SAT vocabulary list: 20 words so far
Each word links to its picture card, an example sentence, synonyms, antonyms, a memory tip and two words-in-context questions. More words are added weekly.
- Accentuate v.to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize
- Amorphous adj.without a clearly defined shape, form, or structure
- Arduous adj.requiring great effort and persistence; difficult and tiring, especially over a long period
- Buttress v.to support or strengthen, especially an argument or claim
- Conjecture n.an opinion or conclusion formed from incomplete information; a guess
- Constrain v.to restrict or limit; to force within certain bounds
- Corroborate v.to confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding
- Counterfactual adj.relating to what did not happen but might have happened under different conditions
- Dogmatic adj.stating opinions as undeniably true without considering evidence or other views
- Eclipse v.to surpass or overshadow someone or something in importance or success
- Efficacy n.the ability to produce the intended or desired result
- Inconsequential adj.not important or significant; having little or no effect
- Insuperable adj.impossible to overcome or deal with
- Manifest v.to show or display clearly; to make evident
- Mitigate v.to make something bad less severe, serious, or painful
- Prevail v.to prove more powerful or win out; also, to be widespread or current
- Rectify v.to put right or correct something that is wrong
- Repudiate v.to refuse to accept or be associated with; to reject firmly
- Spurious adj.false or fake, though made to look genuine; based on faulty reasoning
- Unscrupulous adj.having or showing no moral principles; dishonest or unfair
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