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College Board Top100Common SAT Vocabulary Words
1. Abbreviate
Shorten,abridge
2. Abstinence
act of refraing from
3. Adulation
high praise
4. adversity
misfortune
5. aesthetic
pertaining to beauty
6. amicable
agreeable
7. anachronistic
out-of-date
8. anecdote
short account of event
9. anonymous
nameless
11. antagonist
opponent
12. arid
extremely dry
13. assiduous
hard-working
14. asylum
sanctuary
15. benevolent
friendly, helpful
16. camaraderie
trust among friends
17. censure
to criticize harshly
18. circuitous
indirect, roundabout
19. clairvoyant
able to see the future
20. collaborate
to work together
21. compassion
sympathy, mercy
22. compromise
to settle differences
23. condescending
patronizing
24. conditional
provisional, contingent
25. conformist
follower of customs
26. congregation
crowd of people
27. convergence
joining of parts
28. deleterious
harmful
29. demagogue
rabble-rousing leader
30. digression
straying from main point
31. diligent
hard-working
32. discredit
dishonor, disgrace
33. disdain
to regard with scorn
34. divergent
variant, moving apart
35. empathy
sharing of feelings
36. emulate
follow an example
37. enervating
tiring, weakening
38. enhance
improve, augment
39. ephemeral
momentary, fleeting
40. evanescent
short-lived, as an image
41. exasperation
irritation, frustration
42. exemplary
outstanding
43. extenuating
guilt diminishing
44. florid
flushed, ornate
45. fortuitous
lucky
46. frugal
thrifty
47. hackneyed
overused, cliched
48. haughty
arrogant, condescending
49. hedonist
pleasure seeker
50. hypothesis
theory requiring proof
51. impetuous
rash, impulsive
52. impute
to attribute to someone
53. incompatible
unable to work together
54. inconsequential
trivial
55. inevitable
unavoidable, certain
56. integrity
honesty, decency
57. intrepid
fearless, adventurous
58. intuitive
instinctive, untaught
59. jubilation
joy, exultation
60. lobbyist
persuader of legislators
61. longevity
long life
62. mundane
ordinary, common
63. nonchalant
calm, casual
64. novice
beginner
65. opulent
wealthy
66. orator
speaker
67. ostentatious
displaying wealth
68. parched
dried up
69. perfidious
disloyal
70. precocious
talented beyond one's age
71. pretentious
pompous, self-important
72. procrastinate
to delay unnecessarily
73. prosaic
run-of-the-mill
74. prosperity
wealth, success
75. provocative
inflammatory
76. prudent
wise, careful, cautious
77. querulous
irritable
78. rancorous
hateful
79. reclusive
withdrawn, hermit-like
80. reconciliation
agreement after a quarrel
81. renovation
state of being renewed
82. resilient
quick to recover
83. restrained
controlled, restricted
84. reverence
profound respect
85. sagacity
wisdom
86. scrutinize
to observe carefully
87. spontaneity
impulsive action
88. spurious
phony, false
89. submissive
meek
90. substantiate
to verify, confirm
91. subtle
elusive, sly, ambiguous
92. superficial
lacking in depth
93. superfluous
more than enough
94. suppress
to end an activity
95. surreptitious
secret, stealthy
96. tactful
diplomatic, polite
97. tenacious
persistent, resolute
98. transient
temporary, fleeting
99. venerable
respectable due to age
100. vindicate
to clear from blame
101. wary
watchful, alert |
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