SAT Vocabulary Words

Impair means to make worse.

selected passage (written or musical)

If you are belittling someone, you are causing them to seem less than.

Materialism means preoccupation with physical comforts and things.

Belittle means

Impair means to view with score or contempt.

Characterized by shrewdness and clear-sightedness

State of being worthy or noble

Compile means

Following a system or method

Choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives

Cause delay in progress or movement

Inclined to talk excessively

Foolhardy means lacking caution.

Something taken for granted: act of taking possession

Express sorrow

Extravagant statement (usually not meant to be taken literally)

Having no flaws

Trite theme; phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

Disdain means to view with scorn or contempt.

Gentle in disposition; not malignant

resulting in an unexpected and poignantly incongruous or unwanted outcome.

Raise in rank or dignity

Give support to

Regret strongly; express grief over

Enigma means puzzling or unexplainable.

Discount means to minimize the significance of something.

Represent using words or a picture

Expedite means to speed up the progress of or accomplish with promptness.

Put into effect

Mercenary means interested in money or gain.

Completely covering

Put into effect; carry out

Devise means

Lacking in originality

Doctrine is

Agreement arrived at by a group as a whole

Settle down; sink to the bottom

Strongly appealing to reason; well argued

Devious means

State of being placed side by side or close together

Treat as if harmless and or important.

Formally discuss a subject at some length

Having no significance

Implied comparison of one thing to another (without the use of like or as); figure of speech