SAT Vocabulary List

Words from Official SAT Study Guide Test 10

Adroitness	skill
Altruism	self-sacrifice
Arbitration	mediating between disputing sides
Archaic	old-fashioned
Aural	through the sense of hearing
Cognitions	mental knowledge
Discernment	judgment;
Disingenuous	crafty
Distension	swelling
Egotists	selfish people
Emancipators	those who set others free
Enigmas	puzzles
Erudition	learning; scholarly knowledge
Exemplars	excellent examples of
Exonerated	proved not guilty
Extirpation	destruction
Fawning	groveling; ‘sucking up’ to people
Finesse	skill
Fitful	intermittent; on and off; not continuous
Gestures	signals
Hilarity	great laughter
Husbandry	careful management of resources
Ignominy	shame
Ineptitude	lack of ability
Insipid	flavorless; bland
Intuitions	gut feelings
Invocation	prayer
Irony	something unexpected; use of words to convey opposite meaning
Lackadaisical	lazy
Lamentable	regrettable
Mandate	permission
Manifesto	statement of values
Modicum	tiny amount
Notoriety	infamy
Obsequious	groveling
Opulence	lavish display of wealth
Pathos	sadness; stirring the emotions
Plaudits	praise
Prospectus	brochure
Raze	knock down
Rectitude	uprightness
Reprimanded	scolded
Rudimentary	elementary; basic
Sarcasm	mockery
Soporific	sleep-inducing
Stipulated	insisted
Tactile	through the sense of touch
Tenacity	firmness of purpose
Versatility	ability to do many things
Vicarious	experienced indirectly; at secondhand

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