All SAT Vocab (without example sentences)

abjure

(v.) to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid, shun

acerbic

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste

acrimony

(n.) bitterness, discord

acumen

(n.) keen insight

alacrity

(n.) eagerness, speed

antipathy

(n.) a strong dislike, repugnance

approbation

(n.) praise

aspersion

(n.) a curse, an expression of ill-will or slander

assiduous

(adj.) persistent, hard-working, diligent

boon

(n.) a gift or blessing

cajole

(v.) to urge, coax

calumny

(n.) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies

capricious

(adj.) subject to whim, fickle

cogent

(adj.) intellectually convincing

credulity

(n.) readiness to believe

cursory

(adj.) brief to the point of being superficial

deride

(v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn

diffident

(adj.) shy, quiet, modest

dissemble

(v.) to conceal, fake

dither

(v.) to be indecisive

egregious

(adj.) extremely bad

enervate

(v.) to weaken, exhaust

ephemeral

(adj.) short-lived, fleeting

eschew

(v.) to shun, avoid

evince

(v.) to show, reveal

exigent

(adj.) urgent, critical

fallacious

(adj.) incorrect, misleading

fastidious

(adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards

fecund

(adj.) fruitful, fertile

fetid

(adj.) having a foul odor

garrulous

(adj.) talkative, wordy

gregarious

(adj.) drawn to the company of others, sociable

hackneyed

(adj.) unoriginal, trite

hapless

(adj.) unlucky

iconoclast

(n.) one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

implacable

(adj.) incapable of being appeased or mitigated

impudent

(adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent

inexorable

(adj.) incapable of being persuaded or placated

inimical

(adj.) hostile

insidious

(adj.) appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive

laconic

(adj.) terse in speech or writing

largesse

(n.) the generous giving of lavish gifts

latent

(adj.) hidden, but capable of being exposed

legerdemain

(n.) deception, slight-of-hand

maelstrom

(n.) a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects: can be used literally or metaphorically

malediction

(n.) a curse

manifold

(adj.) diverse, varied

maudlin

(adj.) weakly sentimental

mendacious

(adj.) having a lying, false character

nadir

(n.) the lowest point of something

nascent

(adj.) in the process of being born or coming into existence

obfuscate

(v.) to render incomprehensible

obstreperous

(adj.) noisy, unruly

officious

(adj.) offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed

ostensible

(adj.) supposed, apparent, seeming

palliate

(v.) to reduce the severity of

panacea

(n.) a remedy for all ills or difficulties

paragon

(n.) a model of excellence or perfection

parsimony

(n.) frugality, stinginess

paucity

(adj.) small in quantity

penurious

(adj.) miserly, stingy

perfidious

(adj.) disloyal, unfaithful

perspicacity

(noun) shrewdness, perceptiveness, showing keen insight

pithy

(adj.) concisely meaningful

portent

(n.) an omen

probity

(n.) virtue, integrity

prosaic

(adj.) plain, lacking liveliness

puerile

(adj.) juvenile, immature

querulous

(adj.) whiny, complaining

quixotic

(adj.) idealistic, impractical

recalcitrant

(adj.) defiant, unapologetic

reprove

(v.) to scold, rebuke

ribald

(adj.) coarsely, crudely humorous

rife

(adj.) abundant

sagacity

(n.) shrewdness, soundness of perspective through wisdom