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