SAT vocab word

superfluous

unnecessary

evince

to show clearly or make evident

vindicate

to prove right or innocent after being doubted

unnerve

to upset or frighten someone

placate

to calm someone down

amass

to collect or gather over time

exemplar

an ideal model or perfect example

harbinger

a sign of what’s coming

repudiate

to reject or disown

acquire

to get or gain possession of

substantiate

to prove or support with evidence

substantial

significant, large, or real

orthodox

traditional beliefs

equivocal

ambiguous

misconstrue

to misunderstand

refute

to prove false

alleviate

to relieve or reduce something

insurmountable

impossible to overcome

decry

to publicly criticize

contentious

controversial

ameliorate

to make a bad situation better

tenuous

weak or flimsy or barely holding on

belie

to give a false impression

trivial

unimportant or minor

intercede

to step in on someone’s behalf

inconspicuous

not noticeable

discretion

good judgment

ambiguous

unclear

mitigate

to lessen the severity of something bad

nominal

not real or significant

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to authority

nebulous

vague or unclear

pervasive

widespread or commonly found

abundant

plentiful

conventional

typical or traditional

conventional wisdom

widely accepted belief

sanguine

optimistic or hopeful

notional

theoretical

demarcation

a clear boundary or seperation

profound

deeply meaningful

desultory

lacking a plan or enthusiasm or random

misanthropic

hating or avoiding people

inexplicable

impossible to explain or understand

facetious

joking or sarcastic

ubiquity / ubiquitous

being everywhere at once

heterogeneity / heterogeneous

diverse

fecundity / fecund

fertility

unfounded

without evidence

Plaudits

Public expressions of praise or approval

extant

Still existing

perpetual

continuing forever

perennial

something that lasts for an indefinitely long time

salient

important or prominent

elicit

bring out or prompt

bespoke

tailored or custom made

fallacious

based on faulty reasoning

specious

appears true but is false

spurious

fake or not genuine

idiosyncratic

unusual or unique to a person or quirky

proponents

supporters of an idea

attrition

gradual weakening due to pressure or lost

proclivity

a natural tendency or inclination

sagacity

wisdom

clandestine

secret or hidden

eschew

to deliberately avoid or reject

delineate

to clearly describe or outline

perspecacious

mentally sharp

promulgate

to officially announce or spread(ideas/law)

stipulate

to specify a requirement

obfuscate

to make unclear or confusing

impetus

motivation

inexorable

impossible to stop

disparate

fundamentally different

galvanize

to shock or inspire

aquiesce

to accept reluctantly

conflagration

a large fire or massive, destructive conflict

assidious

hardworking

dichotomy

a division between 2 contrasting things

arcane

obscure or complex

ostensible

appearing true but false

contrive

not natural or forced

inundate

to overwhelm

rectitude

moral integrity

mercurial

unpredictable

nascent

just beginning to develop