SAT Vocab 401-500

Scatter

To days to separate wildly

Gush

To emit a sudden copious flow

Chagrin

Distress of mind caused by disappointment

Hyperbolic

Relating to language that exaggerates the truth

Exemplar

An ideal model

Fluorescent

Bright and glowing

Inure

To accustom to accept

Amenable

Answerable

Dissociate

Disunite

Flex

To move or tense by contraction

Succumb

To yield to superior strength

Illusory

Deceptive

Albeit

Even though

Hazy

Vague, indefinite, uncertain

Varnish

To apply varnish to; gloss

Meticulous

Marked by extreme or excessive care

Crease

Wrinkle

Warp

To turn or twist

Recuperate

To get back

Domestication

The adaptation of a plant or animal from a wild state to life in close association with humans

Hunker

Crouch, squat

Shrug

To raise the shoulder to express uncertainty

Writhe

To twist the body in pain

Startle

To frighten or surprise suddenly

Supremacy

The quality or state of being the highest in rank

Undergird

Strengthen, support

Mirage

Something illusory and unattainable

Outlay

The act of expending

Substantial

Being largely but not wholly

Gleam

A small bright light

Preeminently

Having paramount rank or importance

Bondage

A state of being bound

Sainted

Sainty, pious

Abyssal

Unfathomable

Rumbling

General but unofficial talk or opinion

Reciprocal

Mutually corresponding

Undue

Exceeding or violating propriety or fitness

Customary

Commonly practiced or used

Remorseful

Motivated or marked by self reproach

Clairvoyant

Able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception

Incredulous

Unwilling to admit or accept

Smug

Highly self satisfied

Uncultured

Lacking in education, taste or refinement

Quintessential

Perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing

Transmute

To change or alter in form

Modicum

A small portion; a limited quantity

Venomous

Noxious, poisonous

Nostril

Either of the external nares

Blotch

Imperfection, blemish; a spot or mark

Levy

To impose or collect by legal authority

Fatuous

Complacently or inanely foolish

Duplicity

The quality or state of being double or twofold

Ferment

To undergo fermentation

Aberration

An instance of deviating from a moral standard

Usurpation

Seizing in possession by force or without right

Pitiless

Devoid of pity

Ferocious

Extremely intense

Endowment

The act or process of furnishing; natural capacity

Recompense

Compensation

Residue

Remnant, remainder

Winter

To pass the winter

Overwinter

To last through or pass the winter

Aviary

A place for keeping birds confined

Latitude

Angular distance

Counterexample

An example that refutes a proposition

Hurl

To throw forcefully: fling

Edifice

Building

Grandeur

Magnificence

Luster

A glow of reflected light

Drastic

Extreme in effect or action

Impend

To be about to occur

Demolition

Destruction by means of explosives

Superb

Marked to the highest degree by excellence

Snag

To halt of impede by catching on a snag

Culinary

Relating to the kitchen or cookery

Retrofit

To furnish with new parts

Fledgling

An immature or inexperienced person