SAT words

100 most common words in the SAT test

100 most common words in the SAT test

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Christina Young

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Language English
Category Literature
Level Primary School
Created / Updated 29.04.2013 / 29.04.2013
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extenuating

excusing, lessening the seriousness of guild or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors

florid

red-colored, flushed, gaudy, ornate

fortuitous

happening by luck, fortunate

frugal

thrifty, cheap

hackneyed

cliched, worn out by overuse

haughty

arrognat and condecending

hedonist

person who pursues pleasure as a goal

hypothesis

assumption, theory requiring proof

impetuous

rash, impulsive, acting without thinking

impute

to attribute and action to particular person or group

incompatible

opposed in nature, not able to live or work together

inconsequential

unimportant, trivial

inevitable

certain, unavoidable

integrity

decency, honesty, wholeness

intrepid

frearless, adventurous

intuitive

instinctive, untaught

jubilation

joy, celebration, exultation

lobbyist

person who seeks to influence political events

longevity

long life

mundane

ordinary, commonplace

nonchalant

calm, casual, seeming

novice

apprentice, beginner

opulent

wealthy

orator

lecturer, speaker

ostentatious

showy, displaying wealth

parched

dried up, shriveled

perfidious

faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

precocious

unusually advanced or talented at an early age

pretentious

pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured

procrastinate

to unnecessarily delay, postphone, put off

prosaic

relating to prose, dull, commonplace

prosperity

wealth or success

provocative

tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement

prudent

careful, cautious

querulous

complaining, irritable

rancorous

bitter, hateful

reclusive

preferring to live in isolation

reconciliation

the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute

renovation

repair, making something new

resilient

quick to recover, bounce back