SAT Vocab

Abject

negative things like poverty, loneliness and sadness, used to describe sad things like “abject sadness”

abode

a place where people live

abstract

Out of the ordinary

accentuate

to emphasize something important

acknowledge

to notice something and make sure someone or something notices it

admonition

a scolding you get when you do something wrong

affulent

to be very well off fiancially

agitate

to work up or disturb (to annoy)

aggrandize

to make something (seem) grander

aggregate

to talk about the whole not parts

ambiguous

more than one possible intreperation

amicable

to get along nicely with other people

analogus

when things are compared to each other

anomaly

something abnormal out of usual pattern

antipathy

like when you hate someone you feel this towards them

appariation

something that suddenly appears

abitrary

random

ascertain

to find out or conform something

aspire

to want to achieve big

autocratic

like a bad dictatorial society

beget

to take the steps to bring back soemthing into existence

benevolent

to be kind (kind actions too)

Calibrate

to fix to your liking

calsthenics

exercises basically

celestial

gaving to do with outerspace

censure

to give a formal repremand (like gov gives them out when u do something bad but not necessarily illegal)

coerce

to get someone to do something by threat of force

cognition

the ability to understand something

colloquial

informal language

commercial

having to do with buying and selling of goods

complentary

when things go well together

complimentary

when something is free of charge

conflate

to not keep 2 things separate and to confuse them for the same thing

conjecture

to make a hypothesis based on limited evidence

consensus

when everyone agrees on something

consequence

the bad things that resulted from something

conservator

soemone whos job is to conserve or preserve something

constitution

how something is put together

continigent

something that relies on other things to work (like a birthday party outside)

conventional

follows traditions

convey

to get something across

convoke

to call a meeting

colvulsion

when your body is moving in a strange way

cultivate

to make something grow or exist (crops, ideas)

Dwadle

to lag behind

decipher

to figure something out

degrade

to break something own slowly overtime

demarcation

to divide areas into clear boundaries

Demur

to politely say no to something or adviod it

desolation

total abandonment, emptiness, and destruction

despoil

the spoils of war (or what inhabitants take from the people they robbed or something)

Desultory

to lack consistency or order

Deter

to stop someone from doing something

discretion

someone who has good judgement and avoids telling secrets

disenfranchise

to take away someone’s right to vote

disparity

the inequality or difference between two things

disseminate

to pass out or ensure the spread of something

dissimilar

not similar

diverge

to move apart (people can as well)

doctrine

a sincerly held beilef (like relating to religion a lot, or political beliefs too)

doldrums

often used to describe a time in which nothing happens

domestic

related to home (like close to home or in your home country)

dominion

control or authority or someone or something

dubious

to be doubtful and uncertain

earnest

showing you are serious

eddy

when water or air moves in a circular motion

effectual

the desired result has been achieved through that action (how effective something is)

efficacy

how effective something is

embellish

to add details or flair to something verbally or physically (can do with wedding dress)

emit

to give off

empathize

to feel what someone else is feeling (like charity work from a flood idk)

endearing

to create a warm feeling towards yourself (endearing smile)

Endeavor

to try something (will endeavor)

Endow

to give (can describe massive charity donations given)

enterprise

the process of doing something

entice

to convince someone to do something

entrenched

to be dug in, refuse to move

ephemeral

very short lived, fleeting

Evince

a verb meaning to show ones feelings

expendenture

a spending of money or other resources

explanatory

when something explains something

extensive

widespread or far reaching

feeble

to be weak

fetter

to hold something or someone back from what they want to do

finite

when something has a clear beginning and end

fiscal

relating to/talking about money (fiscal year)

florid

red or flushed (usually describing a person’s face)

former

the one before or in the past

forum

a location or a meeting where people can talk about their ideas, thoughts, and opinions (socratic seminar)

frantic

desperate, fear

frequent

often

fundamental

the basics

germinate

to take something with potential and make it grow

glom

to attach to something

glut

to much excess

grievance

a complaint about something

ignominous

undignified and will cause you embarassment

illegible

unable to be read or understood

immured

held against your will in someway, or often enclosed (like immured in a relationship)

impel

to push or force someone to do something in some way