SAT Essay Vocabulary| Spell Practice

SAT Essay Vocabulary

Introduction

Group 1 - Spelling Practices

[Esc] (1)
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity

[Esc] (2)
deviation, not normal

[Esc] (3)
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate

[Esc] (4)
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

[Esc] (5)
approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

[Esc] (6)
bitter animosity

[Esc] (7)
mental keenness; quickness of perception

[Esc] (8)
extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding

[Esc] (9)
expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

[Esc] (10)
skillful and adept under pressing conditions

[Esc] (11)
speaking or behaving in artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked

[Esc] (12)
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

[Esc] (13)
assign, portion

[Esc] (14)
unselfishly generous; concerned for others

[Esc] (15)
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

[Esc] (16)
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly

[Esc] (17)
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

[Esc] (18)
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

[Esc] (19)
social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings

[Esc] (20)
strong feeling of aversion; dislike

[Esc] (21)
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent

[Esc] (22)
likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand

[Esc] (23)
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

[Esc] (24)
superiority or decisive advantage; domination

[Esc] (25)
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

[Esc] (26)
seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end

[Esc] (27)
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows

[Esc] (28)
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

[Esc] (29)
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

[Esc] (30)
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease

[Esc] (31)
make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of

[Esc] (32)
impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration

[Esc] (33)
air, feeling

[Esc] (34)
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous

[Esc] (35)
dictator; ruler having unlimited power

[Esc] (36)
mechanism that imitates actions of humans

[Esc] (37)
greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

[Esc] (38)
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

[Esc] (39)
artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles

[Esc] (40)
contradict; give a false impression

[Esc] (41)
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive

[Esc] (42)
generous in providing aid to others; charitable

[Esc] (43)
leave to someone by a will; hand down

[Esc] (44)
rebuke or scold angrily and at length

[Esc] (45)
supported by two opposing parties

[Esc] (46)
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled

[Esc] (47)
marsh, swamp

[Esc] (48)
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion

[Esc] (49)
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning

[Esc] (50)
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners

[Esc] (51)
able to float; cheerful and optimistic

[Esc] (52)
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly

[Esc] (53)
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence

[Esc] (54)
convoluted, complex

[Esc] (55)
discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding

[Esc] (56)
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

[Esc] (57)
emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened

[Esc] (58)
ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious

[Esc] (59)
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly

[Esc] (60)
criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication

[Esc] (61)
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action

[Esc] (62)
critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

[Esc] (63)
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame

[Esc] (64)
relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional

[Esc] (65)
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment

[Esc] (66)
quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance

[Esc] (67)
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke

[Esc] (68)
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval

[Esc] (69)
difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable

[Esc] (70)
being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct

[Esc] (71)
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle

[Esc] (72)
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit

[Esc] (73)
secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

[Esc] (74)
combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite

[Esc] (75)
succinct

[Esc] (76)
feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble

[Esc] (77)
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply

[Esc] (78)
compromising, apologizing

[Esc] (79)
agree

[Esc] (80)
large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict

[Esc] (81)
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet

[Esc] (82)
compatible

[Esc] (83)
diligent; responsible; reliable

[Esc] (84)
intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror

[Esc] (85)
state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of

[Esc] (86)
worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean

[Esc] (87)
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy

[Esc] (88)
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

[Esc] (89)
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply

[Esc] (90)
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence

[Esc] (91)
sophisticated; of worldwide scope

[Esc] (92)
readiness of belief; disposition to believe on slight evidence

[Esc] (93)
blameworthy

[Esc] (94)
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed

[Esc] (95)
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless

[Esc] (96)
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

[Esc] (97)
sudden downfall; complete disaster

[Esc] (98)
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of

[Esc] (99)
expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule

[Esc] (100)
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of

[Esc] (101)
propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior

[Esc] (102)
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect

[Esc] (103)
humiliation

[Esc] (104)
having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous

[Esc] (105)
portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out

[Esc] (106)
openly emotional

[Esc] (107)
modest and reserved in manner or behavior

[Esc] (108)
clarify; free from mystery or obscurity

[Esc] (109)
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade

[Esc] (110)
force to leave; remove from office

[Esc] (111)
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness

[Esc] (112)
express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

[Esc] (113)
devaluation; decrease in price or value

[Esc] (114)
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt

[Esc] (115)
unoriginal; derived from another source

[Esc] (116)
expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling

[Esc] (117)
violate the sacredness of

[Esc] (118)
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

[Esc] (119)
tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop

[Esc] (120)
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid

[Esc] (121)
something that discourages; tending to deter

[Esc] (122)
completely lacking; barren or empty

[Esc] (123)
excessively morally instructive

[Esc] (124)
shy

[Esc] (125)
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely

[Esc] (126)
stray from the subject at hand

[Esc] (127)
tending to waste time

[Esc] (128)
below the average size; very small; little

[Esc] (129)
urgent, dreadful

[Esc] (130)
detect; perceive

[Esc] (131)
disappointed, defeated

[Esc] (132)
give reduction in price on

[Esc] (133)
discouraging

[Esc] (134)
disenchantment, disappointment

[Esc] (135)
giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating

[Esc] (136)
belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank

[Esc] (137)
calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

[Esc] (138)
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish

[Esc] (139)
argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute

[Esc] (140)
make uneasy or anxious; trouble

[Esc] (141)
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds

[Esc] (142)
dislike, aversion

[Esc] (143)
differing; tending to move apart in different directions

[Esc] (144)
creating conflict

[Esc] (145)
reveal; make known to public

[Esc] (146)
principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction

[Esc] (147)
sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active

[Esc] (148)
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image

[Esc] (149)
deliberately deceptive

[Esc] (150)
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

[Esc] (151)
composed of elements from a variety of sources

[Esc] (152)
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing

[Esc] (153)
bubble, fizz

[Esc] (154)
belief in equality

[Esc] (155)
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited

[Esc] (156)
draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer

[Esc] (157)
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify

[Esc] (158)
avoid cleverly; escape perception of

[Esc] (159)
difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind

[Esc] (160)
make worse

[Esc] (161)
throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated

[Esc] (162)
compassionate

[Esc] (163)
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

[Esc] (164)
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop

[Esc] (165)
intrusive

[Esc] (166)
burden

[Esc] (167)
puzzle; difficult problem

[Esc] (168)
list each one; mention one by one

[Esc] (169)
short-lived; enduring a very short time

[Esc] (170)
sudden realization

[Esc] (171)
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article

[Esc] (172)
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.

[Esc] (173)
marked by or having equity; just and impartial

[Esc] (174)
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead

[Esc] (175)
learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books

[Esc] (176)
hard to understand; known only in a particular group

[Esc] (177)
alienate

[Esc] (178)
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death

[Esc] (179)
bring out; arouse; call forth

[Esc] (180)
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention

[Esc] (181)
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out

[Esc] (182)
representative example

[Esc] (183)
deliberately behaving a certain way to attract attention

[Esc] (184)
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal

[Esc] (185)
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits

[Esc] (186)
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest

[Esc] (187)
set forth; set out to public view

[Esc] (188)
praise highly; glorify; celebrate

[Esc] (189)
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved

[Esc] (190)
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent

[Esc] (191)
a party of persons having a common end in view

[Esc] (192)
false; tending to mislead; deceptive

[Esc] (193)
deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception

[Esc] (194)
excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause

[Esc] (195)
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details

[Esc] (196)
measure the depth; come to understand

[Esc] (197)
well-suited, happy

[Esc] (198)
refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling

[Esc] (199)
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice

[Esc] (200)
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative

[Esc] (201)
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented

[Esc] (202)
confuse

[Esc] (203)
foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight

[Esc] (204)
rash; marked by unthinking boldness

[Esc] (205)
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind

[Esc] (206)
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack

[Esc] (207)
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause

[Esc] (208)
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud

[Esc] (209)
sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive

[Esc] (210)
great excitement; public disorder or uproar

[Esc] (211)
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

[Esc] (212)
useless; having no useful result; vain

[Esc] (213)
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving

[Esc] (214)
courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility

[Esc] (215)
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree

[Esc] (216)
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy

[Esc] (217)
friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner

[Esc] (218)
cause to sprout or grow; come into existence

[Esc] (219)
person who eats too much food and drink

[Esc] (220)
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent

[Esc] (221)
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse

[Esc] (222)
put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of

[Esc] (223)
in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions

[Esc] (224)
accelerate; quicken

[Esc] (225)
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion

[Esc] (226)
characteristic of acting or stage performance

[Esc] (227)
excessive pride or self-confidence

10 random spellings Full list spellings