SAT vocab 1-100

SAT vocab 1-100

wane

to decrease in vigor, power, or extent; syn: diminish, decline, subside

revitalize

to give new life to; syn: rejuvenate, refresh, reinvigorate

infer

to deduce from evidence and reasoning; syn: extrapolate, gather, surmise

meritorious

deserving reward or praise; syn: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy

quotidian

of or occurring every day; ordinary; syn: daily, commonplace, workaday

prompt

to cause to do something; immediate; syn: induce, provoke; instantaneous

extemporaneous

spoken without preparation; syn: impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted

emanate

to issue or spread out from; syn: radiate, originate, discharge

yield

to produce or provide; to surrender; syn: generate, supply; capitulate

foment

kích động; syn: incite, provoke, agitate

surfeit

an abundance of sth; syn: plethora, profusion, copiousness

proclamation

a public or official announcement; syn: declaration, decree, manifesto

divergence

a lack of compatibility; syn: discrepancy, mismatch, disparity

counterfactual

relating to what did not happen; syn: hypothetical, theoretical, conditional

oscillate

to move or swing back and forth; syn: fluctuate, vacillate, alternate

compel

to force or oblige to do; syn: coerce, constrain, enforce

fastidious

very attentive to detail; syn: painstaking, meticulous, hypercritical

capricious

given to sudden changes of mood; syn: fickle, volatile, mercurial

decisiveness

the ability to make decisions quickly; syn: resoluteness, conviction, determination

turnover

the rate at which people leave; syn: churn, attrition, replacement

protean

change frequently, biến hoá khôn lường; syn: versatile, mutable, kaleidoscopic

immaterial

unimportant under the circumstances; syn: irrelevant, inconsequential, negligible

intransigence

refusal to compromise; syn: obstinacy, inflexibility, stubbornness

quintessential

representing the most perfect example; syn: archetypal, classic, model

pretext

a false reason given to hide the real one; syn: guise, sham

fortuitous

happening by chance, often fortunately; syn: serendipitous, inadvertent, unintended

divisive

tending to cause disagreement; syn: polarizing, contentious, discordant

bestow

to confer or present an honor; syn: grant, bequeath, endow

wrought

made or shaped; brought about; syn: fashioned, crafted, produced

placate

to make less angry; to pacify; syn: appease, mollify, conciliate

succinct

briefly and clearly expressed; syn: concise, terse, pithy

utopian

modeled on or aiming for a perfect state; syn: idealistic, visionary, quixotic

punitive

inflicting punishment; syn: disciplinary, penal, retaliatory

palliate

to make less severe without removing the cause; syn: soothe, alleviate

designate

to officially appoint; to specify; syn: assign, specify

paucity

the presence of something in small quantities; syn: scarcity, insufficiency

prophetic

showing what might happen in the future; syn: indicative, prescient

abridge

to shorten without losing the sense; syn: shorten, curtail

supersede

to take the place of; syn: replace, displace

incipient

in an initial stage; beginning; syn: nascent, emerging

evasion

the action of avoiding something; syn: avoidance, elusion

obviate

to remove the need for; to avert; syn: prevent, preclude

protract

to prolong or extend; syn: lengthen, draw out

salubrious

health-giving; wholesome; syn: beneficial, healthy

derivative

create from another work; not original; syn: unoriginal, imitative

accentuate

to make more noticeable or prominent; syn: emphasize, highlight

postulate

to suggest or assume as true; syn: hypothesize, assume

assent

to be of the same opinion; to agree; syn: concur, consent

foreground

to make a feature of; to emphasize; syn: highlight, spotlight

solitary

done or existing alone; syn: isolated, lone

clandestine

kept secret or done secretively; syn: covert, stealthy

subsume

to include or absorb in something larger; syn: encompass, incorporate

counterbalance

to have an equal but opposite effect; syn: offset, counteract

prescient

having knowledge of events before they happen; syn: foresighted, prophetic

ingenious

clever, original, and inventive; syn: inventive, creative

contemplate

to think about deeply; syn: consider, ponder

expound

to present and explain in detail; syn: clarify, explain

underscore

to emphasize the importance of; syn: highlight, stress

hamper

to hinder or impede; syn: obstruct, interfere

inextricable

impossible to disentangle or separate; syn: inseparable, intertwined

delineate

to describe or portray; syn: outline, depict

revert

to return to a previous state; syn: return, go back

inimical

tending to obstruct or harm; syn: hostile, adversarial

commensurate

corresponding in size or degree; syn: proportional, equivalent

continuum

a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements differ slightly; syn: spectrum

tangential

barely connected to a subject; syn: peripheral, irrelevant

approbation

approval or praise; syn: commendation, endorsement

attrition

gradual reduction in workforce/strength; syn: contraction, diminution

impugn

to dispute the truth or validity of; syn: challenge, impeach, contest

cursory

hasty and therefore not thorough, qua loa; syn: superficial, perfunctory, brief

inertia

a tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged; syn: sluggishness, inactivity, indifference

consternation

a feeling of anxiety or dismay; syn: dismay, distress, unease

premeditate

to think out or plan beforehand; syn: contemplate, plan, intend

Inconsequential

of little value; syn: insignificant, minor

peculiar

strange or odd; distinctive; syn: unusual, bizarre, atypical

pristine

in its original condition; untouched; syn: unspoiled, immaculate, unblemished

intercede

to intervene on behalf of another; syn: mediate, intervene, arbitrate

amass

to gather together or accumulate; syn: collect, gather, accumulate

incremental

increasing in regular amounts; syn: gradual, stepwise, progressive

volatile

liable to change rapidly; unstable; syn: unpredictable, changeable, erratic

orthodox

following accepted ideas or beliefs; syn: traditional, conventional

imperative

of vital importance; crucial; syn: essential, critical, necessary

indeterminate

not exactly known or established; syn: unclear, uncertain, indefinite

chasten

to make someone aware of their faults; syn: discipline, correct, reprimand

venerate

to regard with great respect; syn: revere, honor, esteem

intricate

very complicated or detailed; syn: complex, elaborate, detailed

extraneous

irrelevant or unrelated; syn: unrelated, peripheral, tangential