5000 Common SAT Words

Question 1

To lower in position, or estimation; degrade

Answer 1

Abase

Question 2

To give up (royal power or the like)

Answer 2

Abdicate

Question 3

Deviation

Answer 3

Aberration

Question 4

To aid the commission of (an offense)

Answer 4

Abet

Question 5

Suspension

Answer 5

Abeyance

Question 6

To detest

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Abhor

Question 7

To renounce under oath

Answer 7

Abjure

Question 8

To renounce (a right or privilege)

Answer 8

Abnegate

Question 9

To wear away

Answer 9

Abrade

Question 10

To abolish or repeal

Answer 10

Abrogate

Question 11

Forgiveness

Answer 11

Absolution

Question 12

Characterized by abstinence

Answer 12

Abstemious

Question 13

Dealing with matters difficult to understand

Answer 13

Abstruse

Question 14

To touch at the end or boundary line

Answer 14

Abut

Question 15

To agree

Answer 15

Accede

Question 16

Induction (as to dignity, office, government)

Answer 16

Accession

Question 17

To shout

Answer 17

Acclaim

Question 18

To speak to

Answer 18

Accost

Question 19

To dress

Answer 19

Accouter

Question 20

Sourness

Answer 20

Acerbity

Question 21

A salt of acetic acid

Answer 21

Acetate

Question 22

Of, or pertaining to, vinegar

Answer 22

Acetic

Question 23

To free or clear (as from accusation)

Answer 23

Acquit

Question 24

Quantity or extent of land (especially of cultivated land)

Answer 24

Acreage

Question 25

Bitter

Answer 25

Acrid

Question 26

The officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums

Answer 26

Actuary

Question 27

To move or incite to action

Answer 27

Actuate

Question 28

To bring forward or name for consideration

Answer 28

Adduce

Question 29

To award or bestow by formal decision

Answer 29

Adjudge

Question 30

Something joined to or connected to another thing, but holding a subordinate place

Answer 30

Adjunct

Question 31

A vehement appeal

Answer 31

Adjuration

Question 32

Auxiliary

Answer 32

Adjutant

Question 33

To warn of a fault

Answer 33

Admonish

Question 34

To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients

Answer 34

Adulterate

Question 35

To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem

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Adumbrate

Question 36

The coming of any important change, event, state, or personage

Answer 36

Advent

Question 37

Opposing or opposed

Answer 37

Adverse

Question 38

Misfortune

Answer 38

Adversity

Question 39

An apparatus floating in or sustained by the air

Answer 39

Aerostat

Question 40

The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something

Answer 40

Aggregate

Question 41

Pertaining to land (esp. agricultural land)

Answer 41

Agrarian

Question 42

An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general

Answer 42

Aide-de-camp

Question 43

A white or delicately-tinted fine-grained gypsum (gypsum is used to make plaster of Paris)

Answer 43

Alabaster

Question 44

Liveliness

Answer 44

Alacrity

Question 45

An elected member of a municipal council

Answer 45

Alderman

Question 46

Alleviate, mitigate

Answer 46

Allay

Question 47

Assign

Answer 47

Allot

Question 48

Insinuate

Answer 48

Allude

Question 49

Flood, downpour

Answer 49

Alluvion

Question 50

Argue

Answer 50

Altercate

Question 51

Affectionate

Answer 51

Amatory

Question 52

To walk

Answer 52

Ambulate

Question 53

Cooperative

Answer 53

Amenable

Question 54

Friendship

Answer 54

Amity

Question 55

Unit of electric-current strength

Answer 55

Ampere

Question 56

&

Answer 56

Ampersand

Question 57

Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time

Answer 57

Anachronism

Question 58

Bane

Answer 58

Anathema

Question 59

Instrument measuring wind velocity

Answer 59

Anemometer

Question 60

Withered

Answer 60

Anhydrous

Question 61

Admonish

Answer 61

Animadvert