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abstemious

Abby’s emaciated figure was the result of herabstemious lifestyle; she never ate breakfast or lunch,and rarely ate dinner.

Word Forms: abstemiously, abstemiousnessRelated Word: abstinent

(adj.) sparing in consumption,especially of food and drink

amalgamation analgesic anthropocentr

People who support the theory ofanthhave a difficult time believing in the exintelligent life on other planets.

Word Forms: anthropocentric, anthropanthropocentricity

(n.) theory that regards humacentral element of the un

Although Andy was in the most painful stages of thedisease, his daughter’s visit wasanalgesic; he was so happy to see her that his pain was significantlyreduced.

Word Forms: analgesic (n.), analgeticRelated Word: analgesia

(adj.) capable of relieving pain

Amy’s new dance routine is anamalgamation of styles, including ballet and jazz.

Word Forms: amalgam, amalgamate, amalgamable,amalgamative, amalgamator

(n.) a combination

avuncular

Mr. Avery developed anavuncular affection for hisneighbor’s children after having spent so many yearsnext door to them.

Word Forms: avuncularly, avuncularityRelated Word: uncle

(adj.) resembling an uncle inkindness or indulgence

bromide

As true as the oldbromides are, such as “It is betterto have loved and lost than never to have loved atall,” none of them are much comfort to a newly-broken heart.

Word Forms: bromidic, bromidically

(n.) a common saying

byzantine

In a home loan, the byzantine language andunfamiliar terminology can be intimidating to a first-time home buyer.

(adj.) highly complex or intricate

cacophony

On the first day of school, the band’s ocacophony of trumpets and horns; howend of the year, the horn section blendrest of the ensemble.

Word Forms: cacophonic, cacophonocacophonously

(n.) harsh, jarring sou

calumny

Callie delivered thecalumny about Brittany to anaudience in the cafeteria; she hoped the lie wouldkeep the other girl from becoming Prom queen.

Word Forms: calumniate, calumniation, calumnious,calumniously, calumniatory, calumniator

(n.) a false statement intended toharm someone’s reputation

canonical

Pluto is no longer acanonical planet; due to its smallmass, it was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” in 2006.

Word Forms: canonically, canon, canonicAntonym Forms: uncanonical, uncanonically

(adj.) authorized or accepted

chicanery

The con artist relied onchicanery to get his victimsto reveal their Social Security numbers; he promisedthem a tropical vacation for simply listing their personal information.

Word Forms: chicane, chicaner

(n.) the use of tricks to deceive someone

churlish

Cheryl did not think the man’schurlisappropriate, and asked that he apologvulgarity.

Word Forms: churlishly, churlishness

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circumlocution

Sergio hoped that his circumlocution would stall thereporters long enough for him to think of a betteranswer to their question.

Word Forms: circumlocutory, circumlocutorily,circumlocutional, circumlocutionary

(n.) an indirect way of expressing something

concomitant corpulent cumbersom

The old television set wascumbersomdifficult to move into the other room.

Word Forms: cumbersomely, cumberRelated Words: cumber, encumber

(adj.) clumsy, awkward, an

The corpulent man purchased two adjacent airline seats in order to have a more comfortable flight.

Word Forms: corpulently, corpulence, corpulency

(adj.) excessively fat

Building a home can be an exciting and enjoyable process, but it also hasconcomitant stress associatedwith the difficult decisions that must be made daily.

Word Forms: concomitant (n.), concomitantly,concomitance

(adj.) existing or occurring at the same time

demarcate

The twins demarcated the room after their fight; Demarcus was only allowed access to the right side oftheir room, while Demonte had to stay on the left side.

Word Forms: demarcation, demarcator

(vb.) to set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something

disenfranchise

American citizens who are convicted of a felony aredisenfranchised , losing their right to vote in anyelection.

Word Forms: disenfranchisement, disfranchiseAntonym Forms: enfranchise, franchise

(vb.) to deprive of voting rights

draconian

In the novel, the king useddraconian forms of punishment—such as torture or starvation—againstany one caught plotting against the monarchy.

Word Forms: draconic, draconically

(adj.) harsh and severe

egalitarian

Edgar’s egalitarian beliefs made him ahusband; he divided the housework eqhis wife with cooking, cleaning, and ch

Word Forms: egalitarian (n.), egalitarRelated Word: equality

(adj.) characterized by the bequal rights for all peo

egregious

Edie made theegregious mistake of asking the slightly overweight woman if she were expecting ababy.

Word Forms: egregiously, egregiousness

(adj.) outrageously bad or offensive

emollient

Emmaline applied anemollient lotion to the roughcalluses on her hands.

Word Forms: emollience

(adj.) having a softening or soothingeffect, especially to the skin

ephemeral

Effie’s sadness over her breakup isephemeral ; shewill quickly find a new boyfriend to help her forget thelast.

Word Forms: ephemeral (n.), ephemerally,ephemeralness, ephemerality, ephemerous,ephemeron

(adj.) lasting a very short time

epistolary

The couple has developed an epistolaryalthough they have never met, they coregularly through emails and letters.

Word Forms: epistle, epistolatory, epiepistolical, epistolize, epistoler, epist

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erudition

Erik’s erudition is sure to help him win a lot of moneyon the trivia-based quiz show.

Word Forms: eruditional, erudite, eruditely,eruditeness

(n.) knowledge gained from study

exculpate exegesis otsam

In the filthy city, the gullies are filled w finds its way into the sewer after a hea

Related Word: jetsam

Note: Flotsam originally referred to thwreckage of a boat, while jetsam refethe items discarded by a ship in distreBoth are loosely used today to refer tuseless, discarded items.

(n.) 1. floating wrecka2. useless, discarded ite

The minister is delivering anexegesis on the first twobooks of the Bible, where he will interpret the lessons from Genesis and Exodus and apply them to moderntimes.

Word Forms: exegetic, exegetical, exegetically,exegete, exegetist

(n.) an explanation or critical interpretation(especially of the Bible)

The arson suspect was exculpated when forensicsrevealed that the fire had been the result of faultywiring.

Word Forms: exculpable, exculpation, exculpatoryAntonym Forms: inculpate, inculpable, inculpation,

inculpably, inculpatory, inculpability,inculpableness

Related Words: culpable, culprit

(vb.) to clear from blame

foible

Foster’s only foible is his inability to make a decision.

Related Word: feeble

(n.) a minor flaw or weakness of character

fomentation

The juniors would never have participated in s enior skip day if it weren’t for the fomentation of their friends in the higher grade.

Word Forms: foment, fomenter

(n.) a push for trouble or rebellion

foppish

The foppish fellow wore a three piece suit and a tophat to the wedding.

Word Forms: foppishly, foppishness, foppery, fop

(adj.) affecting extreme elegancein dress and manner

gustatory

The restaurant provides a unrivaled guexperience by offering skewers of beef poultry marinated in exotic oils.

Word Forms: gustatorily, gustation, gugustativeness

(adj.) relating to the sense

halcyon

During the company’shalcyon days, the employeeswere making higher than average wages and enjoyingbenefits unmatched by other corporations.

Word Forms: halcyonian, halcyonic

(adj.) joyful, peaceful, or prosperous

histrionic

The histrionic patient pretended to faint when he sawthe needle used for the vaccination.

Word Forms: histrionic (n.), histrionics, histrionical,histrionically

(adj.) overly dramatic

ignominious

Izzy’s ignominious crime brought shame andembarrassment to her entire family.

Word Forms: ignominiously, ignominiousness,ignominy

(adj.) disgraceful and shameful

impious

Imogene had a difficult time convincinhusband to attend church with the fam

Word Forms: impiously, impiousnessAntonym Forms: pious, piously, piou

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impute

The doctors imputed her sudden weight loss to a problem with her thyroid gland.

Word Forms: imputable, imputably, imputative,imputatively, imputativeness, imputedly, imputer

Related Word: putative

(vb.) to attribute or credit to

inchoate inimical insidious

Sid devised an insidious plan to get thadmit he hadn’t really witnessed the c

Word Forms: insidiously, insidiousne

(adj.) intended to entrap, decei

Oscar cast an inimical sneer at Melissa when shetook credit for his idea.

Word Forms: inimically, inimicalness, inimicality,inimicable

Related Word: enemy

(adj.) harmful or hostile

I think your inchoate plan for the fund-raiser has alot of potential, but we need to sit down and discuss some important details before moving forward.

Word Forms: inchoately, inchoateness, inchoation,inchoative, inchoatively

(adj.) in the early stages of development

invidious

Ivan’s invidious remarks to his wife shocked their guests; they had no idea that he could be so cruel.

Word Forms: invidiously, invidiousness

(adj.) intended to hurt, offend, or discriminate

irascible

The irascible old lady caused a scene at therestaurant by yelling at the manager when herhamburger was overcooked.

Word Forms: irascibly, irascibleness, irascibilityRelated Word: ire

(adj.) quickly aroused to anger

lexicography

Noah Webster’s career in lexicography developed from his dissatisfaction with British school books;he wrote his first dictionary to help his elementary students learn to spell.

Word Forms: lexicographic, lexicographical,lexicographically, lexicographer

Related Words: lexicon, dyslexic

(n.) the act of writing dictionaries

loquacious

Lance was disappointed in hisloquacitalked so much that she never had timof his own stories.

Word Forms: loquaciously, loquaciouRelated Words: eloquent, ventriloquis

soliloquy

(adj.) extremely talkat

lugubrious

Lucy’s lugubrious behavior has started to annoy her friends; it has been two months since her breakupwith Josh, but she is still as gloomy as if it hadhappened yesterday.

Word Forms: lugubriously, lugubriousness,lugubriosity

(adj.) excessively mournful; sad and gloomy

malediction

The members of the t eam feared that the old womanhad placed a malediction upon their season becausethey hadn’t won a game since accidentally shatteringher windshield with a foul ball.

Word Forms: maledictive, maledictory, maledictAntonym Forms: benediction, benedictive, benedictory

(n.) a curse

malodorous

My malodorous shoe smelled so terrible t hat my momthrew it away.

Word Forms: malodorously, malodorousnessRelated Words: odor, odorously

(adj.) having an unpleasant smell

mélange

Melanie’s walls are decorated with am surfing posters and beach photograph

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mendicant

In the poverty-stricken country,mendicant childrenapproach tourists to ask for food and money.

Word Forms: mendicancy, mendicity

(adj.) begging

morass moratorium munifcent

The munificent donor gave the hospitamoney to build a specialized center f o

Word Forms: munificently, munificenmunificence

(adj.) very generous

Because a large number of students had beenlate returning from lunch, the principal placed amoratorium on off-campus lunch privileges.

Word Forms: moratory

(n.) suspension of an ongoing activity

After Morgan accepted Jill’s invitation to the dance,he found himself in a morass; his friend offered him aticket to a concert that he really wanted to see, but ithappened to be on the same night as the dance.

(n.) 1. a swamp2. a difficult situation

myopic

Maya has a myopic outlook when it comes toinvestment; she complains about the money she isinvesting now, rather than focusing on the money shewill make in the future.

Word Forms: myopically, myopia

(adj.) lacking long-term vision

nascent

The nascent hockey team did not have muchexperience, as this was their first year i n the league.

Word Forms: nascence, nascency

(adj.) being born or beginning

neophyte

Neil is a neophyte at downhill skiing, so he should stick to the smaller hills today.

Word Forms: neophytic, neophytish, neophytism

(n.) a beginner

nihilism

During the rebellion, the followers ofnthe first to break the laws in t he city.

Word Forms: nihilistic, nihilistically,

(n.) belief in the rejection of rudestruction of social and polit

obfuscate

If the solution requires the units to be in inches, themakers of the SAT may obfuscate the question bydescribing the problem in feet.

Word Forms: obfuscation, obfuscatory

(vb.) to confuse or make unclear

obstreperous

The obstreperous students crowded the school boardmeeting to protest the new dress code.

Word Forms: obstreperously, obstreperousness,obstreperosity

(adj.) noisily defiant or aggressive

panacea

The manager believed the new software was a panacea for all of the company’s computer problems,but Pam was skeptical of its ability to improve theentire system.

Word Form: panacean

(n.) a cure for all diseases, ora solution to all problems

parsimoniou

The parsimonious woman told her grathat the gumballs in the candy machinexpensive.

Word Forms: parsimoniously, parsim parsimony

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paucity

As four more uninvited guests arrived at the barbecue, Pam realized there was a paucity of hamburger buns.

(n.) an insufficient quantity or number

penurious perfdious pernicious

The pernicious rumor could ruin seve permitted to spread.

Word Forms: perniciously, pernicious

(adj.) exceedingly harm

The perfidious soldier was selling classified secrets tothe army’s enemies.

Word Forms: perfidiously, perfidiousness, perfidy

(adj.) tending to betray

The penurious old man refused to donate his sparechange to the charity.

Word Forms: penuriously, penuriousness, penury

(adj.) extremely reluctant to spend money;stingy and frugal or extremely poor

perquisite

While working at the marina, my perquisites included free boat storage, a discount at the tackle shop, anddaily tips from the customers.

(n.) a payment or benefit in additionto one’s regular pay

picayune

The man is a fool to let a picayune argument destroyhis friendship with his neighbor.

Word Forms: picayunish, picayunishly, picayunishness

(adj.) small and of little importance

polyglot

The polyglot woman was an asset to the internationalcompany; she could converse with customers in Japan, Germany, Spain, and Italy.

Word Forms: polyglot (n.), polyglotismRelated Word: monoglot

(adj.) able to speak, read, or writein many languages

potentate

The potentate was born into the powermonarchy; his family had ruled the throver six hundred years.

Related Word: potent

(n.) a powerful ruler

progenitor

Although dogs now come in all shapes, sizes, andtemperaments, the progenitor of their species was thewild wolf.

Word Forms: progenitorial, progenitorshipRelated Word: genitor

(n.) a direct ancestor or originator

proletarian

Education is an important proletarian value; workingclass parents believe that a college degree will offertheir children many more career choices.

Word Forms: proletarianly, proletarianness, proletarianism, proletary, proletariat

(adj.) of the working class

proselytize

Prewitt spent the summer proselytizing for the governor’s re-election campaign.

Word Forms: proselytistic, proselytization, proselytism, proselytical, proselytizer, proselyte

(vb.) to convert someone to another belief, religion, party, or cause

pugnacious

Paul cannot walk his pugnacious dog because she always starts fights with t

Word Forms: pugnaciously, pugnacio pugnacity

Related Word: pugilistic

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punctilious

Mr. Putnam is punctilious about punctuation; all ofhis students must correctly use periods, commas, and semicolons if they want a good grade.

Word Forms: punctiliously, punctiliousness, punctilio

Related Word: punctual

(adj.) marked by preciseaccordance with details

quixotic raiment recalcitran

The recalcitrant protesters were not fa presence of the campus security officehandful of them disbanded when the p

Word Forms: recalcitrant (n.), recalcitrecalcitrancy, recalcitrate, recalcitrati

(adj.) stubbornly resistaauthority or control

Raymond brought a change of raiment with him so that he could shower and dress after basketball practice.

Related Word: array

(n.) clothes

I let Quincy make his quixotic plans for our summervacation; he would soon realize that his itinerary wastoo expensive and unrealistic.

Word Forms: quixotical, quixotically, quixotism,quixote

Related Name: Don Quixote

(adj.) not sensible about practical matters;idealistic and unrealistic

remuneration

Each of the workers receivedremuneration forhelping Remy paint his house.

Word Forms: remunerate, remunerable,remunerability, remunerably, remunerative,remuneratively, remunerativeness,remuneratory, remunerator

(n.) payment

rhapsodize

The saleswoman rhapsodized about the benefits of hercompany’s product.

Word Forms: rhapsody, rhapsodic, rhapsodical,rhapsodically, rhapsodist

(vb.) to talk with great enthusiasm

schism

The disagreement in the teacher’s lounge created two schisms in the school: teachers who approved of therule change, and those who opposed it.

Word Forms: schismatic, schismatically,schismaticalness, schismatize, schismatistAntonym Form: schismless

(n.) division of a group into opposing factions

sentient

In the film, the robot becomes sentient human emotions and senses.

Word Forms: sentiently, sentience, seAntonym Forms: insentient, insentien

(adj.) experiencing sense peand consciousness

sibilant

The patient’s respiration was weak and sibilant , theresult of smoking for so many years.

Word Forms: sibilantly, sibilance, sibilancy

(adj.) having a hissing sound

somnolent

The somnolent truck driver had been awake all nightand was anxious to find a rest area so she could sleep.

Word Forms: somnolently, somnolence, somnolency,somnolescent

Antonym Forms: insomnia, insomnolent,insomnolently, insomnolence, insomnolency

(adj.) sleepy or drowsy

sonorous

The sound from the sonorous bell echoed throughoutthe cathedral.

Word Forms: sonorously, sonorousness, sonorityAntonym Form: insonorous

(adj.) full and loud and deep, as a sound

sophistry

The mayor used sophistry to trick mosresidents into believing that the propewas necessary.

Word Forms: sophism, sophist, sophi

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soporifc

Sophie sang the soporific lullaby to help her youngdaughter fall asleep.

Word Forms: soporifically, soporiferous,soporiferously, soporiferousness

Related Words: soporose, soporous

(adj.) tending to make sleepy or drowsy

specious stevedore stricture

The film critic made several strictures movie’s poor dialogue.

Word Form: strictured

(n.) a criticism

Before the ship left port, the stevedores loaded it withnearly four tons of food and supplies for the longvoyage.

Word Form: stevedore (vb.)

(n.) a laborer who loads andunloads vessels in a port

The merits of the diet are specious; while we want tobelieve we can eat unlimited protein, there are manyhealth risks associated with the high-cholesterol plan.

Word Forms: speciously, speciousness, speciosity

(adj.) 1. plausible but false2. deceptively pleasing

stultify supercilious temerity tinder

The scout leader found dried grass anto use as tinder when starting the camp

Word Forms: tinderyRelated Word: tinderbox

(n.) easily combustible mused for starting a fir

Tim jumped from the plane withtemerity; he seemed so fearless and relaxed that it was difficult to tell thatthis was his first skydiving experience.

Word Forms: temerarious, temerariously,temerariousness

(n.) fearless daring

Sue, who always wore designer clothes, glanced at my generic shoes with a supercilious sneer.

Word Forms: superciliously, superciliousness

(adj.) arrogantly disdainful

The high school student stultified herself by insistingthat Pittsburgh was in Tennessee.

Word Forms: stultifyingly, stultification, stultifier

(vb.) to make one appearfoolish, stupid, or useless

treacly

The movie is quite treacly , with several emotional scenes, and should be viewed with a box of tissuesinstead of a box of popcorn.

Word Forms: treacle

(adj.) overly sweet or sentimental

truncated

The author published a truncated version of theoriginal novel, as he knew most people would notwant to read a book with so many pages.

Word Forms: truncate, truncately, truncationRelated Word: trunk

(adj.) shortened by cutting off a part

turpitude

In the play, the character’sturpitude exceeds thevillainous behavior exhibited by typical antagonists.

(n.) vile, shameful behavior

unctuous

The unctuous salesman winked at the flashed his college football ring at thehis “charm” chased most customers a

Word Forms: unctuously, unctuousne

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vainglorious

The vainglorious actor brushed aside the reporter’squestion about the charity event in order to talk aboutthe oscar he won.

Word Forms: vaingloriously, vaingloriousness,vainglory

Related Word: vain

(adj.) feeling excessive self-importance or pride for one’s own accomplishments

verisimilitude vitiate vitriolic

The orchestra teacher’s vitriolic criticVictoria; she had practiced all week oharshly critiqued in front of the entire

Word Forms: vitriolically, vitriol

(adj.) harsh or corrosive i

The king was vitiated by power; soon after hiscoronation, he began to abuse his subjects anddestroy the fair laws his father had enacted.

Word Forms: vitiable, vitiation, vitiator

(vb.) to make imperfect; to corrupt

Even though the movie was based on a true story, the film lackedverisimilitude.

Word Forms: verisimilitudinous, verisimilar,verisimilarly

Related Words: veracity, similitude

(n.) the appearance of truth;the quality of seeming to be true

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Word Forms: The main entry on each card is either the baseword or the most commonly used form of the word, but the SATmay use any of the forms of the word listed. For example, ifindignant (adj .) is the main word on a card, you should also be prepared to see indignantly (adv.) or indignation (n.) on the test.

Antonym Forms: An antonym is a word with opposite meaning.You must understand the meaning of both the entry word onthe card and its antonym, as the SAT expects you to apply thedefinition of the root word to many different forms of the word.For example, if implausible means unbelievable, then plausible

must mean believable.

Related Words: Some words share common roots, prefixes, or suffixes. Related words are listed to assistyou in remembering the definition of the word onthe card.

Noun (n.): word that names a person, place, or thing

Pronoun ( pr .): word that replaces a noun

Verb (vb.): word showing action or state of being

Preposition ( prep.): word used to link a noun or pronoun toother words

Adjective (adj .): word which describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

Adverb (adv.): word which describes or modifies a verb, an

adjective, or another adverb

Conjunction (conj .): word which links words or phrases

Interjection (int .): word used to convey emotion

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5. Type the words and definitions.

Type all 100 words into a word processing document or

spreadsheet. Then try to define them without looking at the

definitions.

6. Analyze the roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

Can you find words that have the same suffix? If so, do theymean the same thing in both words? Learning to associate

words with related words can help you solve even the toughest

test questions.

7. Group words by meaning.

Many SAT words have similar meanings. Group them so you

associate the meaning with all of the words in the group.

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