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Most common vocab for the SAT. The vocab is also split into sets of 50 words in other Knowts on this account.
Abolitionist
A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Accentuate
To emphasize or highlight; to make more noticeable.
Acclaim
Enthusiastic approval or praise.
Accommodate
To fit in with the wishes or needs of.
Adjunct
A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part.
Advocate
A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
Affinity
A spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something.
Agglomeration
A mass or collection of things; an assemblage.
Aggrandize
To increase the power, status, or wealth of.
Allude
To suggest or call attention to indirectly; to hint at.
Amass
To gather together or accumulate a large quantity or number of something.
Ambivalence
The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Ameliorate
To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
Amorphous
Without a clearly defined shape or form.
Amplify
To make larger, greater, or stronger; to intensify.
Anatomical
Relating to bodily structure.
Animosity
Strong hostility or antagonism.
Anomalous
Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.
Antagonistic
Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.
Antecedent
a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
Apathy
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Appease
To pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
Appraise
To assess the value or quality of.
Arbiter
A person or agency with the power to decide or determine a dispute; a judge or mediator.
Arduous
Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
Assertive
Inclined to state opinions or beliefs in a confident and forceful manner.
Assuage
To make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense; to satisfy (an appetite or desire).
Augment
To make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.
Austere
Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; having no comforts or luxuries.
Banal
Lacking originality, freshness, or novelty; trite.
Behold
To see or observe (a thing or person, especially a remarkable or impressive one).
Bemused
Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).
Beneficiary
A person who receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
Benevolent
Well-meaning and kindly.
Bifurcation
The division of something into two branches or parts.
Briskly
In an active, quick, or energetic manner.
Buttress
A support or reinforcement, usually for a wall or structure.
Calibration
The process of adjusting or checking the accuracy of a measuring instrument.
Candor
The quality of being open, honest, and sincere in expression; frankness.
Captive
A person who is confined or imprisoned against their will.
Chafe
To irritate or become irritated by friction.
Circumvented
find a way around (an obstacle).
Coalesce
To come together to form one mass or whole.
Coarseness
The quality of being rough or harsh in texture or appearance.
Commend
To praise or express approval for someone or something.
Commonplace
Ordinary; not unusual or remarkable.
Compilation
The action or process of producing something by assembling information from various sources.
Complementary
Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize each other's qualities.
Concede
To admit or acknowledge as true, just, or proper; to yield or give up.
Conceivable
Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.
Confound
To cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations.
Conjecture
An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
Conscience
An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.
Consensus
General agreement among a group or population.
Conspicuous
Standing out so as to be clearly visible; attracting notice or attention.
Constrain
To compel or force someone to follow a particular course of action.
Constrict
To make narrower or tighter by squeezing or binding.
Contrivance
A thing that is created skillfully and inventively to serve a particular purpose.
Contrived
Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
Convene
To come together for a meeting or assembly.
Conventional
Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
Copious
Abundant in supply or quantity; plentiful.
Cordially
in a warm and friendly way, politely.
Corollary
A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved.
Corpus
A collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.
Corroborate
To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
Counteract
To act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.
Counterintuitive
Contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless true).
Credible
Able to be believed; convincing.
Crude
In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.
Curate
To select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition).
Cynical
Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
Defunct
No longer existing or functioning.
Deliberation
Long and careful consideration or discussion.
Denounce
To publicly declare to be wrong or evil; to condemn.
Deteriorate
To become progressively worse; to decline in quality or condition.
Detractor
A person who disparages someone or something.
Discern
To perceive or recognize (something).
Discount
To deduct a percentage or amount from the usual price or cost of something.
Discrepancy
A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.
Disguise
To give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity.
Disingenuous
Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
Disparate
Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.
Dispel
To make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.
Disperse
To distribute or spread over a wide area.
Display
To make something visible or evident; to exhibit or show.
Dispute
A disagreement, argument, or debate.
Disregard
To pay no attention to; to ignore or neglect.
Distinctive
Characteristic of one person or thing and so serving to distinguish it from others.
Distraction
A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.
Diverge
To move or extend in different directions from a common point.
Dogmatic
Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.
Drudge
A person made to do hard, menial, or dull work.
Eccentric
Unconventional and slightly strange; deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways.
Eclipse
The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another.
Elicit
To draw forth or bring out (a response, information, etc.) from someone.
Embrace
To accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically.
Emigre
A person who has emigrated, especially a political refugee.
Emulate
To match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
Endearing
inspiring love or affection
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