SAT words Set 1

Artisan (n)

A person who is skillful with his/her hands

Brawn (n)

muscular strength

Copious (adj)

abundant; plentiful

Delineate (v)

To describe accurately

Efface (v)

to erase; to rub out

Engender (v)

to create, to pause

Enhance (v)

to intensify; to improve

Extol (v)

to praise highly

Glutton (n)

someone who consumes too much food or drink

Hiatus (n)

a break or vacation

Hinder (v)

to slow or impede the progress of

Kindle (v)

to start a fire; ignite; arouse

Kindle (n)

kindling - small pieces of wood that ignite easily for setting fire to larger pieces

Nefarious (adj)

extreme wickedness

Obliterate (v)

to destroy completely

Obscure (adj)

dark; unknown; hard to understand

Pugnacious (adj)

eager to fight

Quell (v)

to calm, pacify

Querulous (adj)

grumbling; grumpy

Tout (v)

to publicly brag

Vernacular (n)

everyday speech,