Share this list, courtesy of Hyde Park Central School District with your teen.

Challenge yourself and your teen to use these words in everyday

conversation and to learn all of these words before the year ends. Not only
will knowing these words help your child excel now, they’re words that will
pop up on the SAT and ACT, too, which are typically required when applying
to college .

abstract divert oppose

Admonish - 1 dormant panacea
advocate egocentric perfunctory
alternative elusive preposterous
ambiguous emulate precarious
analogy equitable precipitate
anarchy eradicate preclude
Assiduous -2 estrange proficient
Assimilate-3 exacerbate propensity
augment expedite qualitative
authentic fabricate quantitative
Belligerent-4 facilitate recalcitrant
Bolster -5 fortuitous redeem
Bureaucratic -6 fraudulent rejuvenate
circumvent heinous relegate
coalition hypothetical relinquish
Cohesive -1 illicit repugnant
collaborate imminent resilient
Comply -2 impetuous retrospect
concurrent incongruous sanction
Connotation - 3 indigenous spontaneous
constituent indiscriminate static
contingent inherent stringent
Criteria jurisdiction subordinate
Demeanor - 4 lax subsidize
Deplore meticulous tenuous
Derogatory -5 negligent travesty
disparity nonchalant tumult
disseminate oblivious unilateral
dissident obscure validate
distraught omnipotent vindicate
docile opportune zealot