SAT Vocab 201-300

Paramount

Superior to all others

Propulsive

Tending or having power to propel

Dissension

Disagreement

Eavesdrop

To listen secretly to what is said in private

Preponderance

A superiority in importance or strength

Vantage

Superiority

Miser

One who is extremely stingy with money

Gallant

Courteously and elaborately attentive

Luminary

A person of prominence or brilliant achievement

Allegorical

Having hidden spiritual meaning

Menacing

Threatening

Shriveled

To draw into wrinkles

Pervade

To become diffused throughout every part of

Innumerable

Too many to be numbered

Squirt

To come forth in a sudden rapid stream

Vow

To promise solemnly

Protrude

To cause to project

Scold

To censure severely or angrily

Rebuke

To criticize sharply

Yearning

A tender or urgent longing

Pulpit

A preaching position

Abandonment

The act of giving up to the control of something

Stampede

A wild headlong rush or flight

Nestle

To settle snugly or comfortably

Obstinacy

Stubbornness

Pious

Showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship

Incantation

A use of verbal charms spoken as a part of a ritual of magic

Lest

For fear that

Contingent

Conditioned by something else

Colloquial

Characteristic of familiar and informal conversations

Discomfiture

The state of being disconcerted

Cow

To destroy the resolve or courage of

Javelin

A light spear thrown as a weapon

Lurching

To move abruptly; pitch; stagger

Ramified

Split up into branches or constituent parts

Bale

A large bundle of good

Traction

A state of tension created by such a pulling force

Decree

An order usually having the force of law

Incontestable

Indisputable

Onerous

Involving a burden

Efficacious

Having the power to produce a desired effect

Subjugate

Conquer, subdue

Partake

To have a portion

Immure

To enclose within walls: imprison

Grope

To look for something blindly or uncertainly

Sanity

Soundness or health of mind

Infestation

Living in or on as a parasite

Postulate

Demand, claim; assume as true

Munocompromise

Having the immune system impaired or weakened

Ailment

A bodily disorder or chronic disease

Taut

Having no give or slack

Attire

To put garments on

Irksome

Tedious, bothersome

Pen

Write, indite

Tumult

Commotion; a turbulent uprising

Trifling

Lacking in significance or solid worth

Evince

To display clearly

Punctuality

Being on time

Mortifying

Causing feelings of strong shame

Malignity

Malevolence

Malice

Desire to cause pain to another

Genuine

Free from pretense

Treacherous

Likely to betray trust

Sneer

To smile or laugh with facial contortions that express scorn or contempt

Brawl

To quarrel or fight noisily

Reverberate

To become driven back; repel; echo

Revamp

Remake, revise

Verdict

Opinion, judgement

Aggrandize

To make greater: increase, enlarge

Inquisition

A severe questioning

Imprisonment

Confinement

Sublunary

Situated beneath the moon

Appal

To overcome with shock or dismay

Exalt

To elevate by praise

Freewheeling

Free and loose in form or manner

Salinity

Consisting of or containing salt

Deduct

To take away from a total

Catalog

List, register, to classify

Voracious

Having a huge appetite

Egregious

Conspicuously bad

Conjunction

The state of being conjoined

Indisputable

Unquestionable

Connotation

Something suggested by a word or thing

Disparage

To lower in rank

Mollify

To soothe in temper

Wring

To squeeze or twist

Sporadic

Occurring occasionally

Cupidity

Inordinate desire for wealth

Treachery

Violation of faith and confidence

Italicize

To print in italics

Predate

Antedate

Imprint

To mark by pressure

Breakdown

A failure to function

Strenuous

Vigorously active

Regiment

To organize rigidly for the sake of regulation

Despotism

Oppressive absolute power exerted by government

Diametric

Completely opposed

In accord

In complete agreement

Tenet

A principle, belief or doctrine

Liquor

Fermented alcohol beverage