SAT Vocabulary List: Definitions and Meanings of 60 Common Words, Essays (high school) of Biology

Download SAT Vocabulary List: Definitions and Meanings of 60 Common Words and more Essays (high school) Biology in PDF only on Docsity! SAT Vocab 1-60 CollegeRev PH!!! 1. Abstemious: Not self-indulgent 2. Abstruse: Difficult to understand 3. Acuity: Keenness of thought 4. Alacrity: Promptness/Haste 5. Altruistic: Unselfishly concerned for others 6. Ambivalent: Conflicted (feelings)/ Mixed thoughts 7. Analogous: Comparable/Similar 8. Ascetic: A self-disciplined person (like a monk) 9. Astute: Shrewd/Sly/Smart 10. Belie: To contradict/disguise (ex. His wrinkles belie the fact that he is only 20 year old) 11. Brevity: Concise/Quick 12. Capricious: Impulsive/Whimsical 13. Censure: Disapproval 14. Corroborate: To confirm/support 15. Deference: Humble submission/respect 16. Depravity: Moral Corruption 17. Deprecate: To disapprove of 18. Despondent: In low spirits 19. Didactic: Instructive (very) 20. Diminution: Reduction in size or value 21. Disputatious: Argumentative 22. Eclectic: A mix of various ideas or styles 23. Enervating: Exhausting 24. Ephemeral: Short-lived/Fleeting 25. Ersatz: A poor substitute 26. Equivocal: Ambiguous/Questionable 28. Exonerate: To absolve or acquit 29. Extol: To praise 30. Facetious: Cleverly amusing/Bantering 31. Fastidious: Attentive to detail 32. Frivolous: Carefree/Useless 33. Furtive: Secretive/Avoiding of attention 34. Gratuitous: Unwarranted or uncalled for 35. Guile: Sly or cunning 35. Impugn: To attack as wrong or false 36. Inane: Silly or stupid 37. Incorrigible: Cannot be corrected/improved 38. Insipid: Bland or lacking in flavor/interest 39. Intrepid: Dauntless/Fearless 40. Laconic: Brief/To the point 41. Levity: Humor/Frivolity 42. Miserly: Like a miser (a scrooge/skinflint) 43. Morose: Sullen and ill tempered 44. Phlegmatic: Unemotional/Stoic 45. Precocious: Developed early/quickly 46. Profusion: An excess of something 47. Quandary: A dilemma 48. Quixotic: Unrealistic/Idealistic 49. Rancor: Bitterness or resentment 50. Rebuttal: To refute 51. Reprove: Reprimand 52. Repudiate: Refuse to accept/be associated with 53. Reticence: Restrain/Reluctance 54. Sanguine: Optimistic/Cheerful 55. Succinct: Concise/Brief 56. Superfluous: More than enough 57. Surreptitious: Clandestine/Secret 58. Taciturn: Reserved/Silent 59. Trite: Unoriginal 60. Vacillate: Indecisive