SAT Vocabulary 1

Adulterate

Adulterate

(v.) to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element

Ambidextrous

(adj.) people able to use both their right and left hand equally as well

Augment

(v.) making something greater by adding to it; increase in size

Bereft

(adj.) deprived of or lacking something; sad or lonely

Deploy

(v.) bring into effective action; move into position for military action

Dour

(adj.) relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in a manner or appearance (unfriendly, unhappy, serious)

Fortitude

(n.) having courage in pain or adversity; strength in mind

Gape

(v.) be or become wide open

Gibe

(n.) an insulting or mocking remark; taunting

Guise

(n.) an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something

Insidious

(adj.) proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Intimation

(n.) to communicate delicately and indirectly

Opulent

(adj.) rich and luxurious or lavish

Pliable

(adj.) easily bent or flexible

Reiterate

(v.) say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity

Stolid

(adj.) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

Tentative

(adj.) not certain or fixed; provisional

Unkempt

(adj.) having an untidy or disheveled appearance

Verbatim

(adv.) in exactly the same words as were used originally

Warily

(adv.) cautiously; carefully