10th Grade SAT Vocabulary Study Guide - Page 1

Concepts of Improvement and Preparation\n\nPage $1$ of the SAT Vocabulary list for $10^{th}$ grade students begins with the word ameliorate [uh-meel-yuh-reyt], which is defined as to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory, or simply to improve. The second term provided is extemporaneous [ik-stem-puh-rey-nee-uh s], describing an action or creation that is done or made without much or any preparation.\n\n# Personality Traits and Dispositional Terms\n\nThe third vocabulary word is petulance [pech-uh-luh ns], defined as the character or condition of being impatient. Following this is the fourth term, pugnacious [puhg-ney-shuh s], which characterizes an individual who is quarrelsome, argumentative, or showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue. The twentieth entry, querulous [kwer-uh-luh s], relates to individual behavior by defining someone who is habitually complaining.\n\n# Professional, Legal, and Socio-Economic Vocabulary\n\nThe fifth term on the list is acquittance [uh-kwit-ns], which refers to a release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. In matters of professional service, the eighth word, honorarium [on-uh-rair-ee-uh m], is defined as a token fee or payment given to a professional person for their services. In the realm of market economics, the ninth word is monopoly [muh-nop-uh-lee], which represents the exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market. Social standing and behavior are addressed by the seventh word, genteel [jen-teel], which describes a person who is well-bred, polite, or refined in manner, or someone who is elegantly stylish.\n\n# Authority, Submission, and Physical Movement\n\nThe sixth entry in the collection is contumacious [kon-too-mey-shuh s], a term used to describe those who are rebellious or very resistant to authority. Conversely, the tenth term is succumb [suh-kuhm], which means to cease to resist, submitting to an overpowering force, or giving up or giving in. Describing physical or metaphorical movement, the eleventh word is ascension [uh-sen-shuh n], defined as the act of rising.\n\n# Interpersonal Demands and Language Usage\n\nThe twelfth word is clamorous [klam-er-uh s], which describes a state of being urgent in complaint or demand or being noisily insistent. Regarding communication and dialect, the sixteenth term is vernacular [ver-nak-yuh-ler], which refers to using a language or dialect native to a region or country or characterizing the common language spoken there.\n\n# Challenges, Capability, and Emotional States\n\nIn Assignment #$3$, the thirteenth word is formidable [fawr-mi-duh-buh I], defined as causing fear or dread, being difficult to accomplish, or being intimidating. The fourteenth word, incompetent [in-kom-pi-tuh nt], describes the state of not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose. The fifteenth word is trepidation [trep-i-dey-shuh n], which is defined as a nervous uncertainty of feeling.\n\n# Irregularity, Harm, and Exemption from Consequences\n\nThe seventeenth vocabulary term is eccentric [ek-sen-trik], which refers to someone or something deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc., and is further defined as irregular, erratic, peculiar, or odd. The eighteenth word, impunity [im-pyoo-ni-tee], is defined as an exemption from punishment. Finally, the nineteenth entry is innocuous [ih-nok-yoo-uh s], which is defined as not harmful or injurious, or simply being harmless.