SAT Vocabulary

aesthetic

altruism

ambiguous

ambivalent

anachronism

anomalous

antebellum

antecedent

antediluvian

antithesis

apocryphal

assuage

august

auspicious

austere

autonomy

avaricious

avuncular

beguile

bellicose

bombastic

bowdlerize

brevity

cajole

capricious

chauvinism

circumlocution

circumspect

circumscribe

clandestine

cogent

colloquial

copious

creed: 

criteria

culpable

cursory

dearth

decimate

defenestrate

denouement

dichotomy

diminutive

dogmatic

draconian

eclectic

egregious

elucidate

embellish

ephemeral

erudite

eschew

esoteric

euphemism

excoriate

factotum

fastidious

faux pas

fetid

fledgling

flippant: 

frugal

germane

gesticulate

gregarious

hegemony

heterogeneous

heterodox

hubris

hyperbole

iconoclast

immutable

impunity

incongruous

incredulous

indefatigable

indolent

ineffable

insatiable

intrinsic

introspection

irascible

irony

jingoism

juxtapose

kudos

laconic

lethargic

lexicon

licentious

litigious

logorrhea

loquacious

lucid

lugubrious

Machiavellian

machination

malleable

matriculate

mea culpa

mellifluous

mercurial

mellifluous

misanthropic

missive

mnemonic

moribund

muse

myopic

myriad

narcissism

nascent

nebulous

neologism

nepotism

obfuscate

obsequious

oligarchy

omnipotent: 

orthodox

orthography

ostentatious

palpable

panoply

pandemonium

paragon

pariah

parsimonious

perfunctory

peripatetic

perspicacious

polyglot

posthumous

pragmatic: 

precocious: 

prodigal

prodigious

prolific

procrustean

promethean

proscribe

prudent

pugnacious

pulchritude

quintessential

quixotic

quotidian

raconteur

recalcitrant

recidivism

redolent

ruminate

sagacious

salient

sanguine

sanguinary

serendipity

shibboleth

soporific

Spartan

spurious

stoic

supercilious

superfluous

sycophant

tacit

taciturn

tautology

terse

tome

ubiquitous

unequivocal

utilitarian

vacillate

vernacular

vestige

vicarious

visceral

vitriolic

voracious

wanton

xenophobia

zealous

zeitgeist              

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