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Words That Are Great Starting To Improve Your Vocabulary by Adekorya: 6:56pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
The 100 words below are a great starting point to help improve your SAT vocabulary words. Remember, the more words you know, the better you will do. 1. abate: reduce or lessen 2. abdicate: give up a position 3. aberration: something unusual, different from the norm 4. abhor: to really hate 5. abstain: to refrain from doing something 6. adversity: hardship, misfortune 7. aesthetic: pertaining to beauty 8. amicable: agreeable 9. anachronistic: out of the context of time, out of date 10. arid: very dry 11. asylum: sanctuary, place of safety 12. benevolent: friendly, helpful 13. bias: a prejudice towards something or against something 14. boisterous: enthusiastic, loud 15. brazen: bold 16. brusque: short, rude 17. camaraderie: togetherness, trust, group dynamic of trust 18. canny: careful 19. capacious: very large, spacious 20. capitulate: surrender 21. clairvoyant: can predict the future 22. collaborate: work together 23. compassion: sympathy 24. compromise: meeting in the middle, settling differences 25. condescending: patronizing 26. conditional: contingent upon something else, contingent upon 27. conformist: someone who follows the majority 28. convergence: coming together 29. deleterious: harmful 30. demagogue: rabble-rousing leader 31. digression: straying from main point 32. diligent: hard-working, dedicated 33. discredit: dishonor someone, prove something untrue 34. disdain: to regard with scorn 35. divergent: moving apart, going in different directions 36. empathy: feeling someone else’s feeling 37. emulate: following someone else's example 38. enervating: tiring 39. ephemeral: fleeting, temporary 40. evanescent: not lasting long 41. exemplary: outstanding 42. extenuating: something that makes the situation not as bad 43. florid: ornate 44. forbearance: patience, restraint 45. fortitude: strength 46. fortuitous: lucky 47. foster: promote, aid 48. fraught: filled with 49. frugal: thrifty 50. hackneyed: clichéd 51. haughty: being arrogant, talking down to people 52. hedonist: person who acts in pursuit of pleasure 53. hypothesis: unproven theory, educated guess 54. impetuous: rash, impulsive 55. impute: to assign or attribute to someone 56. inconsequential: without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter 57. inevitable: unavoidable, definitely going to happen 58. intrepid: fearless 59. intuitive: knowing something by instinct 60. jubilation: extreme happiness, joy 61. lobbyist: person who takes one side or the other, and persuades government officials 62. longevity: long (particularly long life) 63. mundane: boring, ordinary 64. nonchalant: casual, calm, at ease 65. opulent: wealthy 66. orator: speaker 67. ostentatious: flaunting wealth 68. parched: freed from water, dried up 69. perfidious: disloyal 70. pragmatic: practical 71. precocious: gifted/talented beyond one's years 72. pretentious: being self important, thinking you are better than others 73. procrastinate: to delay, often unnecessarily 74. prosaic: ordinary 75. prosperity: wealth 76. provocative: causes a fuss, inflammatory, likely to get people riled up 77. prudent: careful, wise 78. querulous: irritable, prone to argument 79. rancorous: hateful, unpleasant 80. reclusive: hermit, withdrawn 81. reconciliation: coming back together after a disagreement 82. renovation: being new, being redone 83. restrained: controlled, not free 84. reverence: deep respect 85. sagacity: wisdom 86. scrutinize: to look at carefully 87. spontaneous: being impulsive, acting without thinking 88. spurious: false, untrue 89. submissive: mild, meek 90. substantiate: to confirm, prove 91. subtle: shy, small, not showy 92. superficial: shallow 93. superfluous: unnecessary, too much 94. surreptitious: secret 95. tactful: polite 96. tenacious: persistent stubborn 97. transient: temporary, impermanent 98. venerable: respectable because of its age 99. vindicate: to free from blame 100. wary: careful, watchful 101. Drab: dull, uninteresting 102. Conversant: well acquainted with 103. Detract: take away; diminish; make seem less valuable or important 104. Detriment: harm, damage 105. Ubiquitous: present everywhere simultaneously 106. reta: make a motion of vomiting, especially involuntarily and without effect Add yours. |
Re: Words That Are Great Starting To Improve Your Vocabulary by helpinghands(m): 6:56pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Nice |
Re: Words That Are Great Starting To Improve Your Vocabulary by Winna01(m): 7:11pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
nice one Op but cant put those things in ma head when i've got CHM jacking to do |
Re: Words That Are Great Starting To Improve Your Vocabulary by Adekorya: 7:33pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Winna01: Yes u are right, but at the same time if u familiarize yourself with those words in time of they will the will flash back from your sub- conscious to you conscious mind as auto suggestion. |
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