)

to add to something; to increase the number of

Spurious (adj.)

not genuine; false; invalid (of claims)

Amorphous (adj.)

without a clear, defined shape; lacking focus

Enact (v.)

to put an idea or suggestion into practice; to dictate

Sporadic (adj.)

occurring at irregular intervals; infrequent; scattered

Presuppose (v.)

to imply something is true; to assume

Desultory (adj.)

lack a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; superficial; casual

Notional (adj.)

existing only in theory or suggestion

Veritable (adj.)

real; genuine

Recalcitrant (adj.)

having an uncooperative attitude towards authority; unmanageable

Sanguine (adj.)

optimistic; cheerful even in difficult situations

Misanthropic (adj.)

disliking and avoiding human society; antisocial

Retroactive (adj.)

taking effect from a past date; describes when a new condition/price is applied to past events

Demarcated (adj.)

separated from; differentiated

Reconstituted (adj.)

re-formed; restored to original form

Conflated (adj.)

combined; blended

Breadth (n.)

wide extent; broad scope

Dearth (n.)

a scarcity or lack of something

Belie (v.)

to misrepresent; to indicate something not expected

Forestall (v.)

to prevent or obstruct by taking advance action

Superfluous (adj.)

unnecessary; excessive or redundant

Extricate (v.)

to free from a difficult circumstance

Ambivalence (n.)

having mixed feelings; uncertainty; doubt

Sanction (v. or n.)

official permission or approval for an action

Incongruity (n.)

the state of being dissimilar to surrounding elements; unsuitability; dissonance

Abatement (n.)

the process of reducing or lessening something

Perceptible (adj.)

able to be seen or noticed; detectable

Lean (v.)

to slope or angle

Prolific (adj.)

present in large amounts; abundant; productive

Apprised (adj.)

informed; aware; updated

Wrought (adj.)

made by effort; crafted

Idiosyncratic (adj.)

peculiar; individual; unique

Postulate (v. or n.)

to suggest something as a basis for discussion; to posit; to hypothesize

Ameliorate (v.)

to improve something unpleasant or unsatisfactory; to remedy

Hallmark (n.)

a mark of distinct excellence

Conscientious (adj.)

wishing to do what is right or correct; performing one’s work well and thoroughly

Disparate (adj.)

distinct or dissimilar

Innocuous (adj.)

not dangerous, offensive, or likely to cause any ill effects

Paucity (n.)

scarcity; a very small amount of something

Verisimilitude (n.)

appearance of truth or realism

Abut (v.)

to border on; to touch or lean against something

Anon (adv.)

soon; shortly.

Attrition (n.)

gradual reduction or weaking of something over time

Circumspection (n.)

quality of being careful, cautious, and considering all possible risks before acting or speaking

Subsume (v.)

include or absorb (something) in something else

Equivocal (adj.)

open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

Decried (v.)

publicly denounce or condemn

Supplanted (v.)

supersede and replace

Preceded (v.)

come before something in time

Ubiquity (n.)

the fact of appearing everywhere or being very common

Fecundity (n.)

the ability to produce an abundance of offspring, ideas, or new growth; fertility

Expediency (n.)

the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience