1000 Most Common SAT Words

abate

(v.) to reduce

abject

(adj.) pitiful

abjure

(v.) to reject

acquiesce

(v.) to agree without protesting

acrimony

(n.) bitterness

admonish

(v.) to caution

adroit

(adj.) skillful

affront

(n.) an insult

alacrity

(n.) eagerness, speed

analgesic

(n.) something that reduces pain

anathema

(n.) a cursed, detested person

antipathy

(n.) a strong dislike

apocryphal

(adj.) false

approbation

(n.) praise

arcane

(adj.) known only by a few

archaic

(adj.) outdated

ardor

(n.) extreme enthusiasm

aspersion

(n.) a curse

assiduous

(adj.) hard-working,

austere

(adj.) very bare

avarice

(n.) excessive greed

bilk

(v.) to cheat

brusque

(adj.) abrupt, dismissive

cacophony

(n.) disharmonious sound

cadence

(n.) a rhythm

cajole

(v.) to coax

calumny

(n.) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies

candor

(n.) honesty

canny

(adj.) careful

capacious

(adj.) spacious

capitulate

(v.) to surrender

capricious

(adj.) fickle

carouse

(v.) to party

carp

(v.) to annoy

caustic

(adj.) bitter, biting

cavort

(v.) to behave boisterously

censure

(n.) harsh criticism

chide

(v.) to voice disapproval

circuitous

(adj.) roundabout

circumlocution

(n.) indirect and wordy language

circumspect

(adj.) cautious

circumvent

(v.) to get around

clairvoyant

(adj.) able to perceive things that normal people cannot

clandestine

(adj.) secret

clemency

(n.) mercy

cloying

(adj.) sickeningly sweet

coagulate

(v.) to thicken, clot

cogent

(adj.) intellectually convincing

cognizant

(adj.) aware

colloquial

(adj.) characteristic of informal conversation

commensurate

(adj.) corresponding in size or amount

commodious

(adj.) roomy

complicit

(adj.) being an accomplice in a wrongful act

compunction

(n.) distress caused by feeling guilty

concomitant

(adj.) accompanying in a subordinate fashion

confection

(n.) a sweet food

conflagration

(n.) great fire

confluence

(n.) a gathering together

congeal

(v.) to thicken into a solid

congenial

(adj.) pleasantly agreeable

connive

(v.) to scheme

consecrate

(v.) to dedicate something to a holy purpose

construe

(v.) to interpret

consummate

(v.) to complete a deal

contemporaneous

(adj.) existing during the same time

contravene

(v.) to contradict

contrite

(adj.) eager to be forgiven

convivial

(adj.) characterized by feasting, drinking, merriment

copious

(adj.) abundant

cordial

(adj.) affectionate

corpulence

(adj.) extreme fatness

credulity

(n.) readiness to believe

culpable

(adj.) deserving blame

cupidity

(n.) greed

cursory

(adj.) brief to the point of being superficial

curt

(adj.) abruptly and rudely short

dearth

(n.) a lack

debacle

(n.) a disruption

debase

(v.) to lower the quality or esteem of something

debauch

(v.) to corrupt by means of sensual pleasures

decorous

(adj.) socially proper

decry

(v.) to criticize openly

defile

(v.) to make unclean

deft

(adj.) skillful

deleterious

(adj.) harmful

delineate

(v.) to describe, outline, shed light on

demarcation

(n.) the marking of boundaries or categories

demean

(v.) to lower the status or stature of something

demure

(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved

denigrate

(v.) to belittle

deplore

(v.) to feel or express sorrow, disapproval

depravity

(n.) wickedness

deprecate

(v.) to belittle

derelict

(adj.) abandoned, run-down

deride

(v.) to laugh at mockingly

desecrate

(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

desiccated

(adj.) dried up

despot

(n.) one who has total power and rules brutally

destitute

(adj.) impoverished

diaphanous

(adj.) light, airy, transparent