3400 Vocabulary For SAT

aback (preceded by taken) abeyance a temporary accommodate to make fit; to
surprised; startled postponement help

abandon to leave; to give up; to abhor to hate; to detest accomplice a partner in crime
discontinue abide (two meanings) to remain; accord agreement
abase to humiliate; to humble; to put up with accost to approach and speak to
to lower abject miserable; wretched accoutrement equipment; outfit
abash ashamed; embarrassed abjure to give up (rights) accredit to approve; to certify
abate to lessen; to decrease ablution a washing; cleansing accretion an increase; an
abdicate to yield; to give up abnegate to deny; to reject addition
abduct to take away; to kidnap abolition doing away with; accrue to gather; to accumulate
aberration abnormality; putting an end to acerbic sharp or bitter in smell
deviation abominate to detest; to dislike or taste
strongly Achilles’ heel a weakness
Vocabulary Learning Steps aborigine original inhabitant acknowledge to admit; to
1. Conceal each definition with abortive unsuccessful confess
a card as you go down the abound to be large in number acme highest point; peak
column. aboveboard honest; frank; open acoustics branch of physics
2. Jot down each word whose abrade to wear away dealing with sound
meaning you do not know. Then abridge to shorten acquiesce to agree; to consent
prepare a flash card for each abrogate to abolish; to repeal acquit to free of guilt; to clear
word abscond to leave secretly; to acrid bitter to the taste or smell;
you did not know. flee sarcastic
Write the synonym (similar absolve to free from acrimonious harsh in speech or
meaning) on the back of the responsibility behavior
card. abstemious moderate or sparing acronym word formed from
3. Study the flash cards that you in eating or initials
have made up. drinking acrophobia fear of heights
4. After you have studied the abstinence self-denial; resisting actuate to put into motion or
DID-NOT-KNOW flash cards, tempting foods action
give yourself a flash card test. abstract (two meanings) a acumen mental keenness;
Put summary (noun); shrewdness
aside the flash cards for the to remove (verb) acute sharp; keen
words you did know. abstruse hard to understand ad infinitum endlessly; forever
5. For each word you still do not absurd ridiculous; unreasonable ad lib to act or speak without
know, write a sentence that abut to touch; to rest on or preparation
includes the word you still have against adage a familiar saying
not learned well. abysmal wretched; extremely adamant stubborn; unyielding
6. Now test yourself again on bad adapt to adjust; to change
the DID-NOT-KNOW flash abyss a bottomless pit; anything addendum something added as
cards referred to in Step 5. Put infinite a supplement
aside academic (two meanings) addled confused
your flash cards for the words pertaining to school; adduce to give an example in
you did know. theoretical or unrealistic proving something
7. Study the new reduced pile of accede to agree to adept highly skilled
DID-NOT-KNOW flash cards. accelerate to speed up; to move adherent (two meanings)
8. Give yourself a flash card test faster sticking fast (adjective); a
on this new reduced DID-NOT- accessible easy to approach; follower or a supporter (noun)
KNOW pile. open adipose fatty
9. Keep reducing your DID- access approach; admittance adjacent near; close; adjoining
NOT-KNOW flash card pile accessory something additional adjudicate to judge
until you have no DID-NOT- acclaim to greet with approval adjunct a subordinate; an
KNOW acclimate to adapt; to get used assistant
words. to admonish to warn
I acclivity upward slope ado fuss; trouble
ABACK–AZURE accolade honor; award; adonis a very handsome man
abet to aid; to encourage approval adorn to dress up; to decorate
VOCABULARY BUILDING THAT IS GUARANTEED TO RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE

adroit skillful; clever alien strange; foreign amity friendship
adulation excessive praise or alienate to make others amnesty official pardon for an
flattery unfriendly to you offense
adulterate to make impure alimentary furnishing food or amoral lacking a sense of right
advent an arrival; a coming nourishment and wrong
adventitious accidental; allay to relieve or to calm amorous loving
nonessential alleged so-called; supposed amorphous shapeless
adversary enemy; opponent allegory a symbolic work of amphibious able to live on both
adversity a misfortune; distress literature land and water
advocate to recommend; to allegro rapid; quick ample roomy; abundant
defend alleviate to lessen; to relieve amplify to make larger or
aegis a shield; protection; allocate to set aside for a greater
sponsorship specific purpose amulet a charm worn to keep
aesthetic pertaining to beauty allude to hint at; to refer to evil away
affable friendly; agreeable indirectly anachronism something out of
affectation a phony attitude; alluring tempting; fascinating; place or time
insincerity charming analgesic drug that relieves pain
affiliate to associate or to unite alluvial pertaining to a deposit analogy similarity or
with of sand formed by comparison
affinity attraction to flowing water anarchy absence of government
affirmation a statement that aloft up in the air; high anathema a curse; a person or
something is true aloof reserved; cool; indifferent thing to be avoided
affix to attach alter to change ancillary helping; subordinate
affliction great suffering; altercation an argument; a anecdote a short, entertaining
hardship disagreement story
affluence wealth altruism unselfishness; concern anent regarding; concerning
affront an insult for others anguish great suffering or grief
aftermath outcome; result amalgamate to combine; to anhydrous without water
agape open-mouthed; surprised unite; to blend animadversion criticism;
agenda a list or program of amass to accumulate; to collect comment that opposes
things to be done amazon a big, strong, masculine animate to give life to
aggrandize to enlarge or to woman animosity hatred; hostility
expand ambidextrous equally skillful animus hostile feeling
aggravate to worsen an already with either hand annals historical records
bad situation; to ambient surround; on all sides anneal to heat and then cool; to
intensify ambiguous unclear; open to toughen
aggregate to collect; to gather more than one interpretation annihilate to totally destroy
together ambivalence conflicting annuity specified income
aghast shocked; terrified feelings toward something payable at stated intervals
agile able to move quickly or someone annul to cancel; to do away
agitate to upset; to stir up ambrosial pleasing to the taste with
agnostic one who doubts the or smell anomalous abnormal;
existence of God ambulatory moving about; inconsistent
agoraphobia fear of open capable of walking anon soon
places ambuscade hidden or secret anoxia lack of oxygen
agrarian pertaining to farmers attack antecedent that which goes
and agriculture ameliorate to improve; to make before something else
ague a fever; plague better antediluvian very old-
alacrity liveliness; willingness amenable agreeable; responsive fashioned; primitive
albatross (two meanings) a amend to change; to alter anterior located in front or
seabird; a constant forward
burden amenities courtesies; social anteroom a lobby or waiting
albeit although graces; pleasantries room
alchemy chemistry of the amiable friendly; pleasant anthem song of praise
Middle Ages amicable friendly; agreeable anthology collection of literary
alias an assumed name amiss wrong; faulty; improper works

anthropoid resembling man appropriate to take possession asinine stupid; silly
anthropomorphic attributing of (verb); suitable askance (preceded by to look)
human form to (adjective) sidewise; suspiciously
objects, gods, etc. appurtenance something added askew crooked; out of position
antic playful or silly act; prank to another more asperity harshness; roughness
anticlimax something important thing aspersion a damaging remark
unimportant coming after apropos relevant; appropriate; aspire to desire; to have an
something important fitting ambition
antidote a remedy; a aptitude ability assail to attack; to assault
counteractive aquatic pertaining to water assay to test; to try
antipathy intense dislike aquiline like an eagle; curved or assent to agree; to accept
antipodes opposite sides (of the hooked assertive confident; positive
earth) arable good for farming assess to estimate the value of
antiquated ancient; extremely arbiter a judge; an umpire assiduity diligence; care
old arbitrary partial; biased assimilate to absorb
antithesis an exact opposite arbor a shaded area assuage to calm; to make less
apathy indifference; lack of arcane mysterious severe
feeling archaic out-dated; old- asteroid a very small planet
ape (two meanings) a monkey fashioned astral pertaining to the stars
(noun); to imitate archeology study of remains of astray in the wrong direction
or to mimic (verb) past cultures astringent substance that
aperture an opening; a gap archetype original; first of its contracts blood vessels
apex the highest point; summit kind or shrinks tissues
aphasia loss of the ability to archipelago group of islands astute shrewd; very smart
speak archives public records and asunder into separate parts
aphorism brief saying; proverb documents asylum a safe place; a refuge
apiary place where bees are ardent intensely enthusiastic atavistic going back to behavior
kept arduous difficult; strenuous found in a remote
aplomb self-confidence; poise aria a solo in an opera ancestor
apocryphal doubtful; not arid dry atheist one who denies God’s
authentic armistice a truce; suspension of existence
apogee farthest point away from hostilities atlas book of maps
the earth aromatic pleasant-smelling atone to make up for; to repent
apoplexy sudden loss of arraign to accuse atrocious cruel; brutal
consciousness; paralysis arrant notorious; downright atrophy to waste away; to
apostate one who gives up his array an orderly arrangement become useless
beliefs arrears (preceded by in) in debt attenuated decreased;
apothecary druggist arrogant proud; haughty weakened
apothegm brief instructive arroyo a deep ditch caused by attest to confirm; to declare to
saying running water be correct
apotheosis glorification of a arson illegal burning of attribute (two meanings) to
person to the rank of property credit or assign to
God artful cunning; tricky; crafty (verb); a characteristic or trait
appall to frighten; to cause loss articulate to speak clearly (noun)
of courage artifact a handmade object bacchanalian wild with
apparel clothing; attire artifice trick; deception drunkenness
apparition a ghost artisan one skilled in arts and badger to nag; to annoy
appease to soothe; to satisfy crafts badinage playful, teasing talk
appellation a name ascendant rising baffle to confuse; to bewilder
append to attach; to add ascertain to find out; to bagatelle thing of little value;
apposite appropriate determine trifle
apprehend (two meanings) to ascetic one who denies his body bait (two meanings) to entrap or
seize; to understand pleasure and comfort to seduce (verb);
apprehensive fearful; anxious ascribe to attribute; to credit as a decoy (noun)
apprise to inform to a cause or source baleful harmful; menacing;
approbation approval aseptic without bacteria pernicious

balk to stop short authenticate to confirm; to benevolent generous; kindly
balm something that calms or make acceptable benign harmless; gentle
soothes authoritative dictatorial; having benignant kindly; gentle
balmy (two meanings) mild and power bequeath to hand down; to pass
refreshing; mentally unstable autocratic despotic; unlimited on to
(slang) in authority berate to scold severely
banal common; ordinary; trite automaton self-operating bereave to leave in a sad or
bandy to exchange (as words) machine; robot lonely state; to deprive
bane cause of ruin, harm, or autonomy self-rule by force
distress autumnal mature; declining berserk frenzied; violently
banter teasing; good-natured auxiliary giving assistance; destructive
joking subordinate beseech to beg; appeal to
barb a pointed part, as of an avarice greed beset to attack
arrow or fishhook avenge to get even; to take besiege to overwhelm; to close
barbarous uncultured; crude revenge in on
bard a poet aver to declare; to state firmly besmirch to make dirty
bark a boat or sailing vessel averse reluctant; not willing bestial savage; brutal
baroque overdecorated; showy aversion intense dislike bestow to give or present
barrage heavy attack avert to prevent; to turn away bestride to mount (a horse)
barrister lawyer (British) aviary place where birds are betrothed engaged; pledged to
bask to lie in or be exposed to kept marry
warmth avid enthusiastic bevy a large group
bastion a strong defense; a fort avocation a hobby; not one’s bewitch to cast a spell on; to
bauble showy but useless thing; regular work charm; to fascinate
trinket avoirdupois heaviness; weight bias preference; prejudice
bawdy indecent; humorously avow to declare openly bibliophile lover of books
obscene avuncular like an uncle bibulous absorbent; fond of
bayou marshy body of water awe (in awe of ) great alcoholic beverages
beacon a light used for warning admiration for or fear of bicker to quarrel
or guiding awry twisted to one side; in the bide (one’s time) to wait for a
beatitude state of bliss wrong direction favorable opportunity
bedlam (two meanings) a axiom true statement; biennial occurring every two
madhouse; a noisy established principle years
up-roar azure blue bigot a narrow-minded,
attrition a wearing down or BACCHANALIAN– prejudiced person
away; a decline BUTTRESS bilious bad-tempered; cross
atypical abnormal; not usual befuddle to confuse; to perplex bilk to cheat; to swindle
au courant up-to-date; fully beget to produce binge a spree; wild party
informed begrudge to resent another’s biped two-legged animal
audacity boldness; daring success or enjoyment bivouac temporary shelter
audible capable of being heard beguile to deceive; to charm bizarre weird; strange
audit to examine accounts behemoth huge animal blanch to whiten; to make pale
augment to increase; to make beholden obligate; indebted bland mild; tasteless; dull
greater belated delayed or detained blandishment flattery
augur to predict beleaguer to encircle (with an blasé bored with life; unexcited;
august majestic; worthy of army); to annoy indifferent
respect; impressive belittle to put down; to blasphemy disrespect for holy
aura a radiance; a glow humiliate places, people, or
aural pertaining to the sense of belligerent warlike; things; irreverence
hearing quarrelsome blatant annoyingly
auroral rosy; pertaining to the bellow to yell loudly conspicuous; offensively noisy
dawn benediction blessing and loud
auspices approval; support benefactor one who helps or blazon to display; to proclaim
auspicious favorable supports another bleak unsheltered; gloomy
austere severe; stern; self- beneficiary one who receives bleary blurred; dimmed
disciplined benefits or profits blight destruction; withering;

disease candor honesty; openness; encourage (verb)
bliss extreme happiness frankness buoyant (two meanings) able to
blithe carefree; light-hearted canine pertaining to dogs float; lighthearted
bludgeon a short, heavy club canny shrewd and lively
blunt (two meanings) abrupt in booty stolen money or goods bureaucracy system of
speech or manner; having a dull boreal northern government through
edge borne carried; put up with departments
blurt (out) to utter suddenly or botch to mess up; to perform burgeon to flourish; to grow
indiscreetly clumsily rapidly
bluster to speak noisily; to boast bountiful plentiful; abundant burlesque a speech or action
bode to indicate in advance, as bounty reward; generosity that treats a serious
an omen does bourgeoisie middle class subject with ridicule
bog (two meanings) a swamp bovine pertaining to cows or burly muscular; husky
(noun); to sink or cattle burnish to polish
become stuck in (verb) bowdlerize to censor; to remove buttress any prop or support
bogus false; fake offensive passages of a play, CABAL–CYNOSURE
bolster to prop up; to support novel, etc. canon rule; law; standard
bolt to dash out suddenly; to braggart one who boasts cant insincere statements
discontinue support of brandish to shake or wave a usually made in a
bombastic using impressive but weapon aggressively singsong tone
meaningless brash offensively bold; rude cantankerous bad-tempered;
language bravado a show of courage; quarrelsome
bon mot witty remark false bravery canter smooth, easy pace;
bona fide genuine; in good faith brawn muscular strength gallop
bondage slavery brazen shameless or impudent canvass to make a survey
boon a benefit; a blessing; a breach a violation; a gap capacious spacious; roomy
favor breadth width capitulate to surrender
boor a rude or impolite person brethren brothers capricious erratic; impulsive
VOCABULARY BUILDING brevity briefness captious hard to please;
THAT IS GUARANTEED TO brigand a robber faultfinding
RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE • brine salt water captivate to capture; to charm;
369 brisk lively; quick to fascinate
370 • VOCABULARY bristling showing irritation carapace shell; hard, protective
BUILDING THAT IS broach to introduce (a subject) covering
GUARANTEED TO RAISE brochure a pamphlet carcinogenic causing cancer
YOUR SAT SCORE bronchial pertaining to the cardinal principal; chief
cabal a small, secret group windpipe careen to swerve; to dip to one
cache a hiding place browbeat to bully; to intimidate side
cacophony harsh or unpleasant bruit to spread the news caricature an exaggerated
sound brunt shock, force, or impact, portrayal
cadaverous pale; ghastly; as of a blow carnage slaughter; massacre
corpselike brusque abrupt in manner, carnal sensual; sexual
cadence rhythm; beat blunt; rough carnivorous flesh-eating
caesura pause buccaneer a pirate carouse to engage in a noisy,
cajole to coax; to persuade bucolic pertaining to the drunken party
calamitous causing trouble or countryside; rural carp (two meanings) a type of
misery; disastrous buffoon clown or fool fish (noun); to complain (verb)
caliber degree of worth bugbear something causing fear carrion decaying flesh
calligraphy fancy handwriting bulbous swollen; shaped like a carte blanche freedom to use
callous unyielding; insensitive bulb one’s own judgment
callow young and inexperienced bulwark a strong defense cartel association of business
calumny a false accusation; bumptious conceited; arrogant firms
slander bungle to do things clumsily or cartographer mapmaker
camaraderie loyalty; friendship badly cascade a waterfall
canard a false story, report, or buoy (two meanings) a floating caste social class
rumor object (noun); to castigate to punish

casualty (two meanings) an to one’s country, cloven divided; split
accident; one who is sex, religion, etc. coadjutor assistant; helper
hurt in an accident cherub angel; an innocent coalesce to blend; to merge; to
cataclysm a violent change person fuse
catacomb underground burial chic stylish; fashionable coddle to treat tenderly
place chicanery trickery; deception coerce to force
catalyst person or thing that chide to scold coffer a strongbox
speeds up a result chimerical imaginary; fantastic; cog a gear tooth; a minor part
cataract (two meanings) large unreal cogent convincing
waterfall; abnormality of the eye chirography art of handwriting cogitate to think; to consider
catastrophe disaster; calamity chivalrous courteous; carefully
cathartic cleansing courageous; loyal cognate related; relevant
catholic universal; wide-ranging choleric easily angered cognizant aware
caucus a private meeting chronic long-lasting cognomen family name; last
caustic sarcastic; severely churlish rude; ill-bred name
critical; corrosive cipher person or thing of no coherent logically connected;
cauterize to burn value; zero consistent
cavalcade a procession; a circuitous roundabout; indirect cohesive tending to stick
sequence of events circumlocution roundabout way cohort colleague; associate;
cavalier a haughty and casually of speaking partner
indifferent person circumscribe to encircle; to coincide to occur
caveat a warning limit or confine simultaneously
cavil to quibble; to argue circumspect cautious; careful collaborate to work together; to
cavort to leap about; to frolic circumvent to surround or cooperate
celerity speed; swiftness entrap; to go around or collage collection of various bits
celestial heavenly bypass and pieces (usually
celibate unmarried citadel a fortress artistic)
censure to criticize sharply cite to quote a passage, book, collate to put together in order
centrifugal moving away from author, etc.; to refer collateral security for payment
the center to an example of a loan
cerebration thinking; using civility politeness colloquial informal
one’s brain clairvoyant having great colloquy conversation
certitude sureness; certainty insight; keenly perceptive collusion conspiracy; agreement
cessation a stopping; a clamber to climb with effort or to commit a
discontinuance difficulty wrongful act
chafe to irritate; to annoy clamor noise colossal huge; enormous
chaff worthless matter clandestine secretive; private combative eager to fight;
chagrin embarrassment; clangor harsh ringing sound argumentative
complete loss of courage clarify to make clear combustible capable of catching
chameleon a lizard able to clarion clear and shrill fire easily
change its skin color; a claustrophobia fear of enclosed comely attractive
changeable or fickle person spaces commemorative honoring;
champ (verb) to bite cleave (two meanings) to split remembering
impatiently; to show impatience something apart; to commence to begin
(to champ at the bit) stick or cling to something commendation praise
chaos complete disorder cleft split; divided commensurate proportionate
charisma great appeal or clemency mercy; leniency commiserate to express pity for
attraction cliché a trite or worn-out commodious roomy; spacious
charlatan a fake; a quack expression communal shared; pertaining to
charnel cemetery; tomb clientele customers a group of people
chary (of ) careful; cautious climax highest point compact (two meanings) firmly
chasm a wide gap clime climate; region packed (adjective);
chaste pure; virtuous clique a small, exclusive group a treaty (noun)
chastise to punish; to purify cloistered secluded; confined compassion pity; sympathy
chattel slave clout (colloquial) power; compatible agreeable;
chauvinism fanatical devotion influence harmonious

compel to force arrangement contagious likely to spread;
compendium brief summary confiscate to seize by way of infectious
compensatory paying back; penalty contaminant substance that
making up for conflagration a large and pollutes or infects
complacent self-satisfied destructive fire contemn to regard with scorn or
complement (note spelling) to confluent merging; flowing contempt
make whole; to together contemporary happening in the
complete conformity agreement; doing same time period;
compliant yielding; submissive the same as others current
complicity partnership in a confounded confused; amazed contemptuous scornful
wrongful act congeal to freeze solid; to contentious ready to argue;
components ingredients; thicken quarrelsome
elements congenial friendly; agreeable contest (three meanings) a
composure calmness of mind or congenital existing at birth competitive game
manner conglomerate mass; cluster; (noun); to dispute (verb); to
compulsory required corporation compete (verb)
compunction uneasiness; congregate to gather; to contiguous nearby; neighboring
remorse assemble contingent possible
compute to calculate; to congruent in agreement contort to twist; to distort
estimate coniferous bearing cones ( contraband smuggled or stolen
concave hollow; curved inward pertaining to trees) goods
concede to admit; to grant conjecture to guess contrary opposite
concentrate (two meanings) to conjugal pertaining to marriage contravene to go against; to
think deeply; to conjure to call upon or to oppose
increase in strength or degree command a devil or spirit contretemps an embarrassing
concentric having a common to practice magic; cast a spell on occurrence
center connivance pretend ignorance contrite sorrowful; penitent
conception (two meanings) a of another’s wrongdoing; controversial debatable;
beginning; original conspiracy questionable
idea or plan connoisseur an expert contumacious disobedient;
concession allowance; the act of connote to suggest or imply obstinate
yielding connubial pertaining to contumely rudeness
conciliate to soothe the anger marriage contusion a bruise
of; to win over consanguinity close conundrum a riddle
concise brief and to the point relationship, usually by blood convalesce to recover from an
conclave secret meeting consecrate to make holy illness
concoct to invent; to devise consensus general agreement, convene to come together; to
concomitant accompanying; especially of opinion assemble
attending console (two meanings) a conventional ordinary; usual
concord agreement; harmony musical panel or unit converge to come together; to
concourse a crowd; a wide (noun); to comfort (verb) meet in a point or line
street consolidate to combine; to conversant being familiar with
concur to agree make or become solid converse (two meanings) to talk
condescend to lower oneself to consonant in agreement or to someone (verb);
an inferior’s level harmony the opposite (noun)
condign deserved; suitable consort (two meanings) a convex curving outward
condiment seasoning; spices husband or wife (noun); conveyance a vehicle
condolence expression of to associate or join (verb) convivial sociable; friendly
sorrow consternation sudden convoke to call together
condone to excuse; to overlook confusion; panic convoluted twisted; coiled
conducive tending to or leading constituents voters; supporters cope (with) to deal with; to
to constraints restrictions; limits contend with
conduit pipe or tube through constrict to shrink; to bind copious plentiful; abundant
which fluid or electricity passes construe to analyze; to interpret coquetry flirtation
confidant a close, trusted friend consummate to complete cordial friendly; courteous
configuration shape; (verb); perfect (adjective) cornucopia horn of plenty;

abundance dale valley defile to pollute; to corrupt
corollary inference; deduction; dally to waste time definitive comprehensive;
consequence dank chilly and wet complete
corona crown; bright circle dappled spotted deflect to turn aside; to bend
corporeal pertaining to the body dastardly sneaking and defoliate to strip of leaves
corpulent fat; fleshy cowardly; shameful crucial extremely important;
corroborate to strengthen; to daub to smear; to cover over decisive
confirm with paint, etc. crucible a severe test or trial
corrosive eating away, as an daunt to discourage crux the essential part
acid dawdle to waste time; to idle cryptic mysterious; secretive
corrugated wrinkled; ridged; de facto in fact; in reality crystallize to settle; to take on a
furrowed deadlock a standstill; a tie definite form
cortege funereal procession; dearth a scarcity or lack cubicle small compartment
group of followers debacle a complete failure; total cudgel club; thick stick
cosmic pertaining to the collapse cue a hint; a signal
universe; vast debase to lower in rank; to cuisine style of cooking
cosmopolitan worldly-wise; humiliate culinary pertaining to cooking
universal debauch to corrupt cull to select; to pick
coterie close circle of friends debilitate to weaken culminate to result in; to reach
countenance (two meanings) debonair pleasant; courteous; the highest point
the face (noun); to charming culpable blameworthy
permit, tolerate, or approve debris fragments; litter; rubble cumbersome heavy; hard to
(verb) debut first public appearance handle because of size
countermand to cancel an order decadence moral deterioration or weight
counterpart duplicate; copy decant to pour off (a liquid) cumulative collected;
coup a brilliant move; a decapitate to behead accumulated
successful and sudden decelerate to slow down cupidity greed
attack deciduous not permanent; curb to control; to check
courier messenger passing curry to try to win favor by
covenant an agreement; a decipher decode; figure out the flattery
contract meaning of cursive running or flowing
covert hidden; secretive declaim to speak dramatically cursory superficial; hasty
covet to desire declivity downward slope curtail to cut short
cower to tremble in fear decompose to decay; to break cynic one who is critical; a
coy shy; modest up into parts fault-finder
cozen to trick decorum appropriate social cynosure center of attention
crafty sly; tricky behavior DAIS–DYSPHASIA
crass stupid; unrefined decoy a person or thing that defray to pay the cost of
crave to desire strongly entices or lures, as into deft skillful
craven cowardly danger defunct no longer in existence;
credence belief; trust decrepit broken down by age or extinct
credible believable disease degrade to lower in degree or
credulity readiness to believe; decry to speak out against quality
gullibility deduce to reason out; to infer deify to idolize; to make god-
creed a religious belief deem to think; to believe; to like
crescendo gradual increase in judge deign to lower oneself before an
intensity or loudness defalcate to misuse funds; to inferior
crestfallen dejected; humbled embezzle delectable delicious; very
crevice an opening; a crack defamatory damaging another’s pleasing
cringe to shrink back, as in fear reputation with delete to leave out; to cross out
criterion measure of value; false remarks deleterious harmful
standard of judging default to fail to pay a debt or to delineate to describe; to depict
crone hag; withered old woman perform a task delirium condition of mental
crony close friend defection desertion disturbance; wild
crotchety grouchy; eccentric defer to postpone; to put off excitement
dais platform; speaker’s stand deference respect delude to deceive; to mislead

deluge a flood; a rush desist to cease or stop things
delve to search; to investigate desolate lonely; deserted dilemma a troubling situation
demagogue a popular leader despicable contemptible; dilettante a dabbler in the fine
who appeals to the hateful arts; one who is not
emotions despise to scorn; to regard with an expert
demean to degrade; to lower disgust diligent hard-working;
demeanor behavior despoil to rob; to plunder industrious
demented deranged; insane despondent depressed; dejected diminutive small
demigod a person who is partly despot a dictator dint power; force
a god and partly destitute poor; lacking dipsomaniac drunkard
human desuetude condition of disuse; dire dreadful; causing disaster
demise death; ending extinction dirge a funeral song or hymn
demography study of desultory wandering from disarray disorder; confusion
population trends subject to subject; disavow to disown; to deny; to
demolish to tear down rambling repudiate
demoralize to discourage; to détente a lessening of tension or disburse to pay out
cause to lose spirit hostility discern to distinguish; to
demur to object; to take deter to discourage; to hinder recognize; to perceive
exception to detergent a cleansing agent disciple a follower
demure shy detonate explode disclaimer denial; renunciation
denigrate to ruin the reputation detoxify remove the poison disclose to reveal; to make
of; to blacken from known
denizen occupant; inhabitant; detract to take away; to discomfiture frustration;
resident diminish confusion
denomination the name or detriment harm; damage disconcert to upset; to
designation for a class devastate to destroy; to embarrass
of persons, such as a religious overwhelm disconsolate without hope
group deviate to turn aside; to digress discordant disagreeing; harsh-
denouement outcome; result devious sly; underhand sounding
denounce to publicly condemn devoid completely without discount (two meanings)
depict to portray; to represent devotee an enthusiastic follower reduction (noun); to disregard
depilate to remove hair from devout religious; pious; sincere (verb)
deplete to use up gradually dexterity skill; cleverness discountenance to disapprove
(resources, strength, diabolical devilish; cruel of
etc.) diadem crown discourse conversation; lecture
deplore to regret dialectic logical discussion discredit to disgrace; to cast
deploy to place troops in diaphanous transparent; very doubt on
position sheer and light discreet showing good
depose to remove from office diatribe bitter criticism judgment; cautious
depraved sinful; immoral dichotomy division into two discrepancy inconsistency;
deprecate to disapprove of parts difference
depreciate to lessen in value dicker to bargain; to argue over discrete separate; not attached
deranged insane prices discretion good judgment
derelict (three meanings) diction style of speaking discrimination (two meanings)
abandoned (adjective); dictum a positive statement prejudice; ability
negligent (adjective); a vagrant didactic instructive; inclined to to distinguish
or bum (noun) lecture others too discursive rambling; wandering
deride to ridicule much disdain to scorn
derision ridicule diffident shy; modest disgruntled unhappy;
dermatology study of skin diffuse to spread; to scatter discontented
diseases digress to wander off the subject dishearten to discourage; to
derogatory belittling dilapidated broken down; depress
descry to discover falling apart disheveled untidy
desecrate to damage a holy dilate to expand; to become disinter to uncover; to dig up
place wider disinterested impartial; not
desiccate to dry up; to wither dilatory slow or late in doing prejudiced

dismal gloomy; depressing dolorous mournful; sad echelon rank of authority; level
dismantle to take apart dolt a dull, stupid person of power
dismember to cut or pull off domicile home; residence éclat brilliance; fame
limbs donnybrook rough, rowdy fight eclectic selecting; choosing
disparage to belittle; to put dormant asleep; inactive from various sources
down dorsal pertaining to the back eclipse to overshadow; to
disparity inequality; difference dossier a complete group of outshine
dispassionate calm; impartial documents containing ecology study of the
dispel to drive away detailed information environment
disperse to scatter dotage feeblemindedness of old ecstatic extremely happy
disputatious fond of arguing age edifice structure; building
disreputable having a bad doughty courageous; worthy edify to improve someone
reputation dour gloomy morally; to instruct
dissection cutting apart; analysis douse to put out (a fire); to educe to draw or bring out
dissemble to conceal; to pretend extinguish eerie weird; mysterious
disseminate to scatter; to spread dowdy shabby; untidy efface to erase; to wipe out
dissension disagreement; downtrodden trampled on; effectual effective; adequate
opposition suppressed effeminate unmanly; womanly;
dissertation a written essay doyen senior or eldest member soft and weak
dissident disagreeing Draconian severe; cruel effervescent bubbly; spirited
dissimulate to hide one’s dregs leftovers effete worn-out; barren
feelings drivel childish nonsense; stupid efficacy power to produce an
dissipate to waste; to scatter talk effect
droll amusing in an odd way effigy a likeness; an image
dissociate to break ties with; to drone (three meanings) a male efflorescent blossoming;
part company bee (noun); an idle flowering
dissolute immoral; unrestrained person (noun); to talk on and on effluent flowing out
dissonant out of harmony monotonously (verb) effrontery shameful boldness
dissuade to advise or urge dross waste matter effulgent shining forth
against drudgery hard, tiresome work brilliantly; radiant
distend to expand; to swell; to dual consisting of two people, effusion a pouring out; an
stretch out items, or parts uncontrolled display of
distort to twist out of shape dubious doubtful; questionable emotion
distraught troubled ductile capable of being molded egalitarian pertaining to belief
dither (preceded by in a) or shaped in the equality of all
nervously excited or dudgeon anger, resentment men
confused dulcet pleasing to the ear ego a feeling of self-importance
diurnal daily dulcimer a type of zither egotism selfishness; boasting
divergent varying; different dupe to trick; to deceive about oneself
divers several duplicity deceit; double- egregious remarkably bad;
diverse different dealing; dishonesty outrageous
divest to deprive duress force egress exit (noun and verb)
divination the act of foretelling dutiful obedient ejaculation an exclamation
the future dwindle to shrink; to become eject to throw out
divulge to reveal; to make smaller elapse to pass; to slip away
known dynamo a powerful person elated overjoyed
docile obedient; submissive dyspepsia poor digestion electrify to thrill
doddering shaky; senile dysphasia difficulty in speaking elegy a sad or mournful poem
doff to throw off or away earnest sincere; serious elicit to draw forth; to cause to
doggedly stubbornly earthy realistic; coarse be revealed
dogmatic having a definite ebb to slowly decrease elite the choice or best of a
opinion; authoritative ebullient enthusiastic group of persons
doldrums low spirits eccentric odd; out of the elixir remedy
dole to distribute; to give out ordinary ellipsis the omission in a
sparingly ecclesiastical pertaining to the sentence of a word or
doleful sorrowful church words

eloquent convincing or forceful knowledge; comprehensive epigram witty saying
in speech endearment an expression of epilogue closing part of a
elucidate to make clear affection speech or literary work
elude to avoid; to escape notice endemic confined to a particular epiphany appearance of a deity
elusive difficult to grasp country or area (god); revelation
elysian blissful; heavenly energize to rouse into activity epistle a letter
emaciated abnormally thin enervate to weaken epitaph inscription on a tomb
emanate to come forth; to send enfranchise to give the right to epithet a descriptive word or
forth vote phrase
emancipate to set free engender to promote epitome a typical example; a
embark (on) begin a journey or engrossed completely absorbed summary or condensed account
an endeavor in epoch particular period of
embellish to decorate engulf to overwhelm history
embezzle to steal enhance to increase in value or equanimity calmness; evenness
embroil to involve in trouble; to beauty; to improve of temperament
complicate enigma a puzzling situation; equestrian a horseback rider
embryonic undeveloped; in an dilemma equilibrium balance; stability
early stage enigmatic mysterious; puzzling equine pertaining to horses
emendation correction enlighten to inform; to reveal equinox the time when day and
emetic causing vomiting truths night are of equal
eminent famous; renowned enmity hostility; hatred length
emissary one sent on a special ennui boredom equipoise balance
mission enormity an outrageous and equitable fair; just
emit to send out; to give forth immoral act equity fairness; justice;
emollient something that enrapture to delight beyond impartiality
soothes or softens measure equivocal doubtful; ambiguous
emolument profit; gain ensconce to hide; to conceal; to equivocate to confuse by
empathy understanding settle comfortably speaking in ambiguous
another’s feelings ensue to follow; to result from terms
empirical based on experience enthrall to charm; to captivate eradicate to erase; to wipe out
rather than theory entice to attract; to tempt ergo therefore
emulate to imitate entity independent being erode to wear away
emulous jealous; envious entomology study of insects erotic pertaining to sexual love
VOCABULARY BUILDING entourage a group of personal err to make a mistake
THAT IS GUARANTEED TO attendants errant wandering (in search of
RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE • entranced filled with delight or adventure); straying
379 wonder from what is right
EARNEST–EXULT entreaty a request; a plea erratic irregular; abnormal
380 • VOCABULARY entrenched firmly established; erroneous mistaken; wrong
BUILDING THAT IS dug in ersatz artificial; inferior
GUARANTEED TO RAISE entrepreneur successful substitute
YOUR SAT SCORE businessman; promoter erstwhile formerly; in the past
enamored (of ) in love with enunciate to pronounce words erudite scholarly; learned
enclave a country, or part of a clearly escalate to increase; to grow
country, surrounded environs surroundings rapidly; to intensify
by another country envisage to imagine; to form a escapade a reckless adventure
encomium an expression of mental picture escarpment steep cliff
high praise envoy messenger; agent eschew to avoid; to keep away
encompass to include; to eon extremely long period of from
surround time escrow (preceded by in) money
encore a repeat performance ephemeral temporary; short- deposited with a
encroach (upon) to trespass; to lived third person pending fulfillment
intrude epic a long poem about heroic of a condition
encumbrance hindrance; occurrences esoteric for a select few; not
obstruction epicure one who seeks pleasure generally known
encyclopedic filled with in fine foods espionage spying

espouse to support (a cause) exodus a departure; a going out facetious joking; sarcastic
essay (verb) to try; to attempt exonerate to free from guilt or facile easy; effortless
estival pertaining to summer blame facilitate to make easy
estranged separated; alienated exorbitant excessive; facsimile an exact copy; a
ethereal spiritual; airy unreasonable duplicate
ethnic pertaining to a particular exorcise to drive out an evil faction a minority within a
race or culture spirit larger group
etymology the origin and exotic foreign; excitingly factious causing disagreement
development of words strange factitious artificial
eugenics science of improving expatiate to enlarge upon; to factotum an employee who can
the human race speak or write at do all kinds of work
eulogy praise for a dead person length faculty power; ability; skill
euphemism substitution of a expatriate a person who is fallacious misleading; deceptive
pleasant expression banished from, or fallible capable of error
for an unpleasant one leaves, his native country fallow inactive; unproductive
euphonious having a pleasant expectorate to spit out falter to stumble; to hesitate
sound; harmonious expedient practical; fanatic a person with
euphoria a feeling of well-being advantageous uncontrolled enthusiasm
euthanasia mercy killing expedite to speed up; to make fanciful unreal; imaginative;
evanescent temporary; fleeting easy unpredictable
evasive not straightforward; expendable replaceable fanfare noisy or showy display
tricky expiate to atone for farcical absurd; ridiculous
eventuate to result; to happen explicate explain in detail; make fastidious hard to please
finally clear fatal causing death
evict to expel; to throw out explicit clear; unambiguous; fatalistic believing that all
evince to show clearly direct things in life are
evoke to call forth; to produce exploit to use for one’s own inevitable
evolve to develop gradually advantage fathom (two meanings) nautical
exacerbate to aggravate; to expound to explain; to interpret measure of 6 feet
make more violent expressly especially; in depth (noun); to comprehend
exact (two meanings) accurate particularly (verb)
(adjective); to expunge to erase fatuous foolish
demand or to require (verb) expurgate to remove offensive fauna animals of a certain area
exalt to raise in position; to passages; to cleanse fawn (two meanings) a young
praise extant still in existence deer (noun); to act
exasperate to irritate; to annoy extemporaneous offhand; done slavishly submissive (verb)
extremely without preparation faze to disturb; to discourage
excise (two meanings) a tax on extenuating less serious fealty loyalty; devotion
liquor, tobacco, etc. extinct no longer in existence feasible capable of being
(noun); to cut out or off (verb) extirpate to destroy; to remove accomplished; suitable
excoriate (two meanings) to completely feat deed or accomplishment
scrape the skin off; to extol to praise febrile feverish
criticize sharply extort to obtain by force fecund fertile; productive
excruciating unbearably painful VOCABULARY BUILDING feign to pretend
exculpate to free from blame; to THAT IS GUARANTEED TO feint a false show; a pretended
vindicate RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE • blow
execrate to curse 381 feisty quick-tempered or
exemplary worthy of imitation 382 • VOCABULARY quarrelsome
exhilaration liveliness; high BUILDING THAT IS felicity happiness
spirits GUARANTEED TO RAISE feline pertaining to cats
exhort to warn YOUR SAT SCORE fell (two meanings) to knock
exhume to bring out of the fabricate (two meanings) to down (verb); fierce
earth; to reveal construct; to lie or cruel (adjective)
exigent urgent; critical fabulous incredible; imaginative felon a criminal
exiguous scanty; small in facade outward appearance felonious treacherous; base;
quantity facet aspect villainous

ferment a state of agitation or (noun); to droop or foreshadow to hint
excitement to slow down (verb) forestall to prevent by action in
ferret (two meanings) a small flaggelate to whip advance; to
animal of the weasel flagrant scandalous; shocking anticipate
family (noun); to search or drive flail to strike freely and wildly forfeit to give up
out (verb) flair a knack; a natural talent forgo to do without; to give up
fervent eager; earnest flamboyant showy; formidable dreadful;
fervid very emotional conspicuous discouraging
fester to rot flaunt to boast; to show off forte strong point
festive joyous; merry flay (two meanings) to strip the forthright direct; frank
fete to honor; to entertain skin off; to criticize sharply fortitude strength; courage
fetid foul-smelling fledgling a young, fortnight two weeks; fourteen
fetish object with magical inexperienced person days
power; object that fleece (two meanings) wool of a fortuitous lucky; by chance
receives respect or devotion lamb (noun); to foster to nourish; to encourage
fetter to confine; to put into swindle (verb) fracas a loud quarrel
chains flexible bendable fractious irritable; quarrelsome;
fiasco a total disaster flinch to draw back; to cringe stubborn
fiat an official order flippant treating serious matters fracture to break or to crack
fickle changeable in affections; lightly frailty a weakness; a defect
unfaithful flora plant life of a certain area franchise special right or
fictitious false; not genuine florid flowery; ornate privilege
extradite to give up a prisoner flotilla small fleet of ships fraternal brotherly
to another authority flotsam floating cargo or gadfly a person who annoys
extraneous unrelated; not wreckage others
essential flout to mock; to ridicule gaff a hook
extrapolate to estimate; to infer fluctuate to move back and gainsay to deny; to contradict
extricate to set free; to forth; to vary gait manner of walking
disentangle fluent flowing; able to speak gala festive
extrinsic external; coming from and/or write easily and galaxy a group of stars; any
outside clearly large and brilliant
extrovert an outgoing person fluster to upset; to confuse assemblage of persons
exuberant full of enthusiasm fluvial pertaining to a river gall bitterness
exude to discharge; to ooze flux state of continual change gallant polite; noble
exult to rejoice foible a weakness; minor fault galvanize to stimulate; to startle
FABRICATE–FUTILE foil (two meanings) to prevent into sudden activity
fidelity faithfulness the success of a gambit strategy; an opening one
figment something imagined plan (verb); a person who, by uses to advantage
filch to steal contrast, makes another gambol to frolic; to romp about
filial like a son or daughter person seem better (noun) gamut the whole range or extent
finale the climax; end foist (on) to pass off gape to stare with open mouth
finesse diplomacy; tact merchandise which is inferior garble to distort
finicky extremely particular; folderol nonsense gargantuan gigantic; huge
fussy folly a foolish action garish tastelessly gaudy
finite limited; measurable foment to stir up; to instigate garland a wreath of flowers
firebrand one who stirs up a foolhardy foolish; reckless garner to gather; to acquire
revolution fop an excessively vain man garnish to decorate; to trim
firmament sky; heavens foray a sudden attack garrulous talkative
fiscal pertaining to finances forbearance patience; restraint gauche awkward; tactless
fissure opening; groove; split forebear ancestor gaudy flashy; showy
fitful irregular; occurring in foreboding a warning; an omen gaunt thin and bony; bleak and
spurts foregone long past barren
flabbergasted astonished; made forensic pertaining to a formal gazebo an open structure with
speechless discussion or debate an enjoyable view
flaccid flabby forerunner ancestor; gazette newspaper
flag (two meanings) a banner predecessor gelid very cold; frozen

genealogy family history gibbet gallows from which shreds; to irritate
generate to produce; to criminals are hanged gratify to please; to satisfy
originate give to scoff; to ridicule gratis without payment; free
generic general; not specific; giddy dizzy; flighty; whirling gratuitous free of cost;
pertaining to a class gild to cover with gold unnecessary
genesis origin; beginning gingerly carefully; cautiously grave serious; somber
genial warm; friendly gird to encircle gregarious sociable; friendly
genocide killing of a race of gist main point; essence grievous causing grief or
people glazed glassy; smooth; shiny sorrow; distressing
genre an art form or class glean to gather patiently and grime fierce; stern
genteel polite; refined with great effort grimace a distorted face; an
gentry upper class people glee joy expression of
genuflect to kneel; to bend the glib fluent; smooth disapproval
knee glissade a skillful glide over grime dirt
germane relevant; fitting snow or ice in descending a gripe complaint
gerontology the study of older mountain grisly horrible; gruesome;
people and their glitch a malfunction; an error ghastly
problems gloaming twilight; dusk grit stubborn courage
gesticulation lively or excited gloat to look at or think about gross extreme; vulgar
gesture with great satisfaction grotesque absurd; distorted
ghastly horrible; dreadful glower to frown; to stare angrily grotto a cave
ghoul grave robber; ogre at grovel to lower oneself to please
gibberish silly, unintelligible glum sad; gloomy another
talk glutinous gluey; sticky grudging resentful; reluctant
fraudulent dishonest; cheating glutton one who eats or drinks grueling exhausting
fraught (with) filled too much gruff rough or harsh in manner
fray (two meanings) a noisy gnarled knotty; twisted; guile deceit; trickery
quarrel (noun); to roughened guileless sincere
unravel or to come apart (verb) gnome a legendary dwarf-like guise a false appearance
frenetic frantic; wild creature gull to trick; to deceive
frenzy madness; fury goad to encourage; to spur on gullible easily deceived; too
freshet a fresh water stream gorge (two meanings) a deep trusting
fretful worried; irritated valley with steep gumption courage and initiative
friction (two meanings) a sides (noun); to eat or to gustatory pertaining to the
rubbing together (noun); swallow greedily (verb) sense of taste
conflict or disagreement (noun) gory bloody gusto hearty enjoyment
frigid extremely cold gossamer light; flimsy; fine gusty windy; stormy
frivolous trivial; silly Gothic medieval; mysterious guttural pertaining to the throat
frowzy dirty; unkempt gouge (two meanings) to dig gyrate to rotate; to spin
frugal economical; thrifty out; to swindle or habitat dwelling
fruition fulfillment; realization overcharge hackneyed trite; commonplace;
fruitless barren; yielding no gourmand a glutton; a person overused
results who eats excessively haggard worn out from
frustrate to prevent; to gourmet an expert of fine food sleeplessness, grief, etc.
discourage and drink haggle to bargain over a price
fugacious pertaining to the gradient a slope; a ramp halcyon calm
passing of time granary a storehouse for grain hale healthy
fulminate to explode; to grandiloquent pretentious; hallmark a symbol of high
denounce speaking in a pompous quality
fulsome disgusting; sickening; style hallow to make holy; to bless
repulsive grandiose impressive; showy hallucination illusion; a false
furor rage; frenzy; fury graphic giving a clear and notion
furtive stealthy; secretive effective picture hamper to hinder; to keep
fusion a union; merging grapple to grip and hold; to someone from acting
futile useless struggle freely
GADFLY–GYRATE grate (two meanings) to grind to haphazard dependent upon

mere chance winter sacrificial victim,
hapless unlucky hierarchy a ranking, one above usually by fire
harangue long speech the other immortal not subject to death
harass to annoy; to bother hilarity gaiety; joy immunity freedom from disease
harbinger an omen or sign hircine goat-like immutable unchangeable
harbor (two meanings) a body hirsute hairy; bearded impair to weaken; to cause to
of water providing histrionic theatrical; overly become worse
ships with protection from dramatic impale to pierce with a sharp
winds, waves, etc. (noun); hoard to store away; to stake through the
to conceal or hide (verb) accumulate body
hardy courageous; sturdy hoary white with age or frost impalpable vague; not
harlequin a clown hoax a practical joke understandable
harpy a greedy, grasping hobgoblin a frightening impartial without prejudice
person; a scolding, nagging, apparition; something that impasse a dead-end; a problem
bad-tempered woman causes fear without a solution
harrowing upsetting; hodgepodge mixture impeach to accuse
distressing hogwash meaningless or impeccable flawless; without
harry to worry; to torment insincere talk fault
hart a male deer hoi polloi common people; the impecunious without money;
haughty snobbish; arrogant masses penniless
haunt to appear as a spirit or holocaust complete destruction impede to hinder; to obstruct
ghost; to visit frequently; to homage respect; honor homily a sermon
disturb or distress HABITAT–HYPOTHESIS homogeneous composed of
haven a safe place ichthyology study of fish parts all of the same
havoc great destruction icon a statue or idol kind
hazard risk; danger iconoclast a rebel; one who homophonic sounding alike
headlong recklessly; breaks with tradition hone to sharpen
impulsively idealist one with very high hoodwink to deceive
headstrong stubborn; willful standards hoot to shout in disapproval
hearsay rumor; gossip idiosyncrasy a peculiar horde a crowd of people
hearth fireplace personality trait horticulture the science of
hector to bully idolatry excessive or blind gardening
hedonist a pleasure-seeker adoration; worship of hospice shelter
heedless careless; unmindful idols hovel a dirty, wretched living
hefty large and powerful; heavy idyllic charmingly simple or place
hegemony leadership or strong poetic hover to keep lingering about;
influence igneous pertaining to fire to wait near at hand
hegira flight; escape ignoble dishonorable hubris excessive pride or self-
heinous hateful; abominable ignominious shameful; confidence
hemophilia blood defect disgraceful hue a color; a shade
herald to announce; to usher in ignoramus a stupid person humane kind; compassionate
herbivorous feeding on ilk type; sort; kind humbug trick; hoax
vegetation illicit unlawful; illegal humdrum monotonous; routine
herculean tremendous in size, illiterate uneducated humid moist
strength, or difficulty illumine to brighten; to inspire humility lowliness; meekness
heresy rejection of a religious illusion fake impression humus black soil for fertilizing
belief illustrious distinguished; bright hurtle to dash; speed; run
hermetic airtight; tightly sealed imbibe to drink; to absorb husbandry the science of
heterodox departing from imbroglio a difficult or raising crops; careful
acceptable beliefs confusing situation management
heterogeneous different; unlike; imbue to fill completely; to hybrid mixed; assorted
dissimilar penetrate hydrophobia fear of water;
heyday period of success immaculate spotless; pure rabies
hiatus pause or gap imminent likely to happen; hymeneal pertaining to
hibernate to be inactive, threatening marriage
especially during the immolate to kill someone as a hyperbole extreme exaggeration

hypercritical overcritical; imprecation a curse logically connected
faultfinding impregnable unconquerable incongruous unsuited;
hypochondriac a person with impromptu without inappropriate
imaginary ailments preparation; offhand inconsequential unimportant
hypocrite one who pretends to impropriety pertaining to incontrovertible certain;
be someone or something that is not undeniable
something he is not proper or suitable incorrigible bad beyond
hypothesis an assumption; a improvident wasteful correction or reform
theory improvise to do without incredulous skeptical;
ICHTHYOLOGY– preparation disbelieving
ITINERANT impudent disrespectful; increment an increase; a gain
impediment a barrier; an shameless incriminate to charge with a
obstruction impugn to attack a person with crime; to connect or
impel push into motion; urge words; to challenge relate to a wrongdoing
impending likely to happen a person in regard to motives incubus nightmare
soon impunity freedom from inculcate (in or upon) to teach
imperative extremely necessary punishment earnestly; to influence someone
imperious domineering; impute to accuse a person of to accept an idea
haughty some wrongdoing; to incumbent (two meanings)
impermeable not permitting attribute a fault or a crime to a resting or lying down
passage person (adjective); one who holds a
impertinent rude; disrespectful inadvertent unintentional political office (noun)
imperturbable steady; calm inalienable not able to be incur to bring upon oneself; to
impervious not capable of being transferred to another run into some undesirable
affected; hardened inane silly; meaningless consequence
impetuous acting without inanimate lifeless; dull; dead incursion a raid; an invasion
thought; impulsive inarticulate pertaining to indefatigable incapable of being
impetus a stimulus; a moving speech that is not clear tired out
force or understandable indelible incapable of being
impinge to strike; to collide; to incandescent very bright; erased
encroach shining indemnify to insure; to repay
impious disrespectful toward incapacitated disabled; unable indicative signifying; implying
God to function indict to charge with a crime; to
implacable unbending; incarcerate to imprison accuse of a
inflexible; merciless incarnadine blood-red; flesh- wrong-doing
implausible unbelievable colored indigenous native to a particular
implement (two meanings) a incarnate in human form area; inborn
tool (noun); to carry incendiary causing fire; stirring indigent extremely poor
out or put into practice (verb) up trouble indignant angry as a result of
implication an indirect incense to inflame; to enrage unjust treatment
indication; a statement that incentive something that incites indisputable unquestionable;
suggests something to action without doubt
implicit suggested, but not inception beginning; start indissoluble permanent
plainly expressed incessant continuous; without indoctrinate to teach someone
imply to suggest pause principles or beliefs
import (two meanings) inchoate at an early stage; just indolent lazy
significance; meaning beginning indomitable unconquerable;
(noun); to bring in from a incipient beginning to exist or unyielding
foreign country (verb) appear indubitable unquestionable;
importune to persistently ask; incisive sharp; keen certain
to beg incite to urge to action; to stir up induce to cause; to bring about
impostor a person who goes inclement (usually refers to indulgence gentle treatment;
about under an weather) harsh; unfavorable; tolerance
assumed name or character severe inebriated drunk
impotent powerless; lacking incognito disguised ineffable not able to be
strength incoherent rambling; not described; unspeakable

ineluctable inevitable; inscrutable mysterious; difficult or personal (adjective); to imply
inescapable to understand (verb)
inept unfit; bungling; inefficient insidious treacherous intimidate make afraid; threaten
inert without power to move; insightful having a penetrating intolerant bigoted; narrow-
inactive understanding of minded
inevitable unavoidable; sure to things; mentally alert and sharp intractable hard to manage
happen insinuate to hint; to suggest intransigent stubborn; refusing
inexorable unyielding insipid tasteless; dull to give in
infallible certain; without insolent boldly disrespectful intrepid fearless; courageous
mistakes insolvent bankrupt; unable to intricate complex; hard to
infamous having an extremely pay creditors understand
bad reputation; insomnia sleeplessness intrinsic essential; pertaining to
detestable insouciant carefree; happy-go- a necessary part of
infantile childish; immature lucky something
infectious passing on a disease instigate to provoke; to stir up introspective looking into
with germs; likely insubordinate disobedient oneself
to spread; contagious insular pertaining to an island; introvert a person who is
infer to conclude; to derive by detached; isolated concerned with his own
reasoning insuperable unconquerable thoughts or feelings
infernal hellish; fiendish; insurgence rebellion; action intuitive insightful; knowing by
diabolical against authority a hidden sense
infidel unbeliever insurrection uprising; rebellion inundate to fill to overflowing;
infinitesimal exceedingly small; intact entire; left whole; sound to flood
minute (pronounced my-newt) integral essential; whole inured (to) accustomed to
infirmity weakness; feebleness integrate unify; to bring invalidate deprive of legal
inflated puffed up; swollen together into a whole value; to make null and
influx a flowing in integrity honesty; sincerity void
infraction the breaking of a law intellectual intelligent; having invariably constantly;
or rule mental capacity to a uniformly; without changing
infringe (on or upon) to break a high degree invective strong verbal abuse
law; to violate; to intelligentsia highly educated, inveigh (against) to make bitter
trespass cultured people verbal attack
ingenious clever inter to bury inveigle trick; lure; deceive
ingenuous simple; innocent; interdict to prohibit; to ban invert to turn inside out or
naive interim meantime; period of upside down
ingrate ungrateful person time between inveterate firmly established;
ingratiate (oneself ) to work interlocutor one who takes part deep-rooted
one’s way into another’s in a conversion invidious causing resentment;
favor interloper an intruder offensive
inherent inborn interlude a period of time invigorate to fill with energy
inhibition restraint; reserve between two events invincible not able to be
inimical harmful; unfriendly interminable endless defeated; unconquerable
inimitable not able to be intermittent starting and invoke to call upon
imitated or equaled stopping; periodic invulnerable not able to be hurt;
iniquity wickedness interpolate to insert between; to immune to attack
initiate to begin estimate iota a small quantity
injunction a command; an order interpose to place between irascible easily angered
inkling a hint interregnum pause; interval; ire anger; wrath
innate inborn; existing from any period during iridescent displaying a wide
birth which a nation is without a range of colors like
innocuous harmless permanent ruler those of the rainbow
innovate to introduce a new interrogate to question irksome annoying; bothersome
idea interstellar between or among ironic contrary to what was
innuendo indirect remark; hint stars expected
inordinate unusual; excessive intervene to come between irrational senseless;
insatiable unable to be satisfied intimate (two meanings) private unreasonable

irreconcilable unable to agree skin; prejudiced largess gifts that have been
irredeemable hopeless; unable jaunt short trip; excursion given generously
to be brought back jaunty carefree; confident lascivious lustful or lewd;
irremediable unable to be jeer to sneer; to mock inciting sexual desire
corrected or cured jeopardy danger lassitude a feeling of weakness
irreparable beyond repair jest to joke; to make light of and weariness
irrepressible unable to be jetsam goods cast overboard to latent present, but hidden
controlled or restrained lighten a ship lateral to the side; sideways
irresolute indecisive; doubtful; jettison to throw goods latitude freedom; margin
undecided overboard laudable praiseworthy
irreverent disrespectful jilt to reject; to cast off laureate worthy of praise or
irrevocable final; unchangeable jingoism extreme patriotism honor
itinerant traveling from place to jinx to bring bad luck to lave to wash or bathe
place jocose joking; humorous lavish very generous;
labyrinthine complicated; jocular humorous extravagant
intricate jostle to bump; to push lax careless or negligent
lacerate to tear ( flesh) roughly; jovial jolly; good-natured leeway room for freedom of
to mangle jubilation celebration; rejoicing action; margin
lachrymose tearful judicious wise; showing sound legerdemain sleight of hand;
lackadaisical uninterested; judgment deception
listless juggernaut a terrible destructive lenient mild; lax; permissive
lackey slavish follower force leonine lion-like; fierce;
lackluster lacking brilliance or jugular pertaining to the throat authoritative
liveliness; dull or or neck lesion an injury; a wound
vapid juncture a point of time; a crisis lethal deadly; fatal
laconic using few words; junket a pleasure trip; an lethargic dull; slow-moving;
concise excursion sluggish
lactic pertaining to milk junta a small group ruling a leviathan anything vast or huge;
laden burdened; loaded country a sea monster
laggard a slow person; one who jurisprudence science of law levity lightness of body or spirit;
falls behind jut to stick out; to project lack of seriousness
laity religious worshipers who juxtapose to place side by side levy to impose and collect taxes
are not clergy kaleidoscopic constantly lewd pertaining to lust or sexual
lambent softly bright or radiant; changing desire
running or moving ken range of knowledge lexicon dictionary
lightly over a surface kindle to set on fire; to excite liaison a bond; a connection; an
lament to mourn kindred relative; family, tribe, illicit relationship
laminated covered with thin or race between a man and a woman
sheets, often plastic kinetic pertaining to motion libation a drink; a beverage
lampoon a sharp, often harmful kismet destiny; fate libel a false statement in written
satire kleptomania a compulsion to form
languid sluggish; drooping from steal liberal giving freely; not strict
weakness knave a tricky, deceitful person libertine one who leads an
languish to become weak or knead to work dough, clay, etc. immoral life
feeble into a uniform libretto the words of an opera
lank long and slender mixture licentious lawless; immoral;
lapidary a dealer in precious knell the sound made by a bell lewd
stones rung slowly for a liege lord; master
larceny theft death or funeral lieu (in lieu of ) in place of;
jaded ired; worn out; dulled knoll a small rounded hill instead of
jargon vocabulary peculiar to a knuckle (under) to yield; lilliputian tiny; narrow-minded
particular trade or (down) to apply oneself limber easily bent; flexible
group of people; meaningless vigorously limpid clear, transparent
talk; gibberish JADED–KNUCKLE lineage ancestry; descent
jaundiced (two meanings) LABYRINTHINE– lineaments facial features
pertaining to a yellowed LUXURIANT linguistic pertaining to language

lionize to treat as a celebrity any field suffering
liquidate (two meanings) to get magnitude size; extent massive huge; bulky
rid of by killing; maim to cripple; to deprive of masticate to chew
to wind up the affairs of a the use of some part maternal motherly
business of the body matriarchy a social
lissome moving gracefully; agile maladroit clumsy; unskillful; organization in which the
or active awkward mother is the head of the family
listless feeling no interest in malady disease; illness matrix a place of origin
anything; indifferent malaise discomfort; uneasiness maudlin excessively
literal exact; precise; word for malapropism word humorously sentimental
word misused maul to injure; to handle
lithe graceful; flexible malcontent one who is roughly
litigation lawsuit dissatisfied mausoleum large tomb for
livid darkened or discolored; malediction curse many bodies
pale from anger or malefactor wrong-doer; villain maverick a rebel; a
embarrassment malevolent showing ill will or nonconformist
loath reluctant; unwilling hatred; very dangerous, harmful mawkish sickeningly sweet;
loathe to hate; to feel disgust for malfeasance wrongdoing overly sentimental
locus place malicious spiteful; vengeful maxim a proverb or saying
lode a rich source of supply malign to speak badly of meager inadequate; of poor
such as a mineral malignant evil; deadly quality
deposit malingerer one who pretends to mean (three meanings) nasty or
lofty very high; formal; proud be sick to avoid offensive (adjective); inferior or
logistics military operations work low (adjective); an average
dealing with the supply and malleable capable of being (noun)
maintenance of equipment changed; adaptable lurch to move suddenly forward
loiter to linger; to hang around malodorous bad-smelling; lurid shocking; glowing;
loll to lean or lounge about; to stinking sensational
droop mammoth huge; enormous lurk to lie concealed in waiting;
longevity a long life manacle handcuff; restraint to stay hidden
lope to move along with a mandarin influential person lush abundant; rich
swinging walk mandate an order; a command lustrous shining; bright
loquacious talkative mandatory required; obligatory luxuriant rich; extravagant
lot fate mangle to cut, slash, or crush so MACABRE–MYTHICAL
lout an awkward, stupid person as to disfigure meander to wander aimlessly
lowly humble; ordinary mangy shabby; filthy meddlesome interfering;
lucent giving off light; shining manifest evident; obvious curious
lucid clear; easy to understand; manifold many; varied mediate to settle a dispute; to
rational or sane manipulate (two meanings) to act as a go-between
lucrative profitable; producing handle or manage mediocre ordinary; average;
wealth or riches with skill; to influence a person neither good nor bad
ludicrous ridiculous in a bad way meditate to think deeply; to
lugubrious sad; mournful manumit to set free ponder
lull to soothe or calm maraud to raid; to plunder medley a mixture; a musical
luminous bright marital pertaining to marriage selection combining
lunacy insanity; madness maritime pertaining to the sea parts from various sources
lunar pertaining to the moon marquee a rooflike shelter, such megalomania false impression
lupine wolflike; fierce as glass, projecting above an of one’s own greatness;
macabre horrible; gruesome outer door tendency to exaggerate
Machiavellian deceitful; tricky martial warlike melancholy sad; depressed
machination evil design martinet a strict disciplinarian melee noisy fight
macroscopic visible to the martyr one who suffers for a mellifluous smoothly flowing;
naked eye cause sweet-sounding
maelstrom whirlpool marvel to be amazed; to wonder melodramatic overly emotional
magnanimous generous masochist one who enjoys his memento remembrance; a
magnate important person in own pain and souvenir

menace a threat; a danger newt) witch
ménage household; domestic minutiae insignificant details; nefarious wicked
establishment trivia negate to deny; to make
menagerie collection of wide or mirage an apparition or illusion ineffective
strange animals mire (two meanings) wet, negligent careless
mendacious lying; false swampy ground (noun); nemesis something that a person
mendicant a beggar to involve in difficulties (verb) cannot conquer or
menial low; degrading mirth joy; amusement; laughter achieve
mentor adviser misanthrope hater of mankind neologism new use of a word
mercantile pertaining to misapprehension a neophyte a beginner; a novice
merchants; commercial misunderstanding nepotism favoritism shown
mercenary motivated only by a miscegenation mixture of races, toward relatives
desire for money especially nether lower; under
mercurial changeable; fickle; through marriage VOCABULARY BUILDING
erratic mischance unlucky accident; THAT IS GUARANTEED TO
meretricious gaudy; showy; bad luck RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE •
attractive in a cheap, misconstrue misinterpret; 395
flashy way misjudge molest to disturb; to bother
mesa a flat-topped elevation of miscreant a vicious person; a mollify to pacify; to calm; to
land with steep rock villain appease
walls misdemeanor a criminal molt to shed, such as feathers
mesmerize to hypnotize offense less serious than and skin
metamorphosis a change; a a felony molten melted
transformation misgiving doubt; suspicion momentous very important
metaphor comparison (without misnomer an error in listing the monarchy government by one
like or as) name of a person ruler
metaphysics pertaining to misogamy hatred of marriage monastic pertaining to a monk;
beyond what is natural misogynist woman-hater self-denying
mete (out) to distribute in missive letter monetary pertaining to money
portions mitigate to make less severe; to becomemonitor
milder one who watches or
meteoric momentarily dazzling; mnemonic pertaining to memory warns
swift mobile movable; flexible monograph a paper, book, etc.
meteorology study of weather mock written
to ridicule; to insult; to lower in about a single subject
esteem
and climate modicum a small amount monolithic unyielding; unified
meticulous excessively careful; modish fashionable; stylish monologue long speech by one
finicky modulate to soften; to tone down person
metropolis large city mogul powerful person monotheism belief in one god
mettle courage; spirit monumental great; important
miasma pollution; poisonous moot doubtful; debatable
environment nabob a very wealthy or moratorium delay;
microcosm a miniature world powerful person postponement
mien manner; bearing nadir lowest point morbid depressing; gruesome
migratory wandering; moving naive simple; unsophisticated mordant sarcastic; biting
from place to place narcissistic conceited; vain mores customs; traditions;
milieu environment; setting nascent coming into being; morals
militant ready and willing to being born moribund dying
fight natation the act or art of morose gloomy; ill-humored
millennium a thousand years swimming mortal destined to die; causing
mimic to imitate nativity birth death
minion a devoted follower; a naught nothing mortify to embarrass; to
highly regarded person nautical pertaining to ships, humiliate
minuscule very small sailors, navigation motif theme; central idea
minute (two meanings) sixtieth nebulous hazy; vague; uncertain motley diverse; assorted; having
part of an hour (pronounced necromancy magic, especially different colors
min-ut); very small and that practiced by a mottled spotted; blotched;
insignificant (pronounced my- streaked

mountebank a phony; a fraud; a obscurant a person who tries to little importance
charlatan prevent the spread nonpareil unequaled; unrivaled
muddle to confuse; to mix up of knowledge nonplus to confuse; to perplex
mulct to punish with a fine; to obscure dim; not clear; not nostalgia homesickness;
obtain money by easily understood longing for the past
extortion obsequious excessively nostrum quack medicine;
mull (over) to study or think submissive; overly attentive supposed cure-all
about obsequy a funeral rite or notorious having a bad
multifarious varied; having ceremony reputation; infamous
many parts obsess to control the thoughts or novice a beginner
mundane worldly feelings of a noxious harmful
munificent generous person nuance delicate variation in
murky dark; unclear; gloomy obsolescent going out of use; meaning, tone, color,
muse to think deeply becoming extinct etc.
muster to gather together obstinate stubborn nub a lump or small piece
musty stale; moldy obstreperous boisterous; unruly nubile suitable for marriage, in
mute silent obtrude to push something regard to age and
mutilate to disfigure; to cripple toward or upon a person physical development
mutinous rebellious obtuse slow to comprehend nugatory worthless; invalid
muzzle to restrain; to gag obviate to prevent nullify to make useless or
myopic near-sighted; having a nettle to irritate; to annoy ineffective
limited point of view neutralize to make ineffective; numismatist coin collector
myriad infinitely vast in to counteract nuptial pertaining to marriage
number nexus connection, tie, or link nurture to feed; to sustain
myrmidon an unquestioning among the units of a nutriment food; nourishment
follower group OAF–OVOID
mythical imaginary; fictitious nicety delicacy; subtlety occidental western; opposite of
NABOB–NUTRIMENT niche recess or hollow in a wall oriental
396 • VOCABULARY niggardly stingy; miserly occlude to close; to shut; to
BUILDING THAT IS niggle to spend excessive time block out
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oaf a dunce or blockhead nihilism total rejection of ocular pertaining to sight
oasis a place which offers a established laws odious disgusting; hateful
pleasant relief nimble quick and light in odoriferous giving off a
obdurate stubborn; hard- motion displeasing or strong smell
hearted nirvana place of great peace or odyssey a long journey
obeisance a bow or similar happiness offal garbage; waste parts
gesture expressing nocturnal pertaining to night officious meddling; interfering
deep respect nodule a small, rounded mass or ogle to look at with desire
obese very fat lump ogre monster; hideous being
obfuscate to confuse; to noisome foul-smelling; harmful olfactory pertaining to smell
bewilder; to perplex or injurious oligarchy government in which
oblation an offering for nomadic wandering; homeless power is in the
religious or charitable nomenclature a set of names or hands of only a few individuals
purposes terms Olympian majestic
obligatory required; mandatory nominal in name only; not in omen an event which indicates
oblique slanted; indirect fact the future
obliterate to erase; to do away non sequitur something that ominous threatening; indicating
with does not logically evil or harm
oblivious forgetful; unmindful follow omnifarious of all kinds
obloquy strong disapproval; bad nonage a period of immaturity omnipotent all-powerful
reputation resulting from public nonchalant unconcerned; casual omniscient all-knowing
criticism noncommittal having no omnivorous eating any kind of
obnoxious objectionable; definite point of view food; absorbing
offensive nonentity person or thing of everything

onerous burdensome; heavy overt open; aboveboard; not paranoia mental disorder
onslaught a furious attack hidden characterized by a feeling of
onus a burden; a responsibility ovine of or like a sheep being persecuted
opaque not transparent; not ovoid egg-shaped paraphernalia personal
letting light pass VOCABULARY BUILDING belongings; equipment
through THAT IS GUARANTEED TO paraphrase to reword; to restate
opiate narcotic; causing sleep or RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE • parched dried up; extremely
relief 397 thirsty
opportunist one who takes 398 • VOCABULARY pariah an outcast
advantage of a situation BUILDING THAT IS parity equality; similarity
oppress to rule harshly; GUARANTEED TO RAISE parley discussion; conference
tyrannize YOUR SAT SCORE parlous dangerous
opprobrious shameful; pacify to calm down parochial local; narrow; limited
disgraceful pact an agreement parody a work which imitates
opt ( for) to choose paean song of praise or joy another in a ridiculous manner
optimist one who sees the good palatable pleasant to the taste paroxysm a sudden outburst; a
side of things palatial magnificent fit
optimum the best; most paleontology study of parrot to repeat or imitate
favorable prehistoric life without understanding
opulent rich; luxurious pall (two meanings) something parry to avoid something such
oracular mysterious; predicting that covers or conceals (noun); as a thrust or blow
oration a speech delivered on a to become wearisome or parsimonious stingy; miserly
special occasion unpleasant (verb) partisan a strong supporter of a
orbit a curved path, such as a palliate to ease; to lessen cause
planet takes around pallid pale; dull passé old fashioned; out-of-date
the sun palpable obvious; capable of passive submissive; unresisting
ordain to order; to establish; to being touched or felt pastoral pertaining to the
arrange palpitate to beat rapidly; to country; rural
ordeal difficult or painful tremble patent (two meanings) a
experience; a primitive palsy muscle paralysis government protection
form of trial paltry trivial; worthless for an inventor (noun); evident
ordinance law; regulation panacea a cure-all; an answer or obvious (adjective)
organic fundamental; essential for all problems paternal fatherly
Orient (two meanings) an area panache self-confidence; a pathogenic causing disease
of the Far East, showy manner pathos pity; deep feeling
such as Asia (noun); to adjust or pandemic general; widespread patriarch an early biblical
adapt to (verb) pandemonium wild disorder; person regarded as one
orifice mouth; opening confusion of the fathers of the human race
ornate showy; highly decorated panegyric an expression of patrician aristocratic
ornithology study of birds praise patrimony inherited right;
orthodox accepting the usual or pang a sharp pain heritage
traditional beliefs panoply suit of armor; any patronage the control of power
orthography correct spelling protective covering to make appointments to
oscillate to swing or move back panorama unlimited view; government jobs
and forth, like a comprehensive survey patronize (two meanings) to be
pendulum parable a simple story giving a a customer; to talk
ossify to change into bone; to moral or religious down to
become rigid lesson paucity scarcity; lack
ostensible apparent; paradigm a model; an example peccadillo a minor offense
conspicuous paradox a statement that seems pectoral pertaining to the chest
ostentatious showing off; contradictory, but peculate to steal; to embezzle
boastful probably true pecuniary pertaining to money
ostracize to banish; to exclude paragon a model of excellence pedagogue a schoolteacher
oust to drive out; to expel or perfection pedantic tending to show off
outwit to trick; to get the better parameter boundary; limits one’s learning
of paramount chief; supreme pedestrian (two meanings) one

who walks (noun); perpetrate to do something pinnacle peak; highest point
ordinary or dull (adjective) evil; to be guilty of pious religious
PACIFY–PYRRHIC perpetuate to cause to continue VOCABULARY BUILDING
pedigree a record of ancestors; a perplexity confusion THAT IS GUARANTEED TO
line of descent perquisite something additional RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE •
peer (two meanings) an equal to regular pay 399
(noun); to look persevere to endure; to continue 400 • VOCABULARY
closely (verb) personification giving human BUILDING THAT IS
peerless without equal; qualities to a nonhuman being GUARANTEED TO RAISE
unmatched perspicacity keenness of YOUR SAT SCORE
peevish hard to please; irritable judgment piquant stimulating to the taste;
pejorative having a negative perspicuity clearness, as of a exciting interest
effect; insulting statement pique to irritate or annoy
pellucid transparent; clear pert bold; saucy piscine of or like a fish
pelt (two meanings) skin of a pertinent relevant; to the point pitfall unexpected difficulty; a
fur-bearing animal perturb to unsettle; to disturb trap
(noun); to throw things at (verb) peruse to read carefully pithy concise; to the point
penal pertaining to punishment pervade to spread throughout; pittance small share or amount
penchant a strong liking for; an to pass through pivotal central; crucial
inclination perverse contrary; cranky placard small poster
pendant anything that hangs or pervert to lead astray; to corrupt placate to soothe; to calm
is suspended pessimist one who sees the placebo harmless, phony
penitent expressing sorrow for worst in everything medicine; something said
sin or wrongdoing petrify to turn to rock; to or done to soothe
pensive dreamily thoughtful paralyze with fear placid calm
penury extreme poverty petrology study of rocks plagiarism claiming another’s
peon common worker petty unimportant; minor work to be one’s own
perceive to observe petulant irritable; rude plague (two meanings) a
perceptible observable; phalanx closely massed body of contagious disease
recognizable persons (noun); to torment; to trouble
perdition damnation; ruin; hell phenomenon extraordinary (verb)
peregrinate to travel from place person, thing, or event plaintive sorrowful; sad
to place philander to engage in various platitude a dull or trite remark
peremptory decisive; final; not love affairs platonic spiritual; free from
open to debate philanthropy a desire to help sensual desire
perennial lasting for a long mankind; generosity plaudit applause; (in the plural)
time; perpetual philately stamp collecting any expression of
perfidious deceitful; philippic a bitter verbal attack approval
treacherous; unfaithful philistine uncultured; common plausible apparently true, fair,
perforce of necessity phlegmatic unemotional; cool; or reasonable
perfunctory done without care; not easily excited plebeian pertaining to a member
routine phobia intense fear of the lower
perigee point nearest to the phoenix a bird which classes
earth symbolizes immortality plenary full; complete; absolute
perilous dangerous; risky picaresque pertaining to an plethora abundance
periphery outside boundary; adventurous wanderer pliant easily bent; adaptable
unimportant aspects piddling trifling; petty plight a sad or dangerous
of a subject piecemeal bit by bit; gradually situation
periphrastic said in a pied many-colored; variegated ploy a gimmick; a trick
roundabout way piety reverence; devotion pluck (two meanings) to pull at
perjury making a false pigment dye; coloring matter (verb); courage
statement while under oath pilgrimage a journey to a holy (noun)
permeate to spread throughout place plumb to test; to measure
pernicious deadly; destructive pillage to rob by violence plunder to rob; to take by force
peroration the concluding part pillory to expose to public plutocracy rule by the wealthy
of a speech ridicule or abuse class

poach to trespass preclude to prevent; to shut out the first born
podium a platform precocious prematurely primordial first; original
poignant keenly distressing; developed primp to dress up in a fussy
affecting the emotions precursor a forerunner; way
polarize to separate into predecessor prismatic many-colored
opposing groups predatory living by plunder, pristine uncorrupted; in its
polemic a controversy or exploitation, etc. original state
argument predicate to declare; to assert privation loss or lack of
politic diplomatic; shrewd predilection a liking; something essential
poltroon a coward preference; inclination privy (to) having knowledge of
polychromatic many-colored predispose to make susceptible something private
polyglot speaking or writing preeminent standing out above or secret
several languages all others probe to investigate; to examine
polymorphic having many preen to dress oneself carefully probity honesty; integrity
forms or smartly proclivity inclination; tendency
polytheism belief in many gods prehensile adapted for seizing procrastinate to postpone; to
pomp brilliant show or display or grasping delay
ponder to think deeply; to something procreate to beget or produce
consider carefully prelude an introduction procrustean designed to get
ponderous heavy; burdensome premeditate to plan beforehand conformity at any cost
porcine of or like a pig premier first in importance or procure to obtain; to secure
portable capable of being time prod to urge; to poke or jab
carried premise statement from which a prodigal wasteful
portal door; gate; entrance conclusion is prodigious enormous; vast
portentous warning; drawn profane showing disrespect for
foreshadowing premonition forewarning; sacred things
portly stout; large hunch profess to acknowledge; to
posterity future generations preponderance superiority in admit frankly
posthumous occurring after quantity or power; proffer to offer
death dominance proficiency skill; competency
postulate to assume without preposterous absurd; ridiculous profligate shamelessly immoral;
proof; to take for prerogative privilege or right extremely wasteful
granted presage to indicate or warn in profound very deep
potable drinkable advance profuse abundant
potent powerful; strong prescience knowledge of things progeny descendants
potentate ruler; monarch before they prognosticate to predict; to
potential capacity for being or happen foretell
becoming something presentiment anticipation, projectile a bullet, shell,
potion a drink especially of something grenade, etc., for firing
potpourri a mixture evil from a gun
pragmatic practical prestige influence; importance proletarian one who belongs to
prate to talk extensively and presumptuous boldly assuming the working class
pointlessly; to babble pretentious showy; putting on proliferate to expand; to
precarious uncertain; airs increase
dangerous; risky preternatural abnormal; prolific productive; fertile
precede to be, come, or go beyond what is natural prolix tediously long and wordy
before pretext a false reason or motive; prologue introduction
precedent an act that may be an excuse promenade a stroll or a walk;
used as an example in prevail to succeed; to gain the an area used for
the future advantage walking
precept a rule of conduct prevaricate to lie promiscuous sexually loose
precipice cliff prim formal; proper promontory piece of land that
precipitate to bring about an primary first; chief juts out
action suddenly primeval of the earliest times or promulgate to announce; to
precipitous extremely steep ages advocate
précis brief summary primogeniture state of being prone reclining; lying flat;

inclined prude an overly proper person quantities
propagate to spread; to multiply prudence caution; good quagmire a swamp; a difficult
propensity inclination; judgment situation
tendency prune to cut off or lop off such quail to lose courage; to shrink
prophetic predicting as twigs, branches, with fear
propinquity nearness; closeness or roots quaint strange or unusual in a
propitious favorable prurient lustful; obscene; lewd pleasing or amusing
VOCABULARY BUILDING pseudo false; counterfeit way
THAT IS GUARANTEED TO pseudonym a fake or assumed qualm a feeling of uneasiness
RAISE YOUR SAT SCORE • name quandary a puzzling situation;
401 psyche the human soul or spirit a dilemma
402 • VOCABULARY puerile childish; immature quarry an animal that is being
BUILDING THAT IS pugilist a boxer hunted down
GUARANTEED TO RAISE pugnacious eager to fight; quash to cancel; to set aside (as
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proponent a person who puissant powerful; strong quasi resembling; seeming
supports a cause or pulchritude beauty quaver to tremble; to shake
doctrine pulmonary pertaining to the quay a wharf
propriety conformity; lungs queasy uneasy; nauseated
appropriateness pulverize crush or grind into quell to subdue; to calm down
prosaic dull; commonplace; powder; totally querulous complaining
unimaginative destroy query a question
proscribe to denounce; exile pummel to beat or thrash with quest a search
proselyte a person who has the fists queue a line of people waiting
changed from one religion to pun the use of words alike in their turn
another; a convert sound but different in quibble petty objection or
prospectus a report describing a meaning argument
forthcoming punctilious very exact; precise quiddity essential quality
project pundit a learned man; an expert quidnunc a gossip or busybody
prostrate lying flat; thrown or or authority quiescent at rest; motionless
fallen to the ground pungent having a sharp taste or quietus finishing stroke;
protagonist main character smell; severely critical or anything that ends an
protean changeable; variable sarcastic activity
protégé one who has been punitive pertaining to quintessence the pure and
guided or instructed by punishment concentrated essence
another puny weak; inferior of something
protocol the etiquette observed purge to cleanse; to purify quip a witty or sarcastic remark
by diplomats puritanical strict; rigid; harsh quirk a peculiar characteristic
prototype the original; first of purloin to steal of a person; a sudden
its kind; a model purport to claim to be twist or turn
protract to draw out; to prolong purvey to furnish; to supply quiver to tremble; to shake
protrude to stick out; to project pusillanimous cowardly; fearful quixotic extremely idealistic;
proverbial well-known putative supposed; believed romantic; not practical
provident having foresight putrefy to rot; to decay quizzical odd; questioning;
provincial countrified; narrow; pyre a funeral fire in which the puzzled
limited corpse is burned quotidian daily
provisional temporary pyretic pertaining to fever RABBLE–RUTHLESS
proviso a condition; a pyromaniac one who likes to rabble mob; disorderly crowd
stipulation start fires; arsonist rabid intense; furious or raging;
provoke to anger; to irritate; to Pyrrhic victory success gained mad
annoy at too high a cost rack to torment; to torture
prowess skill; strength; daring QUACK–QUOTIDIAN raconteur storyteller
proximity nearness in place or quack an untrained doctor; a radical extreme; complete;
time pretender to any skill violent
proxy one who acts in place of quadruped a four-footed animal rail (at or against) to complain
another quaff to gulp; to drink in large bitterly

raillery good-humored ridicule recess (two meanings) a cut or exercise, diet, etc.)
raiment clothing; garments notch in something; a pause or regressive moving in a
rakish carefree; lively rest backward direction
rambunctious restless; hard to recidivist a person who goes regurgitate to rush or surge
control back to crime back, as undigested food
ramification a result; a recipient one who receives rehabilitate to restore to useful
consequence; a branch reciprocal interchangeable; life
rampant widespread; raging mutual reimburse to pay back
ramshackle shaky; ready to fall reciprocate to give in return reiterate to repeat
apart recluse hermit; one who shuts rejuvenate to make young again
rancid having a bad taste or himself off from the relegate to banish; to assign to
smell; stale; repulsive world an inferior position
rancor bitter resentment; hatred recoil to retreat; to draw back relentless unyielding
rankle to cause irritation; to reconcile to bring into relevant significant; pertaining
fester agreement or harmony to the subject
rant to speak in a loud or recondite difficult to relinquish to give up; to let go
violent manner understand; profound relish to enjoy; to take delight in
rapacious taking by force; reconnoiter to survey; to check remediable capable of being
greedy out in advance corrected
rapport a close relationship; recount to tell or relate, as a remedial intended to correct
harmony story reminisce to remember
rapt completely absorbed in; recreant coward; traitor remiss negligent
overcome with joy, recrimination countercharge remission a lessening; a
love, etc. rectify to correct; to make right forgiveness as of sins or
rarefy to make less dense; to rectitude honesty; moral offenses
refine uprightness remonstrate to protest; to
rash (two meanings) a skin recumbent lying down; complain
irritation (noun); reckless or reclining remorse regret for wrongdoing
daring (adjective) recuperate to get well remuneration payment for a
raspy harsh; grating recur to happen again service
ratify to officially approve of redemption deliverance from renaissance rebirth; renewal;
ratiocinate to reason sin; a rescue revival
ration a fixed portion; a share redolent having a pleasant odor renal pertaining to the kidneys
rational sensible; reasonable redoubtable formidable; rend to split; to tear apart
rationalize to make an excuse commanding respect rendezvous a meeting;
for redress to set right; to remedy appointment
raucous irritating or harsh in redundant repetitious; renegade a deserter; a traitor
sound unnecessary renege to go back on one’s
ravage to damage; ruin reek to give off; emit word
ravenous extremely hungry; refractory stubborn; hard to renounce to give up (a belief )
greedy manage renovate to make new; to repair
raze to destroy; to level to the refulgent shining; glowing reparation compensation;
ground refurbish to make new; to something done to make
realm kingdom; region freshen up up for a wrong or injury done
rebuff to refuse; to snub refute to prove wrong, such as repartee a quick; witty reply
rebuke to scold; to blame an opinion repast a meal
rebuttal contradiction; opposing regal pertaining to a king; repellent something that drives
argument splendid away or wards off
recalcitrant disobedient; hard to regale to entertain (insects, etc.)
manage regenerate to re-create; to repercussion reaction;
recant to withdraw or disavow a reform morally; to aftereffect
statement or opinion replace a lost part of the body repertoire special skills or
recapitulate to summarize; regent one who governs talents one possesses;
repeat briefly regicide the killing of a king collection
recede to go or move back; to regime a system of government repine to complain; to fret
withdraw regimen a regular system (of replenish to fill up again

replete well-filled expenses sangfroid calmness; composure
repose to rest; to sleep retribution deserved sanguinary bloody
reprehensible deserving punishment sanguine cheerful; optimistic
criticism or blame; retrieve to get or bring back sapient wise
shameful retroactive applying to a period sardonic mocking; scornful
repress to control; to subdue before a certain sartorial pertaining to clothes or
reprimand to scold law was passed tailoring
reprisal retaliation; revenge retrogressive going backward; satiated satisfied; filled up
reproach to blame; to scold becoming worse satirical sarcastic; ironic
reprobate a wicked person retrospect (preceded by in) saturate to soak; to fill up
reproof a rebuke looking back on past saturnine gloomy; sluggish
repudiate to reject; to disown events saunter to stroll; to walk
repugnant distasteful; revelation something made leisurely
disgusting known; a disclosure savant a person of extensive
repulse to drive back; to repel revelry noisy merrymaking learning
reputed supposed to be reverberate to echo; to resound savoir faire tact; knowledge of
requiem funeral hymn; mass for revere to honor; to respect just what to do in
the dead reverie a daydream any situation
requisite required or necessary; revile to abuse; to slander savor to enjoy, as by taste or
indispensable rhetorical concerned with mere smell
requite to make a return or style or effect scant inadequate in size or
repayment ribald vulgar; indecent amount
rescind to cancel; to repeal rife frequently occurring; scapegoat one who takes the
residue that which remains widespread blame for others
resilient recovering quickly; rift a break or split scathing extremely severe or
elastic righteous behaving justly or harsh, such as a
resolute very determined morally remark
resonance fullness of sound rigorous strict schism a split or break
resourceful able to deal risible laughable; funny scintilla a tiny amount; a speck
effectively with problems risqué daring or indecent; not scintillate to sparkle; to twinkle
respite a delay; rest proper scion an offspring; a descendant
resplendent shining brightly; saccharine overly sweet scoff to ridicule
dazzling sacrilege the violation of scope range; extent
restitution repayment; a giving anything sacred scourge a whip or a lash; a
back sacrosanct extremely holy person or thing that punishes or
restive restless; uneasy; sadistic deriving pleasure from destroys
impatient inflicting pain on scrupulous honest; ethical;
restrain to hold back; to control others precise
résumé a summary saga a long story of adventure scrutinize to examine closely
resurge to rise again sagacious wise scurrilous coarsely abusive;
resurrection revival; rebirth sage a wise person vulgar
resuscitate to revive from salacious obscene; lusty rite a religious ceremony; a
apparent death or from salient significant; conspicuous solemn act
unconsciousness saline salty robust strong; hearty
retaliation revenge; repayment sallow sickly pale rogue a dishonest person; a
for an evil act salubrious healthful scoundrel
retentive having a good salutary healthful; wholesome rollicking jolly; carefree
memory; remembering salutatory a welcoming roster a list
reticent silent or reserved in address, as at a graduation rote (preceded with by) from
manner salvage to rescue; to save from memory, without
retinue body of attendants or destruction thought for meaning
followers sanctimonious hypocritical in rotund round; fat
retort a short, witty reply regard to religious rout overwhelming defeat
retract to take back (a belief rudimentary elementary; basic
statement); to withdraw sanction to authorize; to give rue to regret; to be sorrowful
retrench to cut down or reduce permission ruffian hoodlum; lawless person

ruffle (two meanings) a wrinkle desirable discoveries by accident slacken become loose; to relax
or a ripple (noun); serene calm; peaceful slake to lessen (thirst, desire,
to irritate or to annoy (verb) serpentine winding anger, etc.) by satisfying; to
ruminate to consider carefully; serrated having tooth-like edges quench
to mediate on servile like a slave slander to make a false
rupture to break apart; to burst servitude slavery; bondage statement against someone
ruse a skillful trick or deception sever to cut in two; to separate slattern an untidy woman
rustic pertaining to the country shackle to keep prisoner; to sleazy cheap; flimsy
rustle (two meanings) to steal; restrain sleek smooth and shiny
to make a swishing sham a pretense slither to slide or glide
sound shambles a slaughterhouse; slothful lazy
ruthless cruel; merciless great disorder slough (off ) to discard; to shed
SACCHARINE–SYNTHETIC shard a fragment slovenly untidy; dirty; careless
scurry run about; to hurry sheepish embarrassed; bashful smirk to smile in an affected or
scuttle to sink (a ship); to shibboleth a slogan; a password offensive way
abandon shiftless lazy; inefficient smite to strike forcefully
sear to burn; to scorch shoal a shallow place in the smolder to burn without flame;
sebaceous fatty water; a reef to keep feelings
seclude to keep apart; to isolate shortcomings defects; concealed
secrete to hide or conceal deficiencies smug self-satisfied
secular worldly; nonreligious shrew a nagging, bad-tempered snare to trap
sedate quiet; calm; serious woman sneer to look at with contempt;
sedentary sitting most of the shroud a cloth or sheet in which to scorn; to deride
time a corpse is snicker to laugh in a half-
sediment material that settles on wrapped for burial suppressed way
the bottom; sibilant hissing snippet a small fragment
residue sibling a brother or sister snivel to whine; to complain
sedition rebellion simian pertaining to an ape or sober not drunk; serious
sedulous hard-working; monkey sobriquet nickname; assumed
industrious; diligent simile a comparison using like name
seedy run-down; shabby or as sodden soaked; damp
seethe to boil; to be violently simony the sin of buying or sojourn a brief stay or visit
agitated selling church benefits solace comfort
seismic pertaining to simper to smile in a silly way solar pertaining to the sun
earthquakes simulacrum an image; a solecism ungrammatical usage;
semblance outward appearance likeness an error or
senile pertaining to mental simulate to pretend; to imitate inconsistency
weakness due to old age simultaneous occurring at the solicit to ask; to seek; to try to
sensate pertaining to feeling same time get an order in
sensual pertaining to enjoyment sinecure job with no business
of food and sex responsibility solicitude concern; anxiety
sensuous pertaining to sinewy tough; firm; strong soliloquy act of talking to
enjoyment of art, music, etc. singular extraordinary; oneself
sententious concise; including remarkable; exceptional solipsistic pertaining to the
proverbs and brief sinister threatening evil; theory that only oneself exists or
remarks ominous can be proved to exist
sentient conscious; capable of sinuous curving; winding solitude loneliness
feeling siren an attractive but dangerous solon a wise man
sentinel a guard woman solvent (two meanings) having
sepulcher tomb; burial vault skeptic one who doubts the ability to pay a
sequel an event or literary work skinflint stingy person; miser debt (adjective); a substance that
that follows a previous one skittish restless; excitable; dissolves another
sequester to separate; to set nervous (noun)
aside skulduggery trickery; deception somber dark; gloomy
seraphic angelic; pure skulk to sneak around; to lie in somnambulate walk in one’s
serendipity a talent for making hiding sleep

somniferous causing sleep sterling of high quality; settle down
somnolent drowsy; sleepy excellent subsidiary auxiliary;
sonorous producing a deep, rich stigma mark of disgrace supplementary; serving to
sound stilted artificially formal assist
sophistry a deceptive, tricky stint to be sparing; to conserve substantiate to prove; to
argument stipend salary confirm; to support
sophomoric immature; stipulate to specify; to arrange subterfuge trickery; deceit
pretentious definitely subterranean underground
soporific causing sleep stoic showing no emotion; subversive tending to overthrow
sordid dirty; filthy indifferent to pleasure or or undermine
sot a drunkard pain succinct concise; brief and to
sobriquet nickname; assumed stolid impassive; having little the point
name emotion succor assistance; help; relief
sovereign a monarch or other strait a position of difficulty; a succulent juicy
supreme ruler narrow passage of succumb to yield; to give in
spacious roomy; convenient water suffrage the right to vote
Spartan warlike; brave; stratagem a plan, scheme, or sullen gloomy; showing
disciplined trick irritation
spasm a sudden burst of energy strew to spread about; to scatter sully to soil, stain, or tarnish
specious not genuine; pleasing striated striped; marked with sultry hot and moist
to the eye but lines sumptuous luxurious; lavish;
deceptive stricture negative criticism; a extravagant
specter a ghost; a phantom restriction sundry various; assorted
speculate (two meanings) to strident harsh sounding; loud superannuated retired because
meditate; to participate in a risky and shrill of old age
business transaction stringent strict; tight supercilious proud; haughty
sphinx person who is difficult to strut to walk in a proud manner; superficial on the surface;
understand to show off shallow
splenetic bad-tempered; irritable stultify make absurd or superfluous excessive;
sporadic infrequent; irregular ridiculous; render worthless unnecessary
spry full of life; active stupefy to stun; to amaze supernal heavenly
spume foam stygian dark; gloomy supernumerary extra; more
spurious deceitful; counterfeit stymie to hinder; to block than necessary
spurn to reject suave polished; sophisticated supersede to take the place of
squalid filthy; dirty sub rosa secretly; confidentially supervene to take place or occur
staccato made up of short, subaqueous underwater unexpectedly
abrupt sounds subjective not objective; supine lying on the back
stagnant not flowing; stale; personal supplant to replace
sluggish subjugate to conquer supple flexible
staid sedate; settled sublimate to make a person act suppliant begging; asking
stalemate a deadlock; a draw noble or moral humbly
stalwart strong; sturdy sublime majestic; elevated or supplicate to pray humbly; to
stamina endurance; resistance lofty in thought beg
to fatigue subliminal subconscious; surfeit an excessive amount
stance attitude; posture unaware surly rude; bad-tempered
stark complete; harsh; severe submissive yielding; humbly surmise to guess
static inactive; motionless obedient surmount to go beyond; to
stationary standing still; not subordinate of lower rank overcome
moving suborn to hire for an unlawful surreptitious acting in a sneaky
statute law; rule act way
steadfast firm in purpose; subsequent following; surrogate substitute
dependable; constant occurring later surveillance supervision; close
stench a foul smell subservient submissive; helpful, watch
stentorian very loud in an inferior sustenance nourishment
stereotyped not original; capacity susurration whispering;
commonplace subside to become quiet; to murmuring

suture to join together, as with moderate conscious or nervous way
stitches temporal pertaining to time token (two meanings) sign or
svelte slender; graceful temporize to be indecisive; to symbol (noun);
swarthy dark-complexioned be evasive; to delay an slight or unimportant (adjective)
swathe to wrap closely or fully action tome large, heavy book
sybarite one who is fond of tenacious holding on; persistent; toothsome tasty
luxuries and pleasure stubborn topple to overturn; to fall over
sycophant a flatterer; a parasite tendentious biased; favoring a torpid inactive; sluggish
sylvan wooded; pertaining to cause torsion twisting; bending
the forest tenet a doctrine; a belief torso the human body excluding
symbiosis mutual dependence tensile capable of being the head and limbs
between two different organisms stretched; elastic tortuous twisting; winding
symmetrical balanced; well- tentative for the time being; torturous causing extreme pain
proportioned experimental touchstone standard; a test or
synchronize to happen at the tenuous slender; flimsy; without criterion for quality
same time substance toxic poisonous; harmful
synthesis a combination; a tenure the holding or possessing tractable easy to manage
fusion of anything traduce to speak badly of; to
synthetic not genuine; artificial tepid lukewarm slander
TABLEAU–TYRO terminate to put an end to; to trait a characteristic; a quality
tableau dramatic scene or conclude tranquil calm; peaceful
picture terminus a boundary; a limit transcend to go beyond; to
taboo forbidden; unacceptable terpsichorean pertaining to overcome
tabulation a systematic listing dancing transcendental supernatural;
by columns or rows terrestrial earthly; living on going beyond ordinary
tacit silent; not expressed land experience or belief
taciturn speaking very little terse brief; to the point trangression violation of a rule
tactics plan; method; strategy testy irritable or law
tactile pertaining to sense of thanatology the study of death transient temporary; passing
touch and dying transitory lasting a short time;
taint to infect; to harm a theocracy government by brief
person’s reputation religious leaders translucent letting light pass
talisman a good luck charm therapeutic pertaining to the through
tally to count; to make a record treatment and curing transmute to change from one
of of disease form to another; to
tangent touching thermal pertaining to heat transform
tangible real; capable of being thesaurus a book of synonyms transparent easily seen
touched and antonyms; a through; clear
tantalize to tease or torment dictionary transpire to be revealed or
tantamount equivalent to thespian an actor become known; to occur
tarn a small lake or pool thrall a slave trappings articles of dress;
tarnish to soil; to discolor; to threnody a funeral song equipment
stain throes a violent struggle; pains trauma a shock; an aftereffect
tarry to linger; to delay (of childbirth); agony travail very hard work; intense
taunt to ridicule; to tease (of death) pain
taurine like a bull throng a crowd travesty an absurd or
taut tight; tense thwart to prevent or hinder inadequate imitation
tawdry cheap; showy; flashy timorous fearful; cowardly treacherous dangerous;
tawny yellowish-brown tinge a faint color; a trace deceptive; disloyal
tedious boring; monotonous tirade a long angry speech; an treatise a book or writing about
teeming overfilled; pouring out outburst of bitter some particular
temerity reckless boldness; denunciation subject
rashness titanic huge treble three times as much
temper (verb) to moderate; to titillate to tickle; to excite tremulous trembling; quivering
soften or tone down agreeably trenchant keen or incisive;
temperate not extreme; titter to laugh in a self- vigorous; effective

trepidation fear; alarm undulate to move or sway in unpredictable action
trespass to invade; to enter wavelike motion vagrant a homeless person; a
wrongfully unequivocal clear; definite wanderer
tribulation trouble unerring accurate; not going vain conceited; excessively
tributary a stream flowing into astray or missing the proud about one’s
a river mark appearance
tribute a gift; an unfledged not feathered; vainglorious boastfully proud
acknowledgment to show immature valedictory saying farewell
admiration unilateral one-sided valiant courageous; brave
trinity group of three unimpeachable above valid true; logical; sound
trite worn out; stale; suspicion; unquestionable validate to approve; to confirm
commonplace uninhibited free; not restricted valor courage; bravery
trivia matters or things that are unique being the only one of its vanguard the front part
very unimportant; kind vanity excessive pride; conceit
trivialities unison harmony; agreement vanquish to defeat
truckle (to) to submit; to yield universal broad; general; vapid uninteresting; tasteless;
truculent savage; brutal; cruel effective everywhere or in tedious
truism a self-evident, obvious all cases variegated having different
truth unkempt untidy; sloppy colors; diversified
truncate to shorten; to cut off unmindful unaware vaunt to brag or boast
truncheon a club unmitigated absolute; not veer to change direction
tryst a secret meeting lessened vegetate lead a dull, inactive life
tumid swollen; bulging unobtrusive inconspicuous; not vehement forceful; furious
tumult great noise and noticeable velocity speed
confusion unruly not manageable; venal corrupt; able to be bribed
turbid muddy; unclear disorderly vendetta bitter quarrel or feud
turbulence wild disorder; unsavory unpleasant to taste or veneer an outward show that
violent motion smell misrepresents
turgid swollen unscathed unharmed; uninjured venerable worthy of respect
turmoil confusion unseemly not in good taste venerate to regard with respect
turpitude baseness; shameful untenable unable to be venial excusable; minor
behavior defended or upheld venomous poisonous; spiteful;
tussle a struggle; a fight unwieldy hard to manage malicious
tutelage instruction because of size or weight vent to give release to; to be
twain two unwitting unintentional; relieved of a feeling
tycoon a wealthy businessman unaware venturesome daring;
tyro a beginner upbraid to scold; to find fault adventurous; risky
UBIQUITOUS–UXURIOUS with veracious truthful; honest
ubiquitous present everywhere uproarious loud; outrageously verbatim word for word
ulcerous infected funny verbiage overabundance of
ulterior lying beyond; hidden urbane refined; suave; citified words
ultimatum a final demand or urchin a mischievous child verbose wordy
proposal ursine like a bear verdant green; flourishing
umbrage a feeling of usurp to seize illegally verisimilitude the appearance of
resentment usury excessive amount of truth
unanimity agreement; oneness money charged as veritable true; actual; genuine
unassailable unable to be interest verity truth
attacked utilitarian useful; practical vernacular native language;
uncanny weird; strange utopian perfect; ideal informal speech
unconscionable unreasonable; uxorious overly fond of one’s vernal pertaining to spring
excessive wife versatile good at many things;
uncouth crude; clumsy VACILLATE–VULPINE serving many
unctuous oily; excessively vacillate to sway back and forth; purposes
polite to hesitate in making a decision vertex top; highest point
undue inappropriate; vagabond a wanderer vertiginous whirling; dizzy;
unreasonable vagary an odd notion; an unstable

verve energy; enthusiasm vociferous loud; shouting wrest to take away by force
vestige a trace; visible evidence vogue fashion; style wroth angry
of something that is volant capable of flying wrought produced or shaped
no longer present volatile unstable; explosive wry produced by distorting the
veteran an experienced person volition free will face (a wry grin);
vex to irritate; to annoy voluble talkative; fluent ironic (wry humor)
viable capable of living; voluminous large; copious xenophobia fear of foreigners
workable; practicable voluptuous sensual; shapely or strangers
viaduct a bridge xyloid pertaining to wood
viands various foods waif a homeless person yen an intense desire; a longing
vicarious taking the place of waive to give up (a right) yoke to join together; to link
another person or wallow to indulge oneself; to zany comical; clownishly crazy
thing; substituted roll around in zeal great enthusiasm
viceroy a representative; a wan pale; weak; tired zealot a fanatic
deputy appointed by a wane to gradually decrease in zenith the highest point
sovereign to rule a province size or intensity zephyr a gentle, mild breeze
vicissitudes unpredictable wangle to manipulate; to obtain zest hearty enjoyment
changes; ups and downs by scheming or by voracious extremely hungry;
victimize to make a victim of; to underhand methods greedy
swindle or cheat wanton reckless; immoral votary loyal follower
victuals food warble to sing melodiously vouchsafe to grant; to allow or
vie to compete warp to bend out of shape; to permit
vigilant watchful pervert vulgar showing poor taste or
vignette a short literary sketch; wary cautious; watchful manners
a decorative design wastrel a spendthrift; one who vulnerable defenseless; open to
vilify to speak evil of; to defame wastes attack
vindicate to clear of guilt or waver to sway; to be uncertain vulpine like a fox; clever
blame wax to grow in size or intensity
vindictive spiteful; seeking weighty of utmost importance
revenge wend to direct one’s way
vintage representative of the wheedle to coax or to persuade
best (especially of whet to stimulate; to make sharp
wines) whimsical unpredictable;
viper a poisonous snake; a changeable
malignant or spiteful wield to handle (a tool); to
person exercise control (over
virago a loud, bad-tempered others)
woman; a shrew willful contrary; stubborn
virile masculine; manly wily tricky; sly
virtuoso an expert; a skilled wince to shrink, as in pain, fear,
person etc.; to flinch
virulent deadly; poisonous; windfall unexpected good
harmful fortune
visage the face; appearance winsome pleasing; charming
visceral pertaining to instinctive withal in spite of all;
rather than intellectual nevertheless
motivation wizened withered; shriveled
viscous sticky woe sorrow; grief
vista a distant view wolfish ferocious
vitiate to weaken; to impair wont (to) accustomed
vitreous of or like glass (adjective)
vitriolic biting; sharp; bitter workaday everyday; ordinary
vituperate to scold; to criticize wraith a ghost; an apparition
vivify to give life to; to enliven wrangle to quarrel
vixen female fox; ill-tempered wrath anger; rage
woman wrench to twist; to pull

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