SAT Essay Vocabulary
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
Vocabulary Study Online by Level
 |
Vocabulary Study Online By Level (VSOBL) is a Fast, Reliable, and Handy tool to prepare English exam vocabulary. (Available for all VIP accounts: US$2/Month). It has built-in word lists: 6000 IELTS words, 6000 TOEFL words, 5000 GRE words, and 3000 SAT words. You can load them by level with one click.
|
SAT Essay Vocabulary
Group 1 - Matching Quizzes
alacrity 
1
 | rebuke or scold angrily and at length |
| belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank |
| excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause |
| cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
ascetic
2
| leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere |
| intrusive |
| composed of elements from a variety of sources |
| humiliation |
buttress
3
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
| sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive |
| discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding |
| support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence |
cacophonous
4
| easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image |
| discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding |
| rebuke or scold angrily and at length |
| combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
circumscribe
5
| extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness |
| discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding |
| surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit |
| limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle |
compendious
6
| succinct |
| accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause |
| impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration |
| surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit |
depravity
7
| extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness |
| greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits |
| anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment |
| manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving |
destitute
8
| excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause |
| extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
| expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
disparage
9
| subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity |
| belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank |
| clarify; free from mystery or obscurity |
| easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image |
eclectic
10
| composed of elements from a variety of sources |
| obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice |
| expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
| clarify; free from mystery or obscurity |