SAT Prep Vocabulary Review

Containing an excessive number of words; wordy

Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune

Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich

Not easily understood; abstruse or obscure

A person chosen to settle the issue between parties engaged in a dispute

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself; often to avoid arrest or prosecution

Having no marked feeling for or against

A small, moderate, or token amount

Lacking money; penniless

A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning

Of or relating to money

To waver, as between conflicting opinions or courses of action

Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of a similar sound

Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal

Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action

Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply

Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn

Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful

An error in naming a person or place

Strongly attracted to or disposed to love, especially sexual love

Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness

A feeling of great happiness or well-being

Brief and to the point

Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished

Habitually untalkative

Pretentious; designed to impress or attract notice; showy

To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand

A new word, expression, or usage

Extreme want or poverty

A briefly phrased statement of a truth or opinion

State of low spirits caused by loss of hope

Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise

Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow

Full of apprehensiveness; timid