Definitions
Vocab beginning with "A"
Nouns
Common SAT words
Adjectives
100

To publicly recommend or support

Advocate

100

To believe in and follow the practices of

Adhere

100

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another usually in a way considered to be unfair

Bias

100

Something capable of causing destruction or ruin

Bane

100

Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt

Explicit

200

To treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect

Degrade

200

To suggest or call attention to indirectly; to hint at

Allude

200

A general agreement

Consensus

200

A representative; to entrust work or responsibility to another person

Delegate

200

About to happen

Imminent

300

No longer produced or used; out of date

Obsolete

300

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Anecdote

300
Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

Indifference

300

Something that is unclear or uncertain in its meaning

Equivocal 

300

Settling an issue; producing a definite result

Decisive 

400

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Ambivalence

400

Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Arbitrary

400

The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc...

Repression

400

An example showing how something is to be done; a model

Paradigm

400

Important; famous

Prominent

500

The appearance of being true or real

Verisimilitude

500

Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared

Analogous

500

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

Brevity

500

Something marked by beauty, skillful design or being strikingly old-fashioned

Quaint

500

Very weak or slight

Tenuous