SAT WORDS YAY

substantiate

to provide evidence to support

vindicate

to clear from guilt or accusation

amass

to gather or accumulate a large quantity

ameliorate

to make better or more bearable

anomalous

abnormal, peculiar, or irregular

augment

to increase, add to, or make larger

belie

to contradict or give a false impression

conflate

to bring together, blend, or merge into one

contentious

causing or likely to cause disagreement

corroborate

to confirm or support with evidence

eschew

to intentionally avoid, abstain, or keep away from

evince

to show or demonstrate convincingly

exacerbate

to increase the severity or violence of

heterogeneity

the quality of being diverse

idiosyncratic

peculiar to a specific individual

incongruous

not in harmony or keeping with surroundings

induce

to bring about or cause; to persuade

insurmountable

too great to be overcome

intercede

to intervene on behalf of another

manifest

to exhibit or reveal plainly or distinctly

mitigate

to lessen in severity

placate

to pacify or appease

precede

to go before or in front of

preclude

to prevent or make impossible

supplant

to replace or take the place of

transpose

to change the position or order of

ubiquitous

seeming to appear everywhere; omnipresent

abate

to diminish in force or intensity

abatement

the act or condition of lessening or reducing

abound

to be plentiful, prevalent, or overflowing

abridge

to shorten by condensing or cutting

aesthetic

concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty

aggregation

a collection or gathering into a mass

alleviate

to make more bearable; to lessen pain

ambiguous

open to two or more interpretations

amorphous

lacking definite shape; vague or indefinite

appraise

to assess value or quality

ascribe

to attribute something to a cause

attenuate

to weaken or reduce in amount or force

attenuated

weakened or reduced in force or effect

attrition

gradual wearing down or weakening

authentic

genuine; real

burgeoning

growing or developing rapidly

capacious

able to hold much; spacious or roomy

capitalize

to take advantage of; to provide capital

capricious

given to sudden, impulsive, and erratic changes

catalyzing

initiating or triggering a process

cite

to quote as evidence

coalesce

to come together and form one mass

commend

to praise formally

confounded

confused or perplexed

conjecture

an inference or opinion based on incomplete information

continuity

uninterrupted connection

copious

abundant in supply or quantity

cursory

hasty and superficial

dearth

a scarcity or lack of something

decisive

producing a conclusive result

decouple

to separate or disconnect two linked things

decry

to publicly denounce or condemn

demarcation

act of marking a boundary

denote

to indicate or represent clearly

desultory

lacking purpose or plan

detrimental

causing harm or damage

diminutive

small, little, or tiny

discerning

to perceive, distinguish, or recognize

discretion

caution or freedom to decide

dispassionate

not influenced by strong emotion

dispersed

scattered or spread out

disquieting

inducing feelings of anxiety or worry

dissonance

lack of harmony; disagreement

earnest

serious; sincere

eclipse

to surpass or diminish another's importance

elicit

to draw out or evoke

emanate

to issue, originate, or flow from

emblematic

serving as a symbol of something

emissary

a person sent on a special mission

entice

to attract or tempt

enumerate

to mention items one by one; list

epitomize

to be a perfect example of something

equivocal

having two different interpretations

excise

to remove surgically; to cut out

exhaustive

including or considering all possibilities

expedite

to make something happen faster

exploit

to use for advantage

expound

to set forth; to make a detailed statement

extraneous

irrelevant or unrelated to the subject

facetious

not meant to be taken seriously; joking

feasible

possible to do

fecund

fertile or fruitful; intellectually productive

forsake

to abandon

foster

to promote growth or development

fraudulent

deceitful; false

harbinger

a person or thing that announces approach

heterogeneous

composed of unrelated or unlike elements

hypothesize

to propose a theory

immoderate

not sensible or restrained; excessive

impartial

treating all rivals or disputants equally

imperative

extremely important, urgent, or necessary

imperious

arrogant, domineering, and overbearing

impervious

not allowing entrance, passage, or harm