SAT Vocabulary List

Words from Official SAT Study Guide Test 8

Alacrity	speed and eagerness
Amiable	friendly; lovable
Apathetic	lacking energy or interest
Bypasses	avoids; finds a way around
Capricious	whimsical; changeable
Censures	blames
Conciliatory	seeking compromise
Convergence	coming together
Cumulative	building up
Deferment	putting off
Deliberation	careful thought
Delineates	outlines
Derelict	rundown; abandoned
Discrepancy	inconsistency
Embittered	full of bitter feelings
Encroaching	trespassing
Eradicate	wipe out
Exacerbates	makes worse
Exasperation	frustration and annoyance
Exorbitant	excessive
Flabbergasted	shocked; speechless
Foil for	person that shows another to advantage
Frugal	economical
Glacial	icy; unfriendly
Grimy	dirty
Inconsequential	unimportant
Indiscernible	not easy to see
Infusion	influx
Integrity	honesty
Jaded	tired; bored
Juxtaposition	placing two thing nest to each other
Lithe	flexible
Miffed	annoyed
Mitigator	moderator
Modicum	tiny amount
Negate	wipe out
Nondescript	having no special qualities; ordinary
Penurious	miserly
Phlegmatic	calm; imperturbable
Razing	cutting down
Recrimination	blame
Reprieve	let off (at least temporarily)
Rousing	stirring
Salvageable	can be saved
Scouring	cleaning thoroughly; thorough searching
Secluded	lonely; isolated
Solace	comfort
Squelch	suppress; crush
Stifling	suppressing
Surfeit	excess
Tangential	off the point; irrelevant
Temper	moderate
Tremulous	hesitant
Unyielding	not giving up
Vigilant	wary; watchful
Waning	declining
Warped	twisted; distorted
Wary	cautious
Wrath	anger

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