SAT Vocab

pragmatist

A person who is oriented toward practical results and solutions, rather than theories or ideals.

polemicist

A person who engages in or advocates contentious debate or dispute.

docile

A person who is submissive and easily managed or taught.

precocious

A child or young person who displays advanced abilities or talents at an early age.

posit

To assert or put forward an idea or argument.

proffer

To offer or present something for acceptance.

ambivalence

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

dearth

A scarcity or lack of something.

salient

Most noticeable or important.

corollary

A proposition that follows logically from a previously proven statement.

disposition

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character; an inclination or tendency.

reciprocate

to give in return; to respond with a corresponding action

austerity

a condition of reduced spending or strictness in economic matters, often involving severe measures to conserve resources.

embroider

To falsify, make up stories about

solvent

Able to pay all debts (usually used in a business context)

ineffable

Too great to be expressed in words; indescribable.

Ab

away

Ambul

move or walk

Dem

people

Esth

feeling

Fid

faith

Flect

bend

Fug

run away

Gress

to step, to go

loqu

speak

mut

change

phil

love

Sagac

wise

Sang

having to do with blood

tac/tic

be silent

Vit

life

vol

fly, wish