SAT Essay Vocabulary
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| SAT Essay Vocabulary | Introduction |
| Group 1 - Matching Quizzes |   |
aberration 
1
 | greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
| act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet |
| deviation, not normal |
antipathy
2
| feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
| emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened |
| strong feeling of aversion; dislike |
| avoid cleverly; escape perception of |
assuage
3
| urgent, dreadful |
| in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions |
| ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
auspicious
4
| in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions |
| attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous |
| humiliation |
| principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction |
buttress
5
| sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active |
| marsh, swamp |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
| support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence |
conscientious
6
| confuse |
| diligent; responsible; reliable |
| principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction |
| emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened |
consternation
7
| praise highly; glorify; celebrate |
| urgent, dreadful |
| intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror |
| clarify; free from mystery or obscurity |
decimate
8
| difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable |
| calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress. |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
| destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of |
deleterious
9
| easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image |
| having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous |
| marsh, swamp |
| cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud |
derogatory
10
| expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling |
| greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain |
| strong feeling of aversion; dislike |
| principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction |