Vocabulary Lists
SAT Vocabulary
Zealot Hypocritical Abstruse Volatile Immutable
Accolade Virulent Implication Acquiesce Quandary
Proximity Implicit Adroit Rebuttal Proliferation
Inadvertently Affable Verbose Relegate Profane 20
Prodigious Ambiguous Ambivalence Incessant Incidental
Vacillation Unprecedented Remorse Reprehensible Prevalent
Pretentious Incisive Incongruous Contentious Converge
Ameliorate Amorphous Unobtrusive Turbulence Repudiate 40
Reticence Antagonistic Apathy Predilection Precocious
Incontrovertible Incorrigible Indict Corroborate Credulity 50
Trepidation Torpid Rudimentary Sagacious Scanty
Archaic Articulate Criterion Cursory Homogeneous
Hedonism Indiscriminate Indolent Precarious Pragmatic
Savory Scrupulous Terse Tentative Haughtiness 70
Hackneyed Gregarious Gullible Frugality Frivolity
Debilitate Deference Ponderous Poignancy Infamous
Infiltrate Ingenuous Ingenious Scrutinize Sectarian
Ascendancy Ascetic Assuage Didactic Digression 90
Flippancy Flagrant Fastidious Innocuous Insipid
Placate Philanthropist Phenomena Servile Slough 100
Trite Taciturn Sycophant Surreptitious Superfluous
Astute Atrophy Diminution Discerning Extraneous
Expedient Intangible Interminable Pervasive Perturbation
Solemnity Squander Audacious Austerity Banal 120
Benevolent Discordant Discursive Exonerate Exemplary
Exacerbate Euphemism Esoteric Intermittent Intractable
Peripheral Perfunctory Stagnant Steadfast Succinct
Benign Bolster Candor Capricious Disparage 140
Disparity Erudite Equivocal Irascible Irresolute
Partisan Ostentatious Ominous Censorious Coercion 150
Conciliatory Dogmatic Duplicity Eclectic Effervescent
Eloquence Judicious Laconic Laud Lethargic
Obliterate Nullify Mundane Morose Mitigate
Meticulous Meager Magnanimous Lucid Levity 170
Rhetorical Terminology
Diction Syntax Imagery Unity Rhetoric
Coherence Emphasis Parallelism Cliché Audience
Colloquialism Connotation Denotation Hyperbole Understatement
Puns Satire Style Thesis Tone
Transition Irony Equivocation Hypothesis Jargon
Paradox Rhetorical Question Abstraction Concrete Detail Metaphor
Simile Personification Parenthesis Antithesis Anastrophe
Apposition Ellipsis Asyndeton Polysyndeton Assonance
Anaphora Epistrophe Epanalepsis Anadiplosis Climax
Antimetabole Chiasmus Polyptoton Allegory Synecdoche
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Terms used in Argumentation
Argumentation Persuasion Definition Exposition Generalization
Allusion Induction Objective Subjective Premise
Analogy Syllogism Ad hominem Authority Begging the question
Concession Deduction Loaded terms Non sequitur Paraphrase
Plagiarism Post hoc, ergo propter hoc Rogerian argument Stereotyping Anecdote
Assertion Personification Enthymeme Slippery Slope Argument Black and White
Thinking
False Cause Red Herring Ethos Pathos Logos
Causality (define by) Negation (define by) Operation (define by) Classification
Hasty Generalization
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Literary Terms
Allegory Alliteration Ambiguity Antagonist Anthropomorphism
Aphorism Apostrophe Assonance Consonance Denouement
Dialect Epithet Flashback Foreshadowing Incongruity
Inversion Magical realism Lyrical Metonymy Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron Parable Paradox Parody Protagonist
Proverb Satire Soliloquy Stream of Consciousness Juxtaposition(24 x 5)
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Analogy Words
Aviary Odometer Imbecility Senility Maladjustment (5)
Whet Patron Garish Kaleidoscope Transit (10)
Dauntless Affable Cumulonimbus Omnibus Atoll (13)
Intrepid Valor Boisterous Timorous Frivolous (14)
Ominous Herbivorous Penury Verbosity Ethics (17)
Circuitous Duplicity Impropriety Impecunious Mendacious (19)
Naivete Inception Corkage (22)
Pangyric Laudatory Eulogy Tirade Diatribe (23)
Vindicate Appall Assiduous Impecunious Fortuitous (26)
Venison Mutton Proximity Laryngitis Tonsillitis (33)
Anathema Admonition Homage Exhortation (36)
Gustatory Olfactory Myopic Hortatory Palpable (37)
Mulish Subterfuge Pungent Lariat Preamble (43)
Detritus Enervated Languid Pallid Vehemence (46)
Static Ecstatic Sidereal Ethereal Chimerical (50)
(B) Picador Corpulence Erudition Mercurial Palisade (10)
Scenario Pirouette Gangrene Callow Fallow (13)
Enigma Labyrinth Sphinx Arrogance Archipelago (17)
Amble Exuberant Effusive Parsimonious Undemonstrative (19)
Curator Clairvoyant Gauche Clandestine Lugubrious (23)
Fatuous Perfunctory Derision Cipher Lope (32)
Bigotry Prodigality Ribaldry Magnanimity Exigency (33)
Abhor Charlatan Vertex Feldspar Monolith (40)
Malefactor Hedonist Itinerary Furlough Aerie (43)
Impromptu Evanescent Volatile Ethereal Incandescent (45)
Elision Enunciate Laggard Forage Carnage (48)
Truncate Consecrate Pugilist Germane Hiatus (50)
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