Hit Parade Vocabulary

Vocabulary words with definitions from the Hit Parade list for the Digital SAT

Adhere

To believe in and follow the practices of.

Advocate

To publicly recommend or support.

Allude

To suggest or call attention to indirectly; to hint at.

Ambivalence

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Analogous

Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

Anecdote

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Apprehensive

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Arbitrary

Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

Assert

To state a fact or belief confidently.

Bias

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Bolster

To support or strengthen; prop up.

Brevity

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Buttress

To increase the strength of or justification for; to reinforce.

Capitalize

To attempt to gain an advantage from an opportunity or situation.

Circumvent

To find a way around.

Cohesion

The action of forming a united whole.

Compelling

Evoking interest, attention, or admiration.

Concede

To admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it.

Congenial

Pleasant, friendly, or agreeable.

Consensus

A general agreement.

Converge

To come together to form a new whole.

Corroborate

To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.

Culpable

Guilty or worthy of blame.

Curtail

To reduce in extent or quantity.

Decisive

Settling an issue; producing a definite result.

Deduce

To arrive at a conclusion through reasoning.

Deference

Humble submission and respect.

Degrade

To treat or regard someone with contempt or disrespect.

Denounce

To publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Derive

To obtain from a specific source.

Disconcerting

Causing one to feel unsettled or worried.

Dispute

To engage in an argument or cast doubt upon.

Divergent

Tending to be different or develop in different directions.

Dormant

Having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Elicit

To draw out a response or fact from someone.

Eloquent

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

Epitome

To be a perfect example of.

Equity

The quality of being fair or impartial.

Erratic

Irregular in pattern or movement.

Evince

To reveal the presence of a quality or feeling.

Evoke

To bring or recall to the conscious mind.

Exert

To make a physical or mental effort.

Explicit

Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

Foster

To encourage or promote the development of.

Imminent

About to happen.

Impede

To delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing; to hinder.

Implicit

Implied but not plainly expressed.

Impose

To force a rule or punishment to be accepted or obeyed.

Indecipherable

Not able to be read or understood.

Indifference

Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.

Induce

To succeed at influencing or persuading someone to do something.

Inevitable

Certain to happen; unavoidable.

Invoke

To cite or appeal to someone or something as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.

Ironic

Happening in the opposite way from what is expected, and typically causing amusement because of this.

Jarring

Inconsistent in a striking or shocking way.

Juxtapose

To place close together for contrasting effect.

Latent

Existing but not yet developed or manifest.

Mandate

To order something be done or someone behave in a certain way.

Meticulous

Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Mitigate

To make less serious, severe, or painful.

Novel

New or unusual in an interesting way.

Nuanced

Characterized by slight degrees of meaning or expression.

Obscure

Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

Obsolete

No longer produced or used; out of date.

Obstruct

To block or deliberately make something difficult.

Oppressive

Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint; weighing heavily on the mind or spirits.

Outsized

Exceptionally large.

Palpable

Easily noticeable.

Pervasive

Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people, especially in an unpleasant way.

Pragmatic

Dealing with things in a sensible or realistic manner; practical.

Preclude

To make impossible.

Prevalence

The fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness.

Profound

Having or showing great knowledge or insight.

Prominent

Important; famous.

Proponent

A person who argues for a theory, proposal, or project.

Provoke

To stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one, in someone.

Reciprocate

To respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one.

Reconcile

To restore friendly relations between.

Refute

To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false; disprove.

Renounce

To formally declare one's abandonment of a claim, right, or possession.

Repression

The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.

Repudiate

To refuse to accept or be associated with.

Resilient

Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

Retain

To continue to have something; keep possession of.

Skeptical

Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.

Speculate

To form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.

Strenuous

Requiring or expending great effort.

Substantiate

To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

Subsumed

Included or absorbed into something else.

Subtle

So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe.

Supplement

Something that completes or enhances something else when added to it.

Tenuous

Very weak or slight.

Undermine

To lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of a person or idea.

Underscore

To emphasize or draw attention to.

Unobtrusive

Not conspicuous or attracting attention.

Validate

To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.

Verisimilitude

The appearance of being true or real.

Vexation

The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

Viable

Capable of working successfully; feasible.

Vindicate

To clear someone of blame or suspicion.