List Of Sat Vocabulary Words
Posted on June 4, 2008
The hardest part of the SAT reading comprehension section for most test takers is arguably the sentence completion. The format of sentence completion is simple. The student is given a sentence with either one or two blanks. The student then must pick the right SAT vocab word to fill in that blank. How does the student know which of the five answer choices to pick? The answer is easy:
The definition of the correct word choice answer is in the question itself.
For example:
Judy was ____________; she was so happy that she aced the SATs.
(A) Elucidated
(B) Sardonic
(C) Complacent
(D) Ebullient
(E) Flippant
The correct answer would be (D) Ebullient. Why? Because "Ebullient" means cheerful and as we can see "she was so happy" part of the question is the definition of ebullient.
The hard part? Unfortunately the only way to prepare is get exposure to common sat vocabulary words. Don't worry, I prepared a List of Sat Vocabulary Word with their definitions. All of these words come from practice tests I have taken in the past and the NY Times. (which uses words frequently found on the SAT.)
Esoteric- arcane
Complacent- satisfied, unworried
Admonition- warning
Incredulous- skeptical, disbelieving
Nonchalant- casual, indifference
Sardonic- sarcastic, mocking
Flippant- frivolous, lacking depth, seriousness
Iconoclastic one who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
Naysayer- one who denies, refuses, opposes, or is skeptical or cynical about something
Pretentious- pompous ambitious
Errant- out of place
Pertinent- relevant
Loquacious- wordy
Torrid- hot
Laconic- brief, terse,
Audacious- bold, daring
Agape- wonder
Loquacious- wordy
Capitulation- surrender, submission
Caprice- whim, impulse
Capriciousness- indecisiveness, unpredictability
Putsch- revolt against the government
Psychedelic- state produced by drugs
Quaint- old-fashioned, charming
Quaffable- drinkable
Need more vocabulary words to study? Visit John's site at http://sat-college-guide.blogspot.com for a free and bigger List of Sat Vocabulary Word with four vocab words for each letter of the alphabet (over 100 free SAT words) with definitions and techniques to quickly memorize and recall these vocabulary words.
John Liu is a freshman studying at Cornell University. He achieved a score of 2140 on the SAT and got into the Ivy League without the help of a $900 Kaplan or Princeton Review course.
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