1. SAT Vocabulary Unit 1

2. ABORTIVE • FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH AN INTENDED AIM OR PURPOSE • ONLY PARTIALLY OR IMPERFECTLY DEVELOPED • **STOPPING SHORT; FAILING TO SUCCEED

3. ABSURD • CONTRARY TO REASON • OBVIOUSLY INCONSISTENT WITH TRUTH OR COMMON SENSE • **RIDICULOUS

4. BEDLAM A STATE OR SCENE OF UPROAR OR CONFUSION

5. BELIE • TO CONTRADICT • TO GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION “Yes, mom, I washed my face.”

6. CACOPHONY • HARSH-SOUNDING • SOUNDS THAT ARE TERRIBLE

7. CALLOUS • EMOTIONALLY HARDENED • UNFEELING • **NOT CARING

8. DEBILITATE • TO MAKE WEAK OR FEEBLE

9. DEBUTANTE • A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS JUST MADE HER FORMAL ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY

10. EDIFICE • A BUILDING • A STRUCTURE • A LARGE OR MASSIVE BUILDING

11. ECLECTIC • SELECTIVE IN CHOOSING FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES • AN INTERESTING MIXTURE

12. FABRICATE • TO MAKE • TO MANUFACTURE • TO INVENT

13. GAMUT • AN ENTIRE RANGE OR SERIES

14. HAMPER • TO OBSTRUCT • **TO GET IN THE WAY OF

15. ICONOCLAST • ONE WHO ATTACKS OR SEEKS TO OVERTHROW POPULAR OR TRADITIONAL BELIEF • ONE WHO DESTROYS RELIGIOUS IMAGES

16. IGNOMINIOUS • MARKED WITH OR FULL OF DISGRACE • QUALITY OR CONDUCT DESERVING DISGRACE • SHAMEFUL

17. JEOPARDIZE • TO EXPOSE TO LOSS OR INJURY • TO RISK

18. LABYRINTH • A BEWILDERING (CONFUSING) MAZE • ANY CONFUSING OR COMPLICATED SITUATION

19. MAGNANIMOUS • GENEROUS IN FORGIVING

20. NADIR • THE LOWEST POINT • TIME OF GREATEST DEPRESSION

21. OBLITERATE • TO ERASE OR BLOT OUT • TO MAKE SOMETHING UNRECOGNIZABLE • **TO DESTROY