SAT Reading Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering key SAT reading words from the SAT Study Guide Premium word list.

Abject

Used to describe negative things and heighten their negativity; describes the highest level of loneliness, poverty, or sadness a person could reach.

Abode

A place where people live and take shelter, such as a house, cave, apartment, or van.

Abstract

Not concrete or tangible; existing as an idea only, or representing ideas or feelings rather than depicting real items.

Accentuate

To emphasize that something is important.

Admonition

The scolding you might receive if you have done something wrong; the noun form of admonish.

Affluent

Very well off financially.

Aggrandize

To make something grander, or to mentally think of things as grander than they really are.

Aggregate

As a noun, the whole rather than the parts; as a verb, to build up parts to create a whole.