sat vocab list 1-6

A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards to aid in exam preparation.

Zac

Helpful; beneficial.

beneficial

Advantageous; producing good results.

advantageous

Providing an advantage; favorable.

constructive

Serving a useful purpose; promoting improvement.

conducive

Helpful; making a certain situation possible.

practical

Useful; suitable for the situation.

pragmatic

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically.

to speed up

To expedite; to facilitate.

expedite

To make an action or process happen sooner.

facilitate

To make something easier.

a benefit

A boon; something that is advantageous.

an annoyance

A bane; a source of irritation.

to serve, assist

To accommodate; to help.

related, appropriate

Apt; suitable for the situation.

relevant

Pertinent; connected to the matter at hand.

to prevent the possibility

To forestall; to stop something from happening.

crude

In a natural state; unrefined.

makeshift

Temporary; serving as a substitute.

rudimentary

Basic; elementary.

to worsen

To exacerbate; to make more severe.

to put at risk

To endanger; to jeopardize.

harmful

Adverse; causing damage.

detrimental

Having a negative effect.

dangerous

Insidious; likely to cause harm.

pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual way.

to strengthen and support

To reinforce; to bolster.

to bolster

To support or strengthen.

to buttress

To provide support or justification.

to undergird

To support from below.

to use, take advantage of

To utilize.

to employ

To make use of.

to exploit

To make full use of, often unfairly.

to leverage

To use something to maximum advantage.

effective

Efficacious; successful in producing a desired result.

a method

A means; a way of doing something.

medium

An agency or means of doing something.

mechanism

A system or structure that performs a function.

harmless

Benign; not causing harm.

to block

To impede; to obstruct.

hinder

To create difficulties for someone.

to thwart

To prevent someone from accomplishing something.

to encumber

To restrict or burden.

to weaken

To undermine; to make something less effective.

innocuous

Not harmful or offensive.

to compromise

To reach an agreement by mutual concession.

to plan

To calculate; to arrange beforehand.

to formulate

To create or devise methodically.

to devise

To plan or invent by careful thought.

to inspect

To examine closely.

to counter, deny

To contradict; to assert the opposite.

rebut

To refute by evidence or argument.

to prove, confirm

To establish; to provide proof.

substantiate

To provide evidence to support something.

validate

To check or prove the validity.

to corroborate

To confirm or give support.

to affirm

To state positively.

possible

Feasible; capable of being done.

to investigate

To delve; to inquire deeply.

to wrestle with a theory

To grapple; to struggle with a concept.

to form a theory

To hypothesize; to propose an explanation.

to guess

To speculate; to estimate without sufficient information.

conjecture

An opinion or conclusion formed based on incomplete information.

to surmise

To suppose something is true without having evidence.

to presume

To assume something is true before having proof.

a guess

A supposition; an opinion or conclusion formed tentatively.

to claim

To assert something as a fact.

to pay attention

To heed; to listen carefully.

to observe

To watch carefully.

to purport

To claim to be something, often falsely.

to contend

To argue or state something in a strong way.

to maintain

To assert, affirm or defend.

to challenge

To call into question; to dispute.

to grapple

To wrestle or struggle with.

viable

Capable of working successfully.

plausible

Seeming reasonable or probable.

tenable

Able to be defended against attack.

a sudden realization

An epiphany; a moment of sudden insight.

a revelation

A surprising and previously unknown fact.

to evaluate

To appraise; to assess the value.

to infer

To deduce or conclude something from evidence.

to extrapolate

To extend the application of a concept.

to deduce

To derive as a conclusion from something known.

to be evidence of

To evince; to show or demonstrate.

logical, reasoned

Rational; based on reason.

analytical

Involving analysis or logical reasoning.

sound

Based on valid reasoning or good judgment.

to find out, discover

To ascertain; to learn something.

to determine

To cause something to occur in a particular way.

to demonstrate

To show clearly and deliberately.

convincing

Compelling; persuasive.

cogent

Clear, logical, and convincing.

awareness

Perception; knowledge or consciousness.

cognition

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge.

planned

Premeditated; done in advance.

wise and sensible

Prudent; showing careful judgment.

shrewd

Having sharp judgment; astute.

thoughtful

Showing consideration for others.

alert

Awake and attentive.

conscious

Aware; able to perceive.

sentient

Able to perceive or feel things.