SAT/PSAT Vocab Words~ Unit 7

Vocab words from a SAT/PSAT study guide book and class. All are words that have been on the test in the past, most more than once. Unit 7 of 27

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Abhor
To regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe

EX: If there is one food I _____, it is asparagus
Accolade
Praise; award

Ex: He received many _____ for being an excellent teacher
Ascetic
One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation: absent of luxury

Ex: The rich child couldn't understand the_____ life lived by the monk
Bequeath
To hand down; to give or to leave in a will

Ex: I _____ my gym shorts to my brother after I graduated high school (Gross...)
Charlatan
One who claims to know something that he does not; a quack

Ex: The side show featured a _____ posing as a mind reader
Conflagration
A large fire

Ex: some believe the earth will be destroyed by a large _____.
Dearth
A lack; a scarcity

Ex: The _____ of water in the country led to many deaths.
Diffidence
Shyness; reserve; un-assertiveness

Ex: Because of his _____, he refused to ask any girl to the prom
Effervescent
Showing high spirits

Ex: She put me in a good mood because she was always so _____.
Etheral
Heavenly; unusually delicate; light, lacking material substance; intangible

Ex: The _____ sounds of the music calmed and relaxed the patient.
Expunge
To remove; to erase

Ex: Their names were _____from the social record after they were caught selling cocaine.
Guile
Deceitfulness; duplicity

Ex: The woman was an unfortunate victim of _____ and deceit when she lost her money to that swindler.
Implausible
Not believable

Ex: His explanation of the accident was so _____, no jury would believe him.
Incongruity
Nonconformity; disagreement; incompatibility

Ex: The _____between the two stories discredited both of the reports.
Insularity
Qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion

Ex: The _____ of the president made it difficult to get any motions passed.