| Below are the SAT words we use in English to further build our vocabulary and
prepare us for high school and college. All Advanced English students write
at least four definitons a week (beginning in the second grading period) and
write each word 5 times each.
abject, abstract, acrimonious, acumen, aesthetic, affinity, affluence,
alacrity, analogous, apathy, arbitrary, benevolent, candid, capricious,
clairvoyant, chicanery, cognizant, complacent, compulsory, conciliatory,
conjecture, conspicuous, deleterious, destitute, deviate, (-25-) devious,
diligent, discernible, disdain, disparage, disseminate, diverse, dogmatic,
eccentric, emulate, enigma, epiphany, erudite, expedite, exonerate,
extricate, facetious, fallacious, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, hackneyed,
homogeneous, impeccable, impervious, (-50-) incessant, incorrigible,
indifferent, indolent, impetuous, incognito, inevitable, innocuous,
inquisitive, insatiable, insidious, integrity, jocular, judicious, kindle,
kinetic, lethargy, loquacious, ludicrous, lugubrious, meticulous, mitigate,
morose, mundane, nihilism, (-75-) novice, obscure, obsequious, oscillate,
ostensible, ostentatious, palpable, pandemonium, paradigm, penitent,
pertinent, plausible, precipitous, precocious, prerogative, prevaricate,
propensity, provocative, querulous, quiescent, recalcitrant, ramification,
rapacious, recant, reclusive, (-100-) recrimination, rectify, redolent,
redundant, refutable , regressive, relegate, relinquish, remonstrate,
reparation, replenish, repose, reprehensible, repudiate, requisite,
resilient, resolute, reticent, reverence, rigorous, rudimentary, sanguine,
scrutinize, sedentary, soporific, (-125-) spontaneous, squander, stringent,
succinct, superficial, surreptitious, terse, theoretical, truncate,
ubiquitous, unctuous, unobtrusive, unscrupulous, vacuous, vindictive,
virulent, wanton, xenophile, zenith
Words obtained from: http://www.vocabulary.com/top108satwords.html
Definitions from www.dictionary.com
EXTRA CREDIT: Show me one of your SAT words that you found in your AR book!
10 points.
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