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SAT/ACT Vocabulary 3: Stretch Words

Eighty harder words that appear in challenging passages.

85 cardsGrades 9–12, College#sat#act#vocabulary

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  • paradigmWord
    A typical model or pattern; a framework of ideas
  • paradoxWord
    A statement or situation that seems to contradict itself yet may be true
  • pragmaticWord
    Practical rather than idealistic
  • precariousWord
    Dangerously unstable
  • precedentWord
    An earlier case used as a guide
  • prodigiousWord
    Remarkably large or impressive
  • proficientWord
    Skilled; competent
  • proliferateWord
    To increase rapidly in number
  • prudentWord
    Wise and careful about the future
  • pervasiveWord
    Spreading widely through everything
  • placateWord
    To calm someone's anger
  • plausibleWord
    Seeming reasonable or probable
  • polarizeWord
    To divide into sharply opposed groups
  • pretentiousWord
    Trying to seem more important than one is
  • quellWord
    To put an end to, usually by force
  • rebukeWord
    To criticize sharply
  • recalcitrantWord
    Stubbornly resisting authority
  • reclusiveWord
    Avoiding other people
  • refuteWord
    To prove wrong
  • reiterateWord
    To say again
  • relinquishWord
    To give up or let go
  • reproachWord
    To express disapproval of
  • repudiateWord
    To reject as untrue or unacceptable
  • resilientWord
    Able to recover quickly
  • reticentWord
    Reluctant to speak
  • revereWord
    To feel deep respect for
  • rhetoricWord
    The art of persuasive speaking or writing
  • rudimentaryWord
    Basic; undeveloped
  • sagaciousWord
    Wise and showing good judgment
  • sanctionWord
    To approve; also, a penalty
  • scrutinizeWord
    To examine very closely
  • sereneWord
    Calm and peaceful
  • skepticalWord
    Doubtful; questioning
  • solemnWord
    Serious and formal
  • spuriousWord
    False; not genuine
  • squanderWord
    To waste
  • staticWord
    Not moving or changing
  • stoicWord
    Enduring pain or hardship without complaint
  • substantiateWord
    To support with evidence
  • subtleWord
    Delicate or hard to notice
  • succinctWord
    Briefly and clearly expressed
  • superfluousWord
    More than is needed
  • supplantWord
    To take the place of
  • surmiseWord
    To guess on limited evidence
  • tangibleWord
    Able to be touched; real
  • tenaciousWord
    Holding firmly; persistent
  • tenuousWord
    Very thin or weak
  • terseWord
    Using very few words, sometimes rudely
  • thwartWord
    To prevent from succeeding
  • tranquilWord
    Free from disturbance
  • transientWord
    Lasting only a short time
  • trivialWord
    Of little importance
  • ubiquitousWord
    Seeming to be everywhere
  • undermineWord
    To weaken gradually
  • unprecedentedWord
    Never done or known before
  • vacillateWord
    To waver between choices
  • validateWord
    To confirm as correct or worthy
  • venerateWord
    To honor deeply
  • verboseWord
    Using more words than needed
  • versatileWord
    Able to do many different things
  • vindicateWord
    To clear of blame; to prove right
  • volatileWord
    Quickly changing, often explosively
  • waryWord
    Cautious about possible danger
  • whimsicalWord
    Playfully odd or fanciful
  • zealousWord
    Full of eager enthusiasm
  • abstainWord
    To choose not to do something
  • acquiesceWord
    To accept something reluctantly without protest
  • acrimonyWord
    Bitter, sharp feeling in words or manner
  • admonishWord
    To warn or scold gently
  • aloofWord
    Distant and unfriendly in manner
  • ameliorateWord
    To make something better
  • antipathyWord
    Strong dislike
  • appeaseWord
    To satisfy by giving in to demands
  • ardentWord
    Passionate and enthusiastic
  • assuageWord
    To ease or soothe
  • banalWord
    So ordinary it is boring
  • belligerentWord
    Eager to fight
  • bolsterWord
    To support or strengthen
  • bombasticWord
    High-sounding but meaningless
  • brevityWord
    Shortness of expression
  • burgeonWord
    To grow or flourish quickly
  • cacophonyWord
    A harsh mixture of loud sounds
  • coalesceWord
    To come together into one
  • conundrumWord
    A confusing problem
  • copiousWord
    Abundant

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