SAT Words || Q-Z

230/1000 Most common SAT words.

Quaff

drink down quickly

Quagmire

marsh; bog

Quaint

picturesque

Quandary

dilemma; puzzle

Quarantine

isolation to prevent the spread of disease

Quarry

1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone

Querulous

always complaining

Quirk

oddity

Ramble

wander aimlessly

Ramifications

branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes

Rancor

resentment; animosity; bad feeling

Rant

use bombastic language

Ratify

approve; consent

Raucous

rough and unpleasant (of sounds)

Raze

destroy; demolish; tear down

Rebuttal

denial

Recant

disclaim; retract statement

Recapitulate

summarize

Receptacle

container; vessel; holder

Recluse

someone who cuts himself off from life

Recuperate

get better after illness

Red

tape formalities; paperwork; official procedure

Redolent

smelling of; giving off odors

Redress

put right something that was wrong

Redundant

unnecessary; superfluous

Referendum

public vote

Refute

disprove

Regale

entertain

Relegate

dismiss to a lower position

Remorse

regret; sorrow; contrition

Remuneration

payment for work done

Renown

fame

Replete

full

Reprehensible

shameful; very bad

Reprieve

a respite; postponement of a sentence

Repudiate

shun; eschew

Rescind

retract; repeal

Resignation

acceptance of fate

Resolution

determination

Resonant

echoing

Respite

a break; intermission

Resplendent

shining; glowing

Restorative

a tonic

Retention

preservation; withholding

Reticent

restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative

Retraction

withdrawal; cancellation of a statement

Revere

worship

Riddled

full of (usually full of holes)

Rife

common

Rigor

thoroughness

Robust

Rotund

Ruminate

think over something; ponder

Ruse

trick; stratagem

Saccharin

falsely sweet

Sacrosanct

very holy; inviolable

Sagacious

wise

Sage

a wise person

Salacious

lecherous; erotic

Sallow

yellowish

Salubrious

health-giving

Salutary

something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial

Sanctimonious

hypocritically holy

Sanction

give approval to

Sanguinary

bloodthirsty; bloody

Sanguine

optimistic; cheerful

Sardonic

mocking

Savant

person with knowledge

Scale

to climb

Scapegoat

person on whom blame is placed for faults of others

Scrupulous

careful; diligent; painstaking

Scrutinize

examine carefully

Scuttle

sink

Seminary

an institution in which priests are trained

Sensuous

appealing to the senses

Sentinel

guard; sentry

Sequester

isolate

Serendipity

fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery

Serene

calm; peaceful

Serrated

jagged; saw-like

Servile

overly submissive; groveling

Skeptical

doubting; not gullible

Skirmish

minor battle

Sluggard

slow-moving; lethargic person

Smelt

refine an ore

Smorgasbord

a Swedish buffet of cold dishes

Solace

comfort for grief

Solicit

to ask for; seek

Somnambulist

sleepwalker

Soothsayer

fortuneteller

Sophomoric

juvenile; immature

Soporific

inducing sleep

Sparse

spare; bare; meager

Specious

false

Speckled

spotted; freckled; dotted

Sporadic

not continuous; intermittent

Spurious

false

Stagnant

still; not moving

Staid

dull; sober; serious

Stanza

section of a poem