Pre-AP English I SAT Vocabulary Fall 2014

List 1
  1. acquiesce – to give in, to comply
  2. acrimonious – caustic
  3. assuage – to ease, to mitigate
  4. auspicious – favorable
  5. begrudge – to give in reluctantly, to envy a possession or one’s enjoyment
  6. benevolence – kindness, generosity, charity
  7. congenital – existing at birth
  8. corroboration – confirmation
  9. dictum – an authoritative statement
  10. edifying – instructing and improving spiritually or morally
  11. elucidate – to make clear, to explain
  12. enunciate – to pronounce clearly
  13. fanaticism – enthusiasm or zeal that is excessively irrational
  14. formidable – menacing, causing fear
  15. fractious – unruly
  16. fraudulent – deceitful, portrayed as genuine but is really an imposter
  17. frivolous – lacking in seriousness or importance
  18. furtive – secret in an underhanded way
  19. guileless – without deceit
  20. hone – to sharpen or make more effective
/ List 3
  1. rudiment – an essential element or skill
  2. savory – appetizing
  3. serene – calm, placid
  4. sordid – filthy, foul
  5. stealthy – acting in a sneaky way
  6. succinct – brief, compact
  7. temerity – boldness that is foolhardy
  8. turbulence – wild or disturbing activity
  9. affable – friendly, courteous, amiable
  10. allusion – implied or indirect reference
  11. animosity – hard feeling, enmity
  12. arid – very dry
  13. articulate – to speak distinctly, to express oneself clearly
  14. austere – strict, stern, unadorned
  15. beleaguer – to harass
  16. blunder – to make a mistake as a result of carelessness
  17. capitulate – to surrender
  18. colloquial – informal (speech)
  19. conjecture – an inference or conclusion drawn or deduced by surmise or guesswork
  20. consecrate – to dedicate or declare sacred

List 2
  1. impertinent – outside proper bounds of manners or good taste
  2. impudent – disrespectful
  3. indigenous – native to a certain area
  4. infallible – incapable of error
  5. ingenuity – cleverness or inventiveness
  6. innate – existing from birth, inborn
  7. inordinate – excessive
  8. irascible – irritable, cranky, cross
  9. lament – to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner
  10. malevolence – ill will or evil intentions
  11. oblivion – state of being forgotten
  12. ominous – threatening
  13. palliate – to ease pain, guilt or intensity
  14. piety – devotion or reverence to God
  15. predilection – preference
  16. profane – showing contempt toward sacred things
  17. propensity – natural inclination
  18. recluse – a person who live in solitude
  19. rectitude – sate of moral integrity
  20. revere – to honor, to regard with respect
/ List 4
  1. contempt – scorn, extreme dislike
  2. convivial – fond of good company and of festivity
  3. credulous – believing on slight evidence, gullible
  4. degeneration – a state of decline
  5. demure – serious, reserved, coy
  6. derision – scoffing at, ridicule
  7. desolate – deserted, without inhabitants
  8. destitution – state of being extremely poor
  9. diffuse – to spread in all directions
  10. discern – to differentiate between two or more things
  11. discursive – moving from one topic to another
  12. distain – intense dislike
  13. dormant – inactive, sleeping
  14. drone – speaking in a monotonous tone
  15. ebullient – overflowing with excitement
  16. efface – to erase, to wear away
  17. effrontery – extreme boldness, audacity
  18. evocative – calling forth, calling to mind
  19. feint – a false appearance
  20. felicitous – happy or delightful

List 5
  1. gaunt – very thin, emaciated
  2. gravity – seriousness, importance
  3. heed – to give attention to
  4. incisive – very perceptive, clear and to the point
  5. induce – to bring on or bring about
  6. ingratiate – to make an effort to gain good favorable with someone
  7. innocuous – harmless, producing no injury
  8. insatiable – incapable of being satisfied
  9. irresolute – indecisive, unsure of how to proceed
  10. languid – slow, sluggish, listless, weak
  11. latent – not visible, dormant
  12. muted – toned down o silenced
  13. oblique – slanting, indirect, evasive
  14. obscure – difficult to see, vague
  15. opaque – not transparent, hard to understand
  16. opulence – wealth, affluence, abundance
  17. perfunctory – acting routinely with little care
  18. poignant – piercing, incisive
  19. prestige – a high standing or reputation
  20. prudent – wise and careful in practical matters
/ List 7
  1. indignation – anger as a result of something unjust
  2. mollify – to soothe or appease, to assuage
  3. morose – being sullen or gloomy
  4. mottled – marked with spots of different color
  5. pugnacious – looking for a fight, combative, belligerent
  6. reprehensible – deserving blame or reprimand
  7. revere – to honor or regard with respect
  8. slough – to cast off
  9. stilted – artificially formal, stiff, pompous
  10. acuity – sharpness of perception
  11. adroit – skillful or adept
  12. allure – to influence, sway or entice
  13. annulment – a voiding, invalidation
  14. benign – not causing harm, beneficial
  15. calamity – a serious event causing distress or misfortune
  16. certitudes – things that are inevitable or certain
  17. conciliate – to reconcile, to pacify, to renew
  18. contempt – scorn, extreme dislike or disdain
  19. coquette – a woman who flirts with men without sincere affection
  20. culpable – deserving blame, guilty

List 6
  1. resolute – characterized by decided purpose
  2. reticence – restrain in speech, reluctance to speak
  3. scintillating – sparkling, shining, or flashing
  4. scrupulous – very principled, care and conscientious
  5. stoic – not showing passion or feeling, impassive
  6. supersede – to replace, to cause to be displaced
  7. taciturn – quiet, not verbose
  8. tentative – not full worked out, uncertain
  9. tenuous – flimsy, barely attached
  10. tinge – to add a bit of color, to affect slightly
  11. tranquil – peaceful, calm
  12. undulant – moving with or resembling a wavelike motion
  13. vehement – forcefully expressing emotion or conviction
  14. vexation – discomfort or distress
  15. aloof – apart, indifference
  16. apprehend – to seize, arrest, to understand
  17. belligerent – waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
  18. bemuse – to confuse or to bewilder
  19. complacency – the state of being satisfied
  20. imperious – extremely overbearing
/ List 8
  1. cupidity - greed
  2. deference – courteous going along with the opinion or wishes of another
  3. deprecate – to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
  4. disrepute – disgrace, loss of approval
  5. dissipation – wasteful spending, squandering
  6. dubious – doubtful, not clear
  7. duplicity – double dealing , hypocrisy
  8. impetuous – violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
  9. incipient – beginning to come into being, the early stage of something
  10. incongruity – incompatibility, nonconformity
  11. indolence – laziness
  12. jocose – given to jokes and jesting
  13. malicious – motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm
  14. meritorious – deserving honor or praise
  15. mitigate – to cause to become less harsh or hostile, to make less severe
  16. prevarication – evasiveness, lie
  17. profuse – extravagantly abundant, flowing freeling
  18. propitious – favorably disposed, graciously inclined
  19. propriety – correct conduct
  20. superfluous – beyond what is needed or required