100 Most Common SAT Words

Words commonly found on College Board tests

 
 
Word Definition

abbreviate shorten, abridge discredit (mất danh dự) dishonor, disgrace

abstinence act of refraining from disdain to regard with scorn

(khinh bỉ)
adulation high praise (nịnh hót, tâng divergent variant, moving apart
bốc) (khác nhau, phân ra…)
adversity misfortune empathy sharing of feelings

aesthetic pertaining to beauty emulate follow an example (mô

phỏng)
amicable agreeable (thỏa thuận) enervating tiring, weakening (làm
suy yếu)
anachronistic out-of-date enhance improve, augment

anecdote short account of event (truyện ephemeral momentary, fleeting

ngắn về 1 nhân vật có thật – (phù du)
giai thoại)
anonymous nameless evanescent short-lived, as an image

antagonist opponent exasperation irritation, frustration

arid extremely dry exemplary outstanding

assiduous hard-working extenuating guilt diminishing (giảm

tội)
asylum sanctuary (nơi linh thiêng, florid flushed, ornate (hồng
thánh địa) hào; hoa mỹ, cầu kỳ)
benevolent friendly, helpful fortuitous lucky

camaraderie trust among friends (tình bạn) frugal thrifty (tiết kiệm)

censure to criticize harshly hackneyed overused, clichéd

(nhảm)
circuitous indirect, roundabout haughty (kiêu căng) arrogant, condescending
clairvoyant able to see the future hedonist pleasure seeker

collaborate to work together hypothesis theory requiring proof

compassion sympathy, mercy impetuous rash, impulsive (mạnh

mẽ)
compromise to settle differences (thỏa impute (đổ tội) to attribute to someone
hiệp)
condescending patronizing (kẻ cả, bề trên; incompatible unable to work together
chiếu cố)
conditional (tùy vào) provisional, contingent inconsequential trivial (ko quan trọng)

conformist follower of customs inevitable unavoidable, certain

congregation crowd of people integrity honesty, decency

convergence joining of parts intrepid fearless, adventurous

deleterious harmful intuitive instinctive, untaught

demagogue (người kích động rabble-rousing leader jubilation joy, exultation

quần chúng)
digression (lạc đề) straying from main point lobbyist (người vận persuader of legislators
động thông qua 1 đạo
luật ở nghị viện)
diligent hard-working longevity long life

mundane ordinary, common surreptitious secret, stealthy

nonchalant (hờ hững) calm, casual tactful diplomatic, polite

novice beginner tenacious persistent, resolute

opulent wealthy transient temporary, fleeting

orator speaker venerable respectable due to age

ostentatious displaying wealth vindicate (minh oan) to clear from blame

parched dried up wary watchful, alert

perfidious (phản bội) disloyal

precocious talented beyond one's age

pretentious (tự phụ, kiêu pompous, self-important

căng)
procrastinate to delay unnecessarily

prosaic (không sáng tạo, run-of-the-mill

không lãng mạn)
prosperity wealth, success

provocative (khiêu khích) inflammatory

prudent wise, careful, cautious

querulous irritable

rancorous hateful

reclusive (ẩn dật) withdrawn, hermit-like

reconciliation agreement after a quarrel

renovation state of being renewed

resilient quick to recover

restrained controlled, restricted

Reverence (sự tôn kính) profound respect

Sagacity (khôn ngoan) wisdom

scrutinize to observe carefully

spontaneity impulsive action

spurious (giả mạo) phony, false

submissive (ngoan ngoãn) meek

substantiate to verify, confirm

subtle elusive, sly, ambiguous

superficial lacking in depth

superfluous more than enough

suppress to end an activity

Trinh: Heyyyyy, the deadline is coming to town. What should we do huhu?

Hoa: Ehmm what do you mean? What deadline?  

Trinh: Oh my goodness. The conversation that Mrs Doan Anh told us to do. And the deadline is tomorrow. We need to discuss our ideal city of the future. Do you have any ideas

for it?

Hoa: It’s an interesting topic, but it’s difficult to say, isn’t it? So as for me, the first

thing I hope is that people will be in favour of using more public transport, by

which I mean the exhaust fumes from private vehicles would be reduced and the

quality of the air be improved.

Trinh: Oh I am at one with you. But I'll be grateful if I could sleep everywhere on the ground or on the pavement in my ideal city

Hoa: Whatttt?
Trinh: Oh I mean I wish the environment would be green and spotless enough to sleep everywhere hoho. So of course, we have to raise the awareness of people about the

environment. And to do miracle things, I hold the belief that mankind will need a hand of robots which are capable of cleaning out with high efficiency.

Hoa: That sounds good. But you know what, the change of climate has currently

been a culprit of rising sea levels and melting glaciers at the poles, which leads

to the vanishment of the world’s great coastal cities in the near future including

Rome and even cities in VN. And the cause of climate change is human

activities, especially in the Industrial Revolution.

Trinh: So all men need to do is mitigating this phenomenon by cutting down on using plastic waste and planting more trees in order to make our ideal city come true, right?

Hoa: Oh yeah, in addition to the above consequences, our city would be a very

enjoyable place to live in thanks to the enhancement of technology. As you can

see, people could work from home via computers, and they won’t need to waste

time commuting to and from work and have a better work-life balance.

Trinh: Uh huh, the standard of living and the low rate of crime is also indispensable for an ideal city. The more

flexibility of cameras, face recognition system and the higher index of citizen’s happiness will firmly make the place

more liveable and wonderful.

Hoa: Yes, it would be a worth-living city. And I hope that we will be able to enjoy

our life in such a wonderful place. So any ideas?

Trinh: Huh huh I don’t.

Hoa: Okay bye, good night and see you. 

Trinh: Yeah we are such an amazing pair and I hope we will have a good

performance tomorrow hihi. Bai gud night!