SATVOCABULARY

SAT Basic II Word List

313 Words

	WORD	DEFINITION	GROUPING
1	accolade	award	pride
2	accommodate	make better, yield	friends and enemies
3	account	report, narrative	argument and language
4	advocate	argue in favor of	argument and language
5	aggregate	total, whole	size, amount, location
6	aloof	detached	pride
7	ameliorate	make better	war and peace
8	antidote	remedy that counteracts poison	science
9	apolitical	having no interest in politics	politics and tradition
10	apologist	defender of a cause	politics and tradition
11	apprentice	trainee, novice	knowledge and skill
12	artifact	human-made object	science
13	artisan	craftsperson	the senses
14	austere, austerity	simple, self-disciplined	knowledge and skill
15	avant-garde	vanguard, daring	politics and tradition
16	avenger	someone who wants revenge	give up?
17	avert	turn away, ward off	size, amount, location
18	avid	eager	energy
19	barter	trade goods or services	money
20	behemoth	huge monster or animal	size, amount, location
21	belated	late	time
22	benefactor	someone who gives a gift	money
23	beneficent	generous	friends and enemies
24	beneficiary	someone who receives a gift	money
25	bigotry	intolerance, prejudice	knowledge and skill
26	bleak	gloomy	emotions
27	boisterous	violent, unrestrained	energy
28	breadth	wide range	size, amount, location
29	caricature	exaggerated portrait	the senses
30	catalog (verb)	list	argument and language
31	catalyst	something that triggers an event	science
32	certitude	confidence	knowledge and skill
33	chauvinist	someone with a prejudiced belief in his/her superiority	politics and tradition
34	cite	quote	argument and language
35	clairvoyant	psychic	time
36	clarify	clear of confusion	argument and language
37	coerce, coercion	force	war and peace
38	cognitive, cognition	relating to knowledge	knowledge and skill
39	coherent	logical, consistent	argument and language
40	colloquial	conversational, informal	argument and language
41	commemorate	honor the memory of	war and peace
42	complement	serving to complete the whole	friends and enemies
43	composure	calm state of mind, self-possession	knowledge and skill
44	concede, concession	give up, admit defeat	give up?
45	concord, concordant	harmony	friends and enemies
46	connoisseur	expert	knowledge and skill
47	contemporary	occuring at the same time	time
48	contour	outline	the senses
49	conundrum	riddle, dilemma	knowledge and skill
50	converge	to come together	size, amount, location
51	cosmetic	superficial	the senses
52	counsel	advice	knowledge and skill
53	counterproductive	tending to hinder rather than help	knowledge and skill
54	covert	secret	truth
55	covet	desire	emotions
56	culminate	reach the highest point	knowledge and skill
57	cumulative	growing as a result of small steps over a period of time	time
58	daunting	intimidating	give up?
59	defer	delay, put off	give up?
60	definitive	absolute, authoritative	knowledge and skill
61	dejected	downhearted	emotions
62	dilapidated	broken down	the senses
63	diplomatic	tactful	politics and tradition
64	discriminating	sophisticated taste	knowledge and skill
65	disoriented	confused	knowledge and skill
66	disperse	spread	size, amount, location
67	dissent	objection	argument and language
68	distillation	(the process of creating a) purified liquid	science
69	docile	yielding	give up?
70	document (verb)	record in detail	argument and language
71	domestic	relating to the home/nation	politics and tradition
72	downplay	minimize, deemphasize	argument and language
73	dubious	doubtful	truth
74	elitism	the belief that society should be governed by a small group of superior individuals	politics and tradition
75	emphatic	forceful, emphasized	argument and language
76	enlighten	give insight	knowledge and skill
77	enmity	hatred	friends and enemies
78	entice	attract, lure	emotions
79	epic	long narrative poem	argument and language
80	erosion	wearing away	science
81	evasive	avoiding the subject	argument and language
82	exalt	praise	praise and criticism
83	exemplary	excellent	praise and criticism
84	exemplify	illustrate by example	argument and language
85	exhaustive	thorough, comprehensive	argument and language
86	exploit (noun)	heroic deed	war and peace
87	extraneous	not essential	law and order
88	exuberant, exuberance	lively, enthusiastic	energy
89	fanfare	spectacular public display	energy
90	fawn	try to gain favor by flattering	praise and criticism
91	feat	act of courage	war and peace
92	fervor	passion	emotions
93	fitful	irregular, spasmodic	time
94	flabbergasted	dumbfounded, astonished	knowledge and skill
95	forerunner	what came before	time
96	foreshadow	suggest the future	time
97	foresight	ability to anticipate future needs	time
98	forestall	delay	time
99	frivolous	not serious or sensible	money
100	garnish	ornamentation	the senses
101	glacial	cold, unfriendly	friends and enemies
102	gracious	graceful, compassionate	friends and enemies
103	grating	irritating	emotions
104	gravity	seriousness	emotions
105	gruff	stern, harsh	emotions
106	hail	praise	praise and criticism
107	haphazard	random	science
108	haughtiness	condescendingly proud	pride
109	heavy-handed	clumsy	knowledge and skill
110	heterogeneity	diverse, not uniform	science
111	hiatus	interruption, break	time
112	holistic	emphasizing the whole	size, amount, location
113	homogeneous, homogenization	uniform in structure	science
114	humanitarian	generous	money
115	humdrum	dull, monotonous	energy
116	hypocrite, hypocritical	insincere, two-faced	truth
117	hypothesis, hypothetical	theory, guess	argument and language
118	immutable	not changeable	science
119	impartial	not biased	argument and language
120	impassioned	passionate	emotions
121	impending	imminent, about to occur	time
122	implausible	impossible	truth
123	implement (verb)	use, carry out	law and order
124	impoverished	poor	money
125	impressionable	easily influenced	knowledge and skill
126	imprudent	not practical, not careful	knowledge and skill
127	incentive	something that encourages action or effort	give up?
128	incisive	sharp, keen	knowledge and skill
129	incite	provoke, encourage	energy
130	inclusive	comprehensive	size, amount, location
131	incoherent	lacking order	argument and language
132	inconsequential	not important	size, amount, location
133	inconspicuous	not noticeable	the senses
134	indiscernible	undetectable	the senses
135	indisputable	unquestionable	argument and language
136	infatuation	foolish love, obsession	emotions
137	infuriate	make angry	emotions
138	innumerable	too numerous to be counted	size, amount, location
139	insufferable	intolerable	emotions
140	insulation	isolation, maintenance of heat	science
141	insurmountable	impossible to overcome	give up?
142	integrity	completeness, dignity	pride
143	intemperate	immoderate	size, amount, location
144	intermittent	stopping and starting at intervals	time
145	intrusive	interfering, intruding	friends and enemies
146	intuition, intuitive	instinct, gut feeling	emotions
147	invert	reverse	size, amount, location
148	invigorate	inspire, give energy	energy
149	irrepressible	incontrollable	give up?
150	irreproachable	faultless, perfect	knowledge and skill
151	iterate	say or do again	argument and language
152	knack	clever method, specific talent	knowledge and skill
153	lackluster	dull	emotions
154	lofty	majestic	knowledge and skill
155	malicious, malice	spiteful, bitter	friends and enemies
156	materialism, materialist	excessive interest in money or possessions	money
157	meager	scarce, poor	size, amount, location
158	meddle	interfere	friends and enemies
159	mediator, mediate	negotiator who tries to find a compromise	argument and language
160	metaphor	comparison	argument and language
161	methodical	well-organized, systematic	knowledge and skill
162	meticulous	careful	knowledge and skill
163	miffed	offended, upset	emotions
164	minute (adj.)	tiny	size, amount, location
165	mirth	gaiety, merriment	emotions
166	mock(ery)	mock	friends and enemies
167	momentous	very significant	friends and enemies
168	monotonous	dull, repetitive	energy
169	morbidity	excessively gloomy	emotions
170	mosaic	art consisting of many different colored pieces of stone/glass	the senses
171	multitudinous	abundant	size, amount, location
172	muted	subdued	the senses
173	naïve, naïveté	gullible, innocent	knowledge and skill
174	negate	make ineffective or invalid	argument and language
175	negligence, negligent	careless(ness)	knowledge and skill
176	negligible	insignificant	size, amount, location
177	notion	thought, idea	argument and language
178	novelty	innovation, trinket	time
179	obligatory	compulsory	law and order
180	obliging	agreeable	friends and enemies
181	obliterate	destroy completely	war and peace
182	oblivious	unaware	knowledge and skill
183	obsolete	outdated	time
184	oppressive	burdensome, cruel	war and peace
185	orator	skilled speaker	argument and language
186	ornament, ornamentation	decoration	the senses
187	ornery	unpleasant	emotions
188	outlandish	bizarre	politics and tradition
189	overt	observable, not hidden	truth
190	par	standard, average	politics and tradition
191	paradox	a contradiction that is true	truth
192	paranoia	irrational fear	emotions
193	perpetuate	maintain, preserve	size, amount, location
194	perplex(ed), perplexity	confused, confusion	knowledge and skill
195	pertain	relate, be suitable	argument and language
196	pertinent	relevant	argument and language
197	perverse	wayward, depraved	law and order
198	phenomenon, phenomena	unusual fact or person, marvel	knowledge and skill
199	pilfer	steal	money
200	pitiless	having no pity, merciless	size, amount, location
201	plenteous	productive	size, amount, location
202	plentiful	existing in great quantity	size, amount, location
203	poignant	emotionally touching	emotions
204	preachy	excessively moralizing, didactic	knowledge and skill
205	precedent	prior in time or significance	time
206	precursor	forerunner, predecessor	time
207	predator	one that preys on another	science
208	predecessor	one that comes before another	time
209	predominant	main, principal	knowledge and skill
210	preoccupied	absorbed in thought	knowledge and skill
211	prescribe	recommend, issue as a command	knowledge and skill
212	pretentious	snobbish, showy	knowledge and skill
213	prodigy	genius	knowledge and skill
214	prophetic	predicting what will happen	time
215	proprietor	owner of a business	money
216	protagonist	main character	argument and language
217	prototype	model	science
218	provocative	controversial	argument and language
219	proximity	nearness in space or time	size, amount, location
220	qualified	competent, limited	knowledge and skill
221	quizzical	puzzled	knowledge and skill
222	radical	extreme	politics and tradition
223	rash	careless	knowledge and skill
224	reaffirm	restate	argument and language
225	recount	narrate	argument and language
226	refinement	polish, purification	knowledge and skill
227	regenerate	renew	time
228	rehash	rework, reuse	politics and tradition
229	remiss	neglectful, negligent	knowledge and skill
230	remnant	something left over, remainder	size, amount, location
231	remote	distant, far	size, amount, location
232	renaissance	rebirth, revival	time
233	rendition	performance, interpretation	knowledge and skill
234	renovate	make new again	time
235	renowned	famous	knowledge and skill
236	repressed	suppressing emotions	emotions
237	repulse	disgust	praise and criticism
238	reserved	quiet	emotions
239	resignation, resigned	give in, acquiescent	give up?
240	resilient	irrepressible, quick to recover	give up?
241	resolute, resolve (noun)	firm belief	argument and language
242	restrained, restraint	unemotional, controlled	emotions
243	retract	take back	give up?
244	retroactive	applying to a period prior to enactment	time
245	righteous	morally good	law and order
246	rigor	strictness	give up?
247	romanticization	the act of being overly sentimental or idealistic	emotions
248	safeguard	protect	war and peace
249	saga	long story	argument and language
250	salvageable	able to be rescued	war and peace
251	sarcastic, sarcasm	mocking	friends and enemies
252	savory	appetizing	the senses
253	scarcity, scarce	insufficient amount	size, amount, location
254	scoff	mock	friends and enemies
255	sedentary	not moving or active	energy
256	sensational	amazing, shocking, scandalous	emotions
257	serene	calm	energy
258	sinister	evil	emotions
259	skeptic(ism)	doubter	truth
260	sluggish	lacking energy	energy
261	snub	deliberately insult	praise and criticism
262	speculative	inquisitive, hypothetical	argument and language
263	squelch	crush, trample	war and peace
264	strain	stress	war and peace
265	subdued	quiet, restrained	energy
266	submissive	yielding	give up?
267	subordinate	lower rank, inferior	politics and tradition
268	subplot	secondary plot	argument and language
269	subsequent	following, coming after	time
270	sullen	sulky, brooding	emotions
271	supplement	addendum, addition	argument and language
272	suppress	restrain, subdue	energy
273	surly	bad-tempered and rude	emotions
274	surpass	excel, beat	knowledge and skill
275	swagger	walk or behave arrogantly	pride
276	swindler	cheat, con artist	truth
277	synopsis	summary	argument and language
278	synthetic	artificial	truth
279	tactful	considerate, discreet	friends and enemies
280	tactile	tangible, related to the sense of touch	the senses
281	taut	pulled tight, not slack	the senses
282	temper (verb), tempered	moderate	size, amount, location
283	temperate	moderate	size, amount, location
284	tentative	unconfirmed, hesitant	truth
285	terrestrial	related to the earth	science
286	testy	irritated, peevish	emotions
287	theology	religion	politics and tradition
288	theorize	hypothesize, speculate	argument and language
289	threadbare	worn out	energy
290	toil	labor	give up?
291	toxic	poisonous	science
292	transcend	surpass	size, amount, location
293	transitory	temporary	time
294	truncate	shorten by cutting off	size, amount, location
295	turbulence	state of confusion or agitation	energy
296	turmoil	state of extreme confusion or agitation	war and peace
297	tyrant, tyrannical	dictator	politics and tradition
298	undaunted	courageous	give up?
299	undermine	weaken	give up?
300	underpinning	support, base	war and peace
301	underscore	emphasize	argument and language
302	unhindered	not obstructed	give up?
303	universality	comprehensiveness, generalization	politics and tradition
304	unwarranted	not justified	law and order
305	vacillate	sway from side to side, oscillate	science
306	valiant	courageous	give up?
307	vexing	annoying	emotions
308	volatile	not constant	science
309	voluminous	large, ample	size, amount, location
310	voracious	insatiable, having a huge appetite	the senses
311	wistful	yearning, melancholy	emotions
312	withstand	oppose, resist	give up?
313	worldly	worldly, materialistic	money