SAT Vocabulary Terms

evince

to show clearly; reveal

buttress

to support or strengthen; a support

vindicate

to clear from blame; justify

mitigate

to make less severe

preclude

to prevent; make impossible

corroborate

to confirm; support with evidence

palpable

obvious; able to be felt

scrupulous

careful; exact; morally upright

repudiate

to reject; disown

detractors

people who criticize or belittle

subsequent

coming after; later

unequivocal

clear; having no doubt

equivocal

ambiguous; open to multiple meanings

equivocate

to speak ambiguously; evade the truth

insuperable

impossible to overcome

nebulous

vague; cloudlike; ill-defined

irreproachable

blameless; faultless

ineluctable

inescapable; unavoidablea

accentuate

to emphasize; highlight

copious

abundant; plentiful

sporadic

occurring irregularly

augment

to increase; enlarge

misconstrue

to misunderstand; misinterpret

amorphous

shapeless; lacking clear form

prohibitive

excessively high; forbidding

induce

to cause; persuade

engender

to produce; give rise to

supplant

to replace; supersede

integrate

to combine into a whole

spurious

false; not genuine

discern

to detect; distinguish

orthodox

conventional; traditional

satiate

to satisfy fullym

myriad

a countless or great number

venerate

to honor deeply; revere

tenable

defensible; able to be maintained

eclipse

to overshadow; surpass

irrefutable

impossible to disprove

skeptical

doubtful; questioning

convene

to come together; assemble

pretentious

showy; claiming unjustified importance

ambivalent

having mixed feelings

conceivable

possible; imaginable

preliminary

prior; preparatory

advocate

supporter; to support publicly

exploit

to use selfishly; a bold deed

supposition

assumption; belief without proof

extrapolate

to infer from known information

partition

to divide; a division

exactitude

precision; accuracy

inconsequential

trivial; unimportant

conspicuous

easily seen; noticeable

precarious

unsafe; unstable; risky

banal

overused; trited

dogmatic

rigidly asserting opinions as truth

vacillate

to waver; be indecisive

superficial

surface-level; lacking depth

candor

frankness; openness

prudence

careful judgement; caution

coincide

to occur at the same time; agree

exhaustive

thorough; comprehensivep

proxy

substitute; authorized representitive

adjunct

something added but not essential

contrive

to devise cleverly; scheme

superfluous

unnecessary; excessive

incongruous

out of place; inconsistent

incongruity

inconsistency; mismatch

unassuming

modest; not showy

cite

to quote; refer to as evidence

adequate

sufficient; enough

idealize

to regard as perfect

idiosyncratic

peculiar; highly individual

extraneous

irrelevant; external

insular

narrow-minded; isolated

intuition

immediate understanding; gut sense

counterintuitive

contrary to expectation

circumvent

to get around; avoid

adept

skilled; proficient

disparage

to belittle; speak down on

stymie

to hinder; block

arcane

mysterious; known by few

appraise

to evaluate; assess value

defunct

no longer existing or functioning

granted

admittedly; given

assuage

to ease; soothe; relieve

palatable

pleasant to taste; acceptable

ameliorate

to improve; make better

pervasive

widespread; throughout

improve

to make better

rectify

to correct; set right

efficacy

effectiveness; ability to produce results

counterfactual

contrary to fact; hypothetical

arduous

difficult; demanding great effort

conjecture

guess; inference

esteem

respect; to value highly

exact (v)

to demand and obtain (e.g., payment)

apex

highest point; peak

impart

to give; communicate

haphazard

random; lacking order

eccentric

unconventional; odd