SAT Vocabulary

SAT Vocabulary Unit 1

ABORTIVE • FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH AN INTENDED AIM OR PURPOSE • ONLY PARTIALLY OR IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED • **STOPPING SHORT; FAILING TO SUCCEED

ABSURD • CONTRARY TO REASON • OBVIOUSLY INCONSISTENT WITH TRUTH OR COMMON SENSE • **RIDICULOUS

BEDLAM A STATE OR SCENE OF UPROAR OR CONFUSION

BELIE • TO CONTRADICT • TO GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION “Yes, mom, I washed my face.”

CACOPHONY • HARSH-SOUNDING • SOUNDS THAT ARE TERRIBLE

CALLOUS • EMOTIONALLY HARDENED • UNFEELING • **NOT CARING

DEBILITATE • TO MAKE WEAK OR FEEBLE

DEBUTANTE • A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS JUST MADE HER FORMAL ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY

EDIFICE • A BUILDING • A STRUCTURE • A LARGE OR MASSIVE BUILDING

ECLECTIC • SELECTIVE IN CHOOSING FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES • AN INTERESTING MIXTURE

FABRICATE • TO MAKE • TO MANUFACTURE • TO INVENT

GAMUT • AN ENTIRE RANGE OR SERIES

HAMPER • TO OBSTRUCT • **TO GET IN THE WAY OF

ICONOCLAST • ONE WHO ATTACKS OR SEEKS TO OVERTHROW POPULAR OR TRADITIONAL BELIEF • ONE WHO DESTROYS RELIGIOUS IMAGES

IGNOMINIOUS • MARKED WITH OR FULL OF DISGRACE • QUALITY OR CONDUCT DESERVING DISGRACE • SHAMEFUL

JEOPARDIZE • TO EXPOSE TO LOSS OR INJURY • TO RISK

LABYRINTH • A BEWILDERING (CONFUSING) MAZE • ANY CONFUSING OR COMPLICATED SITUATION

MAGNANIMOUS • GENEROUS IN FORGIVING

NADIR • THE LOWEST POINT • TIME OF GREATEST DEPRESSION

OBLITERATE • TO ERASE OR BLOT OUT • TO MAKE SOMETHING UNRECOGNIZABLE • **TO DESTROY