SAT Vocab

Hard Words

Ameliorate

improve

Antecedent

happened before something else

Austere

severe, strict

Beguile

charm (negative)

Buttress

support

Corollary

consequence

Efface

erase

Guile

crafty

Heterogenous

different

Homogenous

same

Demarcate

separate

Innocuous

harmless

Referendum

vote

Sanguine

optimistic

Stymie

hinder

Superficial

lacking depth

Ubiquitous

Universal

Equanimity

calmness

Subsume

encompass

Verisimilitude

truthlikeness

Diffuse

spread

Dogmatic

established belief

Preclude

prevent

Posit

assert

Predicate

establish

Paucity

lack of

Redress

correct

Profusion

abundance

Recalcitrant

uncooperative

Duress

force

Expropriate

seize

Frenetic

frantic

Misanthropy

hatred of humans

Arcane

mystery

Blemish

small imperfection

Calibrate

adjust

Adhere

stick, follow

Defect

flaw

Defunct

gone

Spatial

occupying space

Affinity

empathy, similarity

Anthropogenic

caused by humans

Ambiguous

unclear

Animosity

dislike

Ambivalent

mixed feelings

Conflate

combine

Chronological

in order

Circumvent

avoid

Conspicuous

clear

Contemporary

concurrent

Conduct

behavior

Corroborate

support

Validate

prove

uniform

same

Tragedy

bad event

Terrain

land

Warrant

justify

Tedious

tiresome

Confound

confuse

Constituent

component

Constitute

compose

Cordial

friendly

Virute

good quality

Transcend

to go beyond

Supplant

supersede (replace)

Subvert

undermine

Tangible

real

Tenuous

weak

Thwart

prevent

Succumb

surrender

Tranquil

calm

Status Quo

how things stand

Surmise

conjecture (guess)

Denigrate

criticize

Offhand

casual

Orient

align

Novel

new

Ornamental

decorative

Obfuscate

confuse

Overt

clearly

Postulate

suggest

Repress

prevent

Pragmatic

practical

Sanction

prove, penalize

Preeminent

best

Prefigure

foreshadow

Temperament

personality

Prudent

sagacious (wise)

Repudiate

reject

Retrospect

looking back

Tenacious

firm

Derive

obtain, trace

Discern

recognize

Disconcerting

disturbing

Discrepancy

inconsistent

Disparate

different

Disseminate

spread

Diverge

seperate

Earnest

serious

Emanate

emerged