Summary College Board Top 100 Common SAT/ACT
Vocabulary Words
abbreviate
shorten, abridge
abstinence
not doing something
adulation
high praise
adversity
tough situations
aesthetic
something about beauty
amicable
friendly
anachronistic
out of place in time
anecdote
short account of an event
anonymous
nameless
antagonist
opponent
arid
extremely dry
assiduous
hard working
asylum
a safe place
benevolent
friendly, helpful
camaraderie
trust among friends
censure
tell someone they messed up
circuitous
indirect
clairvoyant
able to see the future
collaborate
to work together
compassion
sympathy, mercy
compromise
to settle differences
, condescending
patronizing
conditional
provisional, contingent
conformist
follower of customs
congregation
crowd of people
convergence
combination
deleterious
harmful
demagogue
rabble rousing leader
digression
go off topic
diligent
hard-working
discredit
dishonor, disgrace
disdain
hate
divergent
splitting apart
empathy
sharing of feelings
emulate
imitate
enervating
tiring, weakening
enhance
improve
ephemeral
short lasting
evanescent
short-lived
exasperation
irritation, frustration
exemplary
outstanding
extenuating
more forgivable
florid
fancy
fortuitous
lucky
Vocabulary Words
abbreviate
shorten, abridge
abstinence
not doing something
adulation
high praise
adversity
tough situations
aesthetic
something about beauty
amicable
friendly
anachronistic
out of place in time
anecdote
short account of an event
anonymous
nameless
antagonist
opponent
arid
extremely dry
assiduous
hard working
asylum
a safe place
benevolent
friendly, helpful
camaraderie
trust among friends
censure
tell someone they messed up
circuitous
indirect
clairvoyant
able to see the future
collaborate
to work together
compassion
sympathy, mercy
compromise
to settle differences
, condescending
patronizing
conditional
provisional, contingent
conformist
follower of customs
congregation
crowd of people
convergence
combination
deleterious
harmful
demagogue
rabble rousing leader
digression
go off topic
diligent
hard-working
discredit
dishonor, disgrace
disdain
hate
divergent
splitting apart
empathy
sharing of feelings
emulate
imitate
enervating
tiring, weakening
enhance
improve
ephemeral
short lasting
evanescent
short-lived
exasperation
irritation, frustration
exemplary
outstanding
extenuating
more forgivable
florid
fancy
fortuitous
lucky
