最常用的100個SAT單詞

Top100 Common SAT Vocabulary Words

1. Abbreviate

Shorten, abridge

2. Abstinence

act of refraining from

3. Adulation

high praise

4. adversity

misfortune

5. aesthetic

pertaining to beauty

6. amicable

agreeable

7. anachronistic

out-of-date

8. anecdote

a short account of the event

9. anonymous

nameless

11. antagonist

opponent

12. arid

extremely dry

13. assiduous

hard-working

14. asylum

sanctuary

15. benevolent

friendly, helpful

16. camaraderie

trust among friends

17. censure

to criticize harshly

18. circuitous

indirect, roundabout

19. clairvoyant

able to see the future

20. collaborate

to work together

21. compassion

sympathy, mercy

22. compromise

to settle differences

23. condescending

patronizing

24. conditional

provisional, contingent

25. conformist

follower of customs

26. congregation

crowd of people

27. convergence

joining of parts

28. deleterious

harmful

29. demagogue

rabble-rousing leader

30. digression

straying from the main point

31. diligent

hard-working

32. discredit

dishonor, disgrace

33. disdain

to regard with scorn

34. divergent

variant, moving apart

35. empathy

sharing of feelings

36. emulate

follow an example

37. enervating

tiring, weakening

38. enhance

improve, augment

39. ephemeral

momentary, fleeting

40. evanescent

short-lived, as an image

41. exasperation

irritation, frustration

42. exemplary

outstanding

43. extenuating

guilt diminishing

44. florid

flushed, ornate

45. fortuitous

lucky

46. frugal

thrifty

47. hackneyed

overused, cliched

48. haughty

arrogant, condescending

49. hedonist

pleasure seeker

50. hypothesis

theory requiring proof

51. impetuous

rash, impulsive

52. impute

to attribute to someone

53. incompatible

unable to work together

54. inconsequential

trivial

55. inevitable

unavoidable, certain

56. integrity

honesty, decency

57. intrepid

fearless, adventurous

58. intuitive

instinctive, untaught

59. jubilation

joy, exultation

60. lobbyist

persuader of legislators

61. longevity

long life

62. mundane

ordinary, common

63. nonchalant

calm, casual

64. novice

beginner

65. opulent

wealthy

66. orator

speaker

67. ostentatious

displaying wealth

68. parched

dried up

69. perfidious

disloyal

70. precocious

talented beyond one's age

71. pretentious

pompous, self-important

72. procrastinate

to delay unnecessarily

73. prosaic

run-of-the-mill

74. prosperity

wealth, success

75. provocative

inflammatory

76. prudent

wise, careful, cautious

77. querulous

irritable

78. rancorous

hateful

79. reclusive

withdrawn, hermit-like

80. reconciliation

agreement after a quarrel

81. renovation

state of being renewed

82. resilient

quick to recover

83. restrained

controlled, restricted

84. reverence

profound respect

85. sagacity

wisdom

86. scrutinize

to observe carefully

87. spontaneity

impulsive action

88. spurious

phony, false

89. submissive

meek

90. substantiate

to verify, confirm

91. subtle

elusive, sly, ambiguous

92. superficial

lacking in depth

93. superfluous

more than enough

94. suppress

to end an activity

95. surreptitious

secret, stealthy

96. tactful

diplomatic, polite

97. tenacious

persistent, resolute

98. transient

temporary, fleeting

99. venerable

respectable due to age

100. vindicate

to clear from blame

101. wary

watchful, alert