Must Know SAT Vocab 3

acumen

insightfulness

aspire

strive for

assail

belittle

assiduous

diligent

assuage

relieve, appease

atrophy

waste away

attenuate

weaken, reduce

august

dignified

aura

air, feeling

auspicious

favorable

autocrat, autocratic

dictator, dictatorial

automaton

a person who acts like a robot

byzantine

convoluted, complex

consternation

dismay

despot

dictator

doctrine

religious, political, or philosophical principles or teachings

epiphany

sudden realization

gait

manner of walking

hubris

arrogance

jaded

tired, bored

laud, laudatory

praise

obstinate (obstinacy)

stubborn(ness)

oracle

prophet

placate

calm someone down

pliable, pliant

easily shaped or influenced

prolific

fertile, fruitful

rampant

unrestrained, growing

rouse, rousing

provoke, excite

sanguine

cheerfully confident, optimistic

scathing

harshly critical

shroud

hide, obscure

subversive

one who intends to overthrow the government

surfeit

surplus

sycophant

suck up, flatterer

venerable

commanding respect because of age, dignity

vindictive

seeking revenge

abate

lessen

aberration

deviation, not normal

abhor, abhorrence

hatred

abstruse

difficult to understand

accost

confront

acrimony

bitter animosity

adamant

not yielding

adept

skillful

adroit

skillful

affected

haughty

alacrity

eagerness

allocate

assign, portion

altruistic, altruism

generous

amenable

yielding

amiable

friendly

amicable

friendly

antediluvian

very old

anthropology

study of human beings

antipathy

dislike

apathetic, apathy

lacking interest

apt

appropriate, inclined

arcane

mysterious, known only by a few

ascendancy

influence, domination

ascetic, asceticism

one who practices self-denial as a spiritual disciplin

avarice

greed

banal

common

barrage

bombardment, torrent

belie

give a false impression

belligerent

aggressive, warlike

benevolent

generous

bequeath

hand down (through a will)

berate

scold harshly

bipartisanship

supported by two opposing groups (political parties)

blighted

destroyed

bog

marsh, swamp

bolster

support

bombastic

pompous

boorish, boorishness

crude

buoyant

cheerful, floating

burgeon

grow, flourish

buttress

support

cacophonous, cacophony

discordant sound

cajole

coax

callous

insensitive

cantankerous(ness)

irritable

capricious

fickle

castigate

belittle

caustic

bitter

censorious

harshly critical

censure

scold

cerebral

intellectual

chagrin

mortification

charlatan

swindler

chastise

belittle

chide

belittle

churlish

vulgar, boorish

circuitous

indirect

circumscribe

restrict

circumvent

escape, avoid

clandestine

secretive

coalesce

blend, fuse

compendious

succinct

complacency, complacent

self-satisfaction, smugness

compliant, compliance

yielding