Helpful words for the SAT's 3

Exorbitant

Exorbitant

Extreme and excessive (Price)

Mitigate

To make a problem less severe

Meticulous

Very carful and precise

Mandatory

Required; obligatory

Antithetical

Characterized by an extreme contrast

Affinity

a strong attraction or liking

Engender

To cause or give rise to

Scruitiny

critical examination

Lucrative

very profitable

Outsized

disproportionately large

Pervasive

widespread

Abrupt

sudden and unexpected

Tenuous

very weak; slight

Conjecture

hypothesis; to hypothesize

Corroborate

to confirm or support a statement or claim

Clamitous

extremely disastrous

Surmise

to assume; draw a conclusion without strong evidence

Skeptic

doubter; disbeliever

Proponent

a person who supports a theory, proposal, or project

Advantageous

creating favorable circumstances