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Vocab Unit 12 words: #1-25

Vocab Unit 13 words: #26-50

Vocab Unit 14 words: #51-75

Vocab Unit 15 words: #76-100


 * The 100 Most Common SAT Words **

Kaplan has analyzed the top 100 SAT vocabulary words of all time.
 * 1) **abbreviate** -- (v) to shorten, abridge
 * 2) **abstinence** -- (n) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
 * 3) **adulation** -- (n) high praise
 * 4) **adversity** -- (n) misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events
 * 5) **aesthetic** -- (adj) pertaining to beauty or the arts
 * 6) **amicable** -- (adj) friendly, agreeable
 * 7) **anachronistic** -- (adj) out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period
 * 8) **anecdote** -- (n) short, usually funny account of an event
 * 9) **anonymous** -- (adj) nameless, without a disclosed identity
 * 10) **antagonist** -- (n) foe, opponent, adversary
 * 11) **arid** -- (adj) extremely dry or deathly boring
 * 12) **assiduous** -- (adj) persistent, hard-working
 * 13) **asylum** -- (n) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
 * 14) **benevolent** -- (adj) friendly and helpful
 * 15) **camaraderie** -- (n) trust, sociability amongst friends
 * 16) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**censure** -- (v) to criticize harshly
 * 17) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**circuitous** -- (adj) indirect, taking the longest route
 * 18) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**clairvoyant** -- (adj) exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future
 * 19) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**collaborate** -- (v) to cooperate, work together
 * 20) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**compassion** -- (n) sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
 * 21) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**compromise** -- (v) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
 * 22) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**condescending** -- (adj) possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
 * 23) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**conditional** -- (adj) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
 * 24) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**conformist** -- (n) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
 * 25) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**congregation** -- (n) a crowd of people, an assembly
 * 26) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**convergence** -- (n) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
 * 27) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**deleterious** -- (adj) harmful, destructive, detrimental
 * 28) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**demagogue** -- (n) leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
 * 29) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**digression** -- (n) the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
 * 30) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**diligent** -- (adj) careful and hard-working
 * 31) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**discredit** -- (v) to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
 * 32) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**disdain** -- (v) to regard with scorn or contempt
 * 33) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**divergent** -- (adj) separating, moving in different directions from a particular point
 * 34) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**empathy** -- (n) identification with the feelings of others
 * 35) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**emulate** -- (v) to imitate, follow an example
 * 36) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**enervating** -- (adj) weakening, tiring
 * 37) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**enhance** -- (v) to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity
 * 38) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**ephemeral** -- (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting
 * 39) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**evanescent** -- (adj) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image
 * 40) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**exasperation** -- (n) irritation, frustration
 * 41) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**exemplary** -- (adj) outstanding, an example to others
 * 42) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**extenuating** -- (adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
 * 43) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**florid** -- (adj) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate
 * 44) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**fortuitous** -- (adj) happening by luck, fortunate
 * 45) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**frugal** -- (adj) thrifty, cheap
 * 46) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**hackneyed** -- (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse
 * 47) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**haughty** -- (adj) arrogant and condescending
 * 48) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**hedonist** -- (n) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
 * 49) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**hypothesis** -- (n) assumption, theory requiring proof
 * 50) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**impetuous** -- (adj) rash, impulsive, acting without thinking
 * 51) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**impute** -- (v) to attribute an action to particular person or group
 * 52) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**incompatible** -- (adj) opposed in nature, not able to live or work together
 * 53) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**inconsequential** -- (adj) unimportant, trivial
 * 54) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**inevitable** -- (adj) certain, unavoidable
 * 55) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**integrity** -- (n) decency, honesty, wholeness
 * 56) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**intrepid** -- (adj) fearless, adventurous
 * 57) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**intuitive** -- (adj) instinctive, untaught
 * 58) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**jubilation** -- (n) joy, celebration, exultation
 * 59) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**lobbyist** -- (n) person who seeks to influence political events
 * 60) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**longevity** -- (n) long life
 * 61) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**mundane** -- (adj) ordinary, commonplace
 * 62) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**nonchalant** -- (adj) calm, casual, seeming unexcited
 * 63) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**novice** -- (n) apprentice, beginner
 * 64) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**opulent** -- (adj) wealthy
 * 65) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**orator** -- (n) lecturer, speaker
 * 66) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**ostentatious** -- (adj) showy, displaying wealth
 * 67) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**parched** -- (adj) dried up, shriveled
 * 68) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**perfidious** -- (adj) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
 * 69) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**precocious** -- (adj) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
 * 70) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**pretentious** -- (adj) pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured
 * 71) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**procrastinate** -- (v) to unnecessarily delay, postpone, put off
 * 72) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**prosaic** -- (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace
 * 73) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**prosperity** -- (n) wealth or success
 * 74) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**provocative** -- (adj) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
 * 75) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**prudent** -- (adj) careful, cautious
 * 76) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**querulous** -- (adj) complaining, irritable
 * 77) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**rancorous** -- (adj) bitter, hateful
 * 78) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**reclusive** -- (adj) preferring to live in isolation
 * 79) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**reconciliation** -- (n) the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute
 * 80) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**renovation** -- (n) repair, making something new again
 * 81) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**resilient** -- (adj) quick to recover, bounce back
 * 82) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**restrained** -- (adj) controlled, repressed, restricted
 * 83) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**reverence** -- (n) worship, profound respect
 * 84) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**sagacity** -- (n) wisdom
 * 85) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**scrutinize** -- (v) to observe carefully
 * 86) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**spontaneity** -- (n) impulsive action, unplanned events
 * 87) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**spurious** -- (adj) lacking authenticity, false
 * 88) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**submissive** -- (adj) tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others
 * 89) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**substantiate** -- (v) to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
 * 90) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**subtle** -- (adj) hard to detect or describe; perceptive
 * 91) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**superficial** -- (adj) shallow, lacking in depth
 * 92) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**superfluous** -- (adj) extra, more than enough, redundant
 * 93) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**suppress** -- (v) to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information
 * 94) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**surreptitious** -- (adj) secret, stealthy
 * 95) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**tactful** -- (adj) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
 * 96) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**tenacious** -- (adj) determined, keeping a firm grip on
 * 97) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**transient** -- (adj) temporary, short-lived, fleeting
 * 98) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**venerable** -- (adj) respected because of age
 * 99) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**vindicate** -- (v) to clear from blame or suspicion
 * 100) <span style="color: #6600ff; font-family: Arial,Hevletica;">**wary** -- (adj) careful, cautious