SAT Vocab List #1

Edison Prep

Ample (adj)

large amount

Copious (adj)

large amount

glut (n)

a large amount

Myriad (adj)

large amount

Prolific (adj)

produces a great amount

replete (adj)

full of something

spate (n)

a large amount

superflous (adj)

having a surplus

surfeit (n)

a large amount

Circumspect (adj)

cautious

conscientious (adj)

done carefully

fastidious (adj)

Attentive to detail

gingerly (adj)

showing caution

scrupulous (adj)

honest and moral

scrutinize (v)

to examine in detail

Lithe (adj)

flexible

Pliable (adj)

flexible

protean (adj)

flexible

exculpate (v)

to free from guilt

extricate (v)

to be freed from a situation

apoplectic (adj)

extremely angry

flippant (adj)

being unserious

indignant (adj)

anger at being treated badly

inimical (adj)

hostile angry

irreverent (adj)

lack of respect for things taken seriously

repugnant (adj)

offensive

surly (adj)

rude

catalyst (n)

agent that provides change

contiguous (adj)

adjacent

didactic (adj)

instructive

diffident (adj)

shy

enumerate (v)

to list out items in a list

glacial (adj)

unsympathetic/moving very slowly

apocryphal (adj)

questionable

belie (v)

to contradict

dissemble (v)

to mislead

dubious (adj)

questionable/doubtful

erroneous (adj)

full of errors

incredulous (adj)

not believable

prevarication (n)

a lie

specious (adj)

seemingly true, but false

spurious (adj)

false

abstruse (adj)

hard to understand

esoteric (adj)

known by only a few people