SAT Vocabulary List One Words

Question 0

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning - often a cultural association

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connotation (n.)

Question 1

the literal or primary meaning of a word

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denotation (n.)

Question 2

an element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning

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prefix (n.)

Question 3

an element added to the end of a word to form a new word

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suffix (n.)

Question 4

the basic cause, source, or origin of something; the essential substance or nature of something; a word or part of a word from which other words are derived by adding a prefix/suffix

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root (n.)

Question 5

out or away from; relating to the internet; (prefix)

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e-

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something external or outwardly directed (prefix)

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ef-

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good; well; advantageous (prefix)

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eu-

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over; above; beyond the ordinary (prefix)

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hyper-

Question 9

a person’s ability to speak fluently and coherently; to express an idea or a feeling fluently and coherently

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articulate (adj.) articulate (v.)

Question 10

to accept something reluctantly but without protest; to do what someone else wants

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acquiesce (v) acquiescent (adj.)

Question 11

to make something greater by adding to it; to increase

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augment (v.) augmentation (n.) augmented (adj.)

Question 12

to rebuke or reprimand severely

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chastise (v.)

Question 13

a person’s writing style or speech that contains very few words

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laconic (adj.) laconically (adv.)

Question 14

a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often

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platitude (n.)

Question 15

to erase a mark from the surface

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efface (v.) effacement (n.)

Question 16

exaggerated statements not to be taken literally

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hyperbole (n.)

Question 17

to publicly criticize someone or something by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

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lampoon (v.) lampoon (n.) lampooner (n.) lampoonist (n.)

Question 18

to praise a person or their achievements formally and highly, especially in a public context

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laud (v.) laud (n.) lauded (adj.) laudable (adj.)

Question 19

a person who tells anecdotes or stories in a skillful and amusing manner

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raconteur (n.- male) raconteuse (n- female)

Question 20

to gather together or accumulate a large number of valuable materials or things over a period of time; to gather together in a crowd or group

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amass (v.)

Question 21

to come together and to form one mass or whole; to combine elements together into a whole

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coalesce (v.)

Question 22

to be of the same opinion; to agree with the same decision, opinion, or finding; to occur or happen at the same time; to coincide

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concur (v.) concurrent (adj.)

Question 23

to accept or allow behavior that is considered morally wrong and offensive to continue; to approve or sanction something with reluctance

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condone (v.)

Question 24

to spread or to disperse something, especially information widely; to scatter; to spread throughout an organ or the body

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disseminate (v.)

Question 25

so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

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banal (adj.) banality (n.) banally (adv.)

Question 26

a phrase or idea lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite

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hackneyed (adj.)

Question 27

briefly and clearly expressed, especially something written or spoken; terse

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succinct (adj.)

Question 28

to distribute or to spread over a wider area; to go or to cause to go in different directions or to different destinations; to cause gas, smoke, mist, or cloud to thin out and eventually disappear; the action or process of distributing things to people over a wide area

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disperse (v.) dispersion (n.)

Question 29

to leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

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digress (v.) digression (n.) digressive (adj.) digressively (adv.)

Question 30

a polite word that takes the place of a direct, shocking, or upsetting word; an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking

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euphemism (n.)

Question 31

high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people

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bombast (n.) bombastic (adj.)

Question 32

neatly or effectively concise

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terse