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Essential SAT Vocabulary: Enhancing Your Linguistic Skills

Master key vocabulary for the SAT with this comprehensive guide. Explore essential words like "elicit," "disparage," and "edifying," and learn to create five unique sentences using introductory prepositional and appositive phrases. Delve into nuanced terms such as "conscientious," "mediocre," and "irascible," and practice forming sentences with subordinating clauses featuring words like "belligerent" and "scrupulous." This resource helps boost your vocabulary and prepares you for academic success with clear definitions, context, and practical sentence structure exercises.

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Essential SAT Vocabulary: Enhancing Your Linguistic Skills

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  1. Junior SAT Vocab

  2. Vocabulary #1 • Complete Chart • Create FIVE sentences using Introductory Prepositional Phrases

  3. Elicit (v): to cause something to be revealed

  4. Disparage (v): to speak about someone else’s accomplishments with negative comments

  5. Edifying (adjective): instructive; enlightening

  6. impregnable (adj): incapable of being captured or opened with force

  7. Levity (n): a light or humorous attitude toward something which should be taken seriously

  8. Atrophy (verb or a noun): to waste away from lack of use

  9. Placate (verb): to lessen a person’s anger by giving in to demands of the person

  10. Insolvent (adj): not having enough money to pay bills

  11. Vocabulary #2 • Complete Chart • Create FIVE sentences using Appositive Phrases

  12. Conscientious (adjective): done carefully and thoroughly with a concern for what is right

  13. Mediocre (adj): in the middle; neither good nor bad EX: Grade of “C”

  14. Irascible (adj): hot-tempered; easily angered

  15. Deteriorate (verb): to grow worse

  16. Strut (verb): to walk with self-importance

  17. Fallible (adj): able to make a mistake or error

  18. Insatiable (adj): cannot be satisfied; very greedy

  19. Garner (verb): to collect; to gather

  20. Vocabulary #3 • Complete Chart • Create FIVE sentences using Introductory Subordinating (Adverbial) Clauses

  21. Belligerent (adjective): aggressive; eager to fight

  22. Admonish (verb): to gently but firmly warn of a fault or a danger

  23. Brawny (adjective): strong; muscular

  24. Vigorous (adj): strong and healthy in body and mind

  25. Scrupulous (adj): careful attention to doing things correctly and properly

  26. Incoherent (adj): unable to express one’s thoughts clearly

  27. Despondent (adjective): depressed; very sad

  28. Versatile (adj): capable in a number of fields or skills

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