abject, abstract, acrimonious, acumen, aesthetic, affinity, affluence, aficionado, alacrity, alchemy, ambiance, analogous, apathy, arbitrary, avatar
benevolent, bourgeois
candid, capricious, chaparral, chicanery, clairvoyant, cognizant, cognoscente, complacent, compulsory, conciliatory, conjecture, connoisseur, conspicuous
deleterious, destitute, deviate, devious, dilettante, diligent, discernible, disdain, disparage, disseminate, diverse, dogmatic
eccentric, embryonic, emulate, enigma, entomologist, epiphany, erudite, exonerate, expedite, extricate
facetious, fallacious, fortuitous, futile
gratuitous
hackneyed, homogeneous
imbroglio, impeccable, impervious, impetuous, incessant, incognito, incorrigible, indefatigable, indifferent, indigenous, indolent, industrious, inevitable, innocuous, inquisitive, insatiable, insatiable, insecticide, insidious, integrity, iridescent
jocular, judicious, juggernaut, junta
kindle, kinetic
larvae, lethargy, loquacious, ludicrous, lugubrious
malaise, metamorphosis, meticulous, mitigate, morose, mundane
nemesis, nihilism, nirvana, nocturnal, novice
obscure, obsequious, oscillate, ostensible, ostentatious
palpable, pandemonium, paradigm, peccadillo, penitent, pertinent, plausible, pollinate, precipitous, precocious, prerogative, prevaricate, proboscis, propensity, provocative
quarantine, querulous, quiescent
raconteur, ramification, rapacious, recalcitrant, recant, reclusive, recrimination, rectify, redolent, redundant, refutable, regressive, relegate, relinquish, remonstrate, reparation, replenish, repose, reprehensible, repudiate, requisite, resilient, resolute, reticent, reverence, rigorous, rudimentary
sanguine, scrutinize, sedentary, soporific, spontaneous, squander, stringent, subterranean, succinct, superficial, surreptitious
terse, theoretical, trepidation, truncate
ubiquitous, ubiquitous, unctuous, unobtrusive, unscrupulous
vacuous, vignette, vindictive, virtuoso, virulent
wanton
xenophile
zenith
This SAT test prep vocabulary word list includes 215 words from the word games and puzzle activities that appear on the 2500 pages of free content at myvocabulary.com
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