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100 Most Common SAT Words

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abbreviate shorten, abridge

abstinence act of refraining from

adulation high praise

adversity misfortune

aesthetic pertaining to beauty

amicable agreeable

anachronistic out-of-date

anecdote short account of event

anonymous nameless

antagonist opponent

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assiduous hard-working
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asylum sanctuary

benevolent friendly, helpful

camaraderie trust among friends

censure to criticize harshly

circuitous indirect, roundabout

clairvoyant able to see the future

collaborate to work together

compassion sympathy, mercy

compromise to settle differences

condescending patronizing

conditional provisional, contingent

conformist follower of customs

congregation crowd of people

convergence joining of parts

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deleterious harmful

demagogue rabble-rousing leader

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digression straying from main point

diligent hard-working

discredit dishonor, disgrace

disdain to regard with scorn

divergent variant, moving apart

empathy sharing of feelings

emulate follow an example

enervating tiring, weakening

enhance improve, augment

ephemeral momentary, fleeting

evanescent short-lived, as an image

exasperation irritation, frustration

exemplary outstanding

extenuating guilt diminishing

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florid flushed, ornate

fortuitous lucky
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frugal thrifty

hackneyed overused, cliched

haughty arrogant, condescending

hedonist pleasure seeker

hypothesis theory requiring proof

impetuous rash, impulsive

impute to attribute to someone

incompatible unable to work together

inconsequential trivial

inevitable unavoidable, certain

integrity honesty, decency

intrepid fearless, adventurous

intuitive instinctive, untaught

jubilation joy, exultation

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lobbyist persuader of legislators

longevity long life

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mundane ordinary, common

nonchalant calm, casual

novice beginner

opulent wealthy

orator speaker

ostentatious displaying wealth

parched dried up

perfidious disloyal

precocious talented beyond one's age

pretentious pompous, self-important

procrastinate to delay unnecessarily

prosaic run-of-the-mill

prosperity wealth, success

provocative inflammatory
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prudent wise, careful, cautious

querulous irritable
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rancorous hateful

reclusive withdrawn, hermit-like

reconciliation agreement after a quarrel

renovation state of being renewed

resilient quick to recover

restrained controlled, restricted

reverence profound respect

sagacity wisdom

scrutinize to observe carefully

spontaneity impulsive action

spurious phony, false

submissive meek

substantiate to verify, confirm

subtle elusive, sly, ambiguous

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superficial lacking in depth

superfluous more than enough

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suppress to end an activity

surreptitious secret, stealthy

tactful diplomatic, polite

tenacious persistent, resolute

transient temporary, fleeting

venerable respectable due to age

vindicate to clear from blame

wary watchful, alert

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