SAT Core List 1 Flashcards
Abide
Deal with
Abject
hopeless and miserable
Adhere
Devoted and loyal follower
Anarchist
Someone who believes in society without government
Apprehend
Seize or arrest
Arboreal
Tree-ish
Astute
Sharp or clever
Burnish
Polish
Clergy
Members of the Christian church
Collateral
Money to make sure something stays secure
Consign
Hand over to another’s care
Consolation
Comforting
Contentious
Salty and tends to argue
Deface
Ruin
Deleterious
Harmful
Dirge
Mourning song
Dissemble
Hide or fake
Emaciated
Looks thin and weak
Enfranchise
Allow to vote
Fecund
Fruitful or fertile
Felicitous
Delightful
Forsake
Give up or stop
Grandiloquence
Fancy words
Hallowed
Sacred and holy
Incarnate
Humanized
Incendiary
Trouble-maker
Integral
Needed to complete
Latent
Something unexposed
Morass
Marsh or troublesome situation
Nascent
Born
Obscure
Hidden
Oration
Speech
Ostentatious
Show-off-y
Perspicacity
Ability to understand and perceive
Platitude
Cliché
Proscribe
Forbid
Prurient
Perverted
Renunciation
Rejection
Repulse
Push back
Reputable
Honorable
Sedentary
Not moving a lot
Submissive
Easily backs down to authority
Trite
Overused, “that’s so old”, “that’s so last year”
Turpitude
Bad behavior
Vindicate
Set free
Wizened
Shriveled and wrinkled