SAT Vocab List 7

abate

abate

(v) - to reduce or lessen

His anxiety abated once he saw his mother.

Allocate

(v)- to distribute, set aside

Resources were allocated to District 9.

Aloof

(adj)- reserved, distant

The boy was rather aloof, so he stood alone at the party.

Anathema

(n)- a cursed, detested person/thing

His allergies were an anathema to him.

Arbiter

(n)- one who can resolve a dispute, make a decision

The Senator acted as an arbiter during the dispute.

Arcane

(adj)- obscure, secret, known only by a few

Arcane magic is rare these days.

Battery

(n)- assault, beating

The man assaulting the waiter was charged with battery.

Boon

(n)- a gift or blessing

My mother was given a boon by my brother.

Bourgeois

(n)- a middle-class person, capitalist

The bourgeois played a very important role during the French Revolution.

Brazen

(adj)- excessively bold, brash

My brazen friend likes buying things on an impulse.

Circuitous

 (adj)- roundabout, not the most direct

My sister has a circuitous way of asking for something.

solicitous

(adj)- concerned, attentive

The best teachers are usually the solicitous ones.

Cloying

(adj)- sickeningly sweet (not in taste)

The cloying plot of this book ruined the beautiful artwork.

Coagulate

(v)- to thicken, clot

Let the blood coagulate your wound.

Enervates

(v)- to weaken, exhaust

Talking at a party always enervates me.

Equivocal

(adj)- ambiguous, uncertain, undecided

Her equivocal response could be taken two ways.

Erudite

(adj)- learned; having or showing great knowledge

The two’s erudite discussion highlighted their intelligence.

abstruse

(adj)- hard to comprehend

The teacher’s abstruse way of teaching confused the class.

Fettered

(v)- to chain, restrain

The criminal was fettered by the cops.

Forlorn

(adj)- lonely, abandoned, hopeless

The forlorn building is to be destroyed.

Forsake

(v)- to give up, renounce, abandon

The captain would never forsake any of his crew.

Impregnable

(adj)- resistant to capture or penetration

The impregnable city was never captured by enemy forces.

Imputed

(v)- to blame 

People imputed the man of serious crimes.

Inimical

(adj)- hostile, enemy like 

The inimical population proved too large for the army to deal with.

Veracity

(n)- truthfulness, accuracy

People should be concerned about the politician’s veracity and actions.

Wily

(adj)- crafty, sly

The wily criminal was notorious for being able to slip out of dire situations.