SAT Vocabulary Terms

(v.) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide SYNONYMS: gawk, ogle

(adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced SYNONYMS: supple, adaptable, resilient

(n.) courage in facing difficulties SYNONYMS: resolve, steadfastness, mettle

(n.) an external appearance, cover, mask SYNONYMS: costume, semblance, pretense

(adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored SYNONYMS: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine

(adj.) not comber; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude SYNONYMS: sloppy,

(adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant SYNONYMS: provisional, inconclusive

(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose SYNONYMS: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant

(v.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn SYNONYMS: (v.) ridicule, mock, deride

(adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful, deceitful, hypocritical

(adj., part.) deprived of; made unhappy through a loss SYNONYMS: bereaved

(adv.) cautiously, with great care SYNONYMS: carefully, prudently, gingerly

(v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

(adj.,adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken

(v.) to say again, repeat SYNONYMS: restate, rehash, recapitulate

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion SYNONYMS: clue, indication, inkling

(v.) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up SYNONYMS: station, organize

(v.) to make larger, increase SYNONYMS: enlarge, supplement, amplify

(adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive

(adj.) intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous SYNONYMS cunning, underhanded perfidious