#5 The 1000 Most Common SAT Words Flashcards
eloquent
expressive, articulate, moving
elucidate
to clarify, explain
elude
to evade, escape
emaciated
very thin, enfeebled looking
embellish
- to decorate, adorn
- to add details to, enhance
embezzle
to steal money by falsifying records
emend
to correct or revise a written text
eminent
- distinguish, prominent, famous
- conspicuous
emollient
soothing
emote
to express emotion
empathy
sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own
empirical
- based on observation or experience
- capable of being proved or disproved by experiment
emulate
to imitate
enamor
to fill with love, fascinate, usually used in passive form followed by “of” or “with”
encore
the audience’s demand for a repeat performance; also the artist’s performance in response to that demand
encumber
to weigh down, burden
enervate
to weaken, exhaust
enfranchise
to grant the vote to
engender
to bring about, create, generate
enigmatic
mystifying, cryptic
enmity
ill will, hatred, hostility
ennui
boredom, weariness
entail
to include as a necessary step
enthrall
to charm, hold spellbound
ephemeral
short-lived, fleeting
epistolary
relating to or contained in letters
epitome
a perfect example, embodiment
equanimity
composure
equivocal
ambiguous, uncertain, undecided
erudite
learned
eschew
to shun, avoid
esoteric
understand by only a select few
espouse
to take up as a cause, support
ethereal
heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined
etymology
the history of words, their origin and development
euphoric
elated, uplifted
evanescent
fleeting, momentary
evince
to show, reveal
exacerbate
to make more violent, intense
exalt
to glorify, praise
exasperate
to irritate, irk
excavate
to dig out of the ground and remove
exculpate
to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
excursion
a trip or outing
execrable
loathsome, detestable
exhort
to urge, prod, spur
exigent
urgent, critical
exonerate
to free from guilt or blam
exorbitant
excessive
expedient
advisable, advantageous, serving one’s self-interest
expiate
to make amends for, atone
expunge
to obliterate, eradicate
expurgate
to remove offensive or incorrect parts, usually of a book
extant
existing, not destroyed or lost
extol
to praise, revere
extraneous
irrelevant, extra, not necessary
extricate
to disentangle
exult
to rejoice
fabricate
to make up, invent
facade
the wall of a building
facile
easy, requiring little effort
fallacious
incorrect, misleading
fastidious
meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
fathom
to understan, comprehend
fatuous
silly, foolish
fecund
fruitful, fertile
felicitous
- well suited, apt
- delightful, pleasing
feral
wild, savage
fervent
ardent, passionate
fetid
having a foul odor
fetter
to chain, restrain
fickle
shifting in character, inconstant
fidelity
loyalty, devotion
figurative
symbolic
flabbergasted
astounded
flaccid
limp, not firm or strong
flagrant
offensive, egregious
florid
flowery, ornate
flout
to disregard or disobey openly
foil
to thwart, frustrate, defeat
forage
to graze, rummage for food
forbearance
patience, restraint, toleration
forestall
to prevent, thwart, delay
forlorn
lonely, abandoned, hopeless
forsake
to give up, renounce
fortitude
strength, guts
fortuitous
happening by chance, often lucky or fortunate
forum
a medium for lecture or discussion
foster
to stimulate, promote, encourage
fractitious
troublesome or irritable
fraught
(usually used with “with”) filled or accompanied with
frenetic
frenzied, hectic, frantic
frivolous
of little importance, trifling
frugal
thrifty, economical
furtive
secretive, sly
garish
gaudy, in bad taste
garrulous
talkative, wordy
genial
friendly, affable
gluttony
overindulgence in food or drink
goad
to urge, spur, incite to action
