SAT Vocab: The Princeton Review Hit Parade: The First Fifty (Part 1)

Abridged version of the PR's 250 word "Hit Parade". These words are usually common on the SAT, PSAT, ACT, and similar tests. Keep in mind that these may not be standard dictionary definitions; they are as they are tested on the SAT.

50 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Abstuse
Hard to understand
Aesthetic
Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
Alleviate
To ease a pain or a burden
Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
Ambivalent
Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings, such as love and hate
Amenable
Responsive; agreeable
Amiable
Good-natured and likeable
Ample
Describing a large amount of something
Arid
Describing a dry, rainless climate
Assiduous
Hard-working
Asylum
A place of retreat or security
Benevolent
Kind: generous
Benign
Kind and gentle
Biased
Prejudiced
Brittle
Easily broken when subjected to pressure