SAT Vocab

Conjecture

inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence

posit

to dispose or set firmly

proffer

to present for acceptance

substantiate

to give substance or form to

Empirical

relying on hard data

fauna

animal life

flora

plant life

hierarchy

system of rank; opposite of egalitarian

Inhibit

prevent, impede

Predisposed

having a tendency toward

Saturate

to become completely soaked with

Contingent

Dependent upon

Confer

give, grant

Elucidate

make clear

Extant

still in existence

Fervor

Excitement, intensity

Mirth

happiness

Precocious

done at an earlier age than usual

haphazard

careless

impenetrable

impossible to understand or access

Marginal

unimportant

Corollary

a statement or condition that logically results from a proven argument

Contrive

think up

Disposition

personality

Mutable

changeable

Immutable

not changeable

Co,Con-

With

Multi-

Many

Poly-

Many

Pro-

In favor of

Ver-

True

Vit-

life

An(a)-

Not, without

Anti-

Against

Contra-

Against

De-

Off, From

Dis-

Lack of

Fict

False

In, Un-

Not

Ob, op-

Against

Ante-

Before

Chron-

time

Cog-

think

E, Ex-

from

hetero-

different

homo-

same

Peri-

around

Re-

again

Sent-

feel

Spec-

See

Seq-

Follow

Temp-

time

Terr-

Earth

Trans-

through

Discern

to recognize or distinguish

Imminent

about to happen

Incisive

sharply focused and accurate

Infallible

unable to be wrong

Infuse

fill with

Inimitable

unique, one-of-a-kind

Unassuming

modest

Unqualified (2nd meaning)

absolute