60 More Words for SAT

Abnegation

the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

Accede

yield to another's wish or opinion

Adamant

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

Amorphous

having no definite form or distinct shape

Antithesis

exact opposite

Arbitrary

Decision based on random choice

Archetypal

of an original pattern on which other things are modeled (typical example/stereotype)

Blandishment

flattery intended to persuade

Cajole

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Callous

emotionally hardened

Candor

the quality of being honest and straightforward

Construe

make sense of; assign a meaning to

Debacle

a sudden and complete disaster

Defunct

no longer in force or use; inactive

Discomfit

cause to lose one's composure

Disparate

fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

Dogmatic

unrelenting opinion believed as fact

Duplicity

the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith

Duress

compulsory force or threat

Edict

a formal or authoritative proclamation

Empirical

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

Equivocal

open to two or more interpretations

Exacerbate

make worse

Exigent

demanding immediate attention

Extol

praise, glorify, or honor

Extant

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

Fatuous

devoid of intelligence

Flagrant

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Fractious

easily irritated or annoyed

Gratuitous

unnecessary and unwarranted

Hapless

unfortunate and deserving pity

Iconoclast

someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

Idiosyncratic

peculiar to the individual

Impetuous

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought

Incumbent

necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding

Insidious

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Laconic

brief and to the point

Multifarious

having many aspects

Nadir

the lowest point of anything

Neophyte

a participant with no experience with an activity

Obfuscate

make obscure or unclear

Onerous

burdensome or difficult to endure

Paradigm

a standard pattern of how we see the world

Paucity

an insufficient quantity or number

Penchant

a strong liking or preference

Pernicious

exceedingly harmful

Pithy

concise and full of meaning

Profligate

unrestrained by convention or morality

Promulgate

state or announce

Punctilious

marked by precise accordance with details

Rife

excessively abundant

Sanguine

confidently optimistic and cheerful

Serendipity

good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

Solicitous

full of anxiety and concern

Stolid

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

Surfeit

indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

Tangential

of superficial relevance if any

Trite

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Vitriolic

harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone

Wily

marked by skill in deception