most Common sAt Vocabulary Words Test

Prefix, Root, and Suffix Challenge• Part Fourteen •

____________________________________DIRECTIONS: Read the vocabulary words below, followed by their basic definition. Below each word, fill out any and all prefixes, roots,

or suffixes found within each vocabulary word to test your knowledge of the most commonly used words in the SAT exam.

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1. ABYSS: a bottomless pit, anything infinite

2. ACUTE: : sharp, keen

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3. ADONIS: : a very handsome man

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4. AMBULATORY: : moving about, capableof walking

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5. APPARITION: : a ghost

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6. ASTRAL: pertaining to the stars

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7. AXIOM: true statement, establishedprinciple

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8. BEGUILE: to deceive, to charm

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9. BORNE: carried, put up with

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10. CALLOUS: unyielding, insensitive

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11. CAVEAT: : a warning

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19. DÉTENTE: a lessening of tension orhostility

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12. CITADEL: : a fortress

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20. DILETTANTE: a dabbler in the finearts, one who is not an expert

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13. COHESIVE: : tending to stick

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21. DISPARAGE: to belittle, to put down

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14. CONCENTRATE: to think deeply,to increase in strength or degree

15. CONTROVERSIAL: : debatable,questionable

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16. COVERT: : hidden, secretive

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17. COY: : shy, modest

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18. DEBAUCH: : to corrupt

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22. DOUR: gloomy

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23. DUAL: consisting of two people, items,or parts

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24. EJECT: to throw out

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25. ENVOY: messenger, agent

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26. EXHUME: to bring out of the earth,to reveal

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27. EXTROVERT:

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35. ILLUSTRIOUS: distinguished, bright

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28. FEALTY: :

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36. IMBIBE: to drink, to absorb

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29. FOOLHARDY: :

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37. IMPERATIVE: extremely necessary

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30. FOREBEAR: ancestor

31. FRAY: : a noisy quarrel (noun), to unravel or come apart (verb)

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32. GLITCH: : a malfunction, an error

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33. GUISE: a false appearance

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34. HODGEPODGE: : mixture

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38. IMPETUS: a stimulus, a moving force

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39. INGENIOUS: clever

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40. INSINUATE: to hint, to suggest

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41. INTER: to bury

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42. JETSAM: goods cast overboard to lighten a ship

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43. LARGESS: gifts that have been given generously

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51. MUNIFICENT: generous

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44. LENIENT: : mild, lax, permissive

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52. NARCISSISTIC: conceited, vain

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45. LONGEVITY: : a long life

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53. NUMISMATIST: coin collector

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46. LUSTROUS: shining, bright

47. MARVEL: : to be amazed, to wonder

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48. MAWKISH: : sickeningly sweet, overly sentimental

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49. MISDEMEANOR: : a criminal offense less serious than a felony

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50. MOLT: : to shed, such as feathers and skin

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54. NURTURE: to feed, to sustain

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55. OASIS: a place that offers a pleasant relief

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56. OFFICIOUS: meddling, interfering

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57. OMNIFARIOUS: of all kinds

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58. OUTWIT: to trick, to get the better of

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59. PARABLE: : a simple story giving a moral or religious lesson

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67. PRUDE: an overly proper person

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60. PARCHED: : dried up, extremely thirsty

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68. PURPORT: to claim to be

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61. PARITY: : equality, similarity

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69. QUIBBLE: petty objection or argument

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62. PENDANT: anything that hangs or is suspended

63. PERTINENT: : relevant, to the point

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64. PRESTIGE: : influence, importance

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65. PRIMARY: : first, chief

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66. PROGNOSTICATE: : to predict, to foretell

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70. QUIXOTIC: extremely idealistic,romantic, not practical

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71. RAPPORT: a close relationship, harmony

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72. RECOIL: to retreat, to draw back

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73. RENOVATE: to make new, to repair

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74. REPERCUSSION: reaction, aftereffect

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75. RETENTIVE: : having a good memory,remembering

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83. SOLVENT: a substance that dissolves another

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76. RETRIBUTION: : deserved punishment

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84. STATIC: inactive, motionless

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77. SACROSANCT: : extremely holy

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85. STINT: to be sparing, to conserve

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78. SCINTILLATE: to sparkle, to twinkle

79. SEEDY: : run-down, shabby

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80. SENTINEL: : a guard

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81. SEQUEL: : an event or literary work thatfollows a previous one

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82. SOJOURN: : a brief stay or visit

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86. SUCCULENT: juicy

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87. SVELTE: slender, graceful

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88. TARRY: to linger, to delay

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89. SWATHE: to wrap closely or fully

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90. TITANIC: huge

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91. TOKEN: : sign or symbol (noun), slight orunimportant (adjective)

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94. TWAIN: two

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92. TRANSPARENT: : easily seen through,clear

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95. TYCOON: a wealthy business person

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93. TRIBUTE: : a gift, an acknowledgment toshow admiration

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96. ULCEROUS: infected

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97. UNKEMPT: untidy, sloppy

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98. URSINE: like a bear

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99. UTILITARIAN: : useful, practical

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102. VICTUALS: food

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100. UTOPIAN: : perfect, ideal

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103. VISTA: a distant view

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101. VEGETATE: : to lead a dull, inactive life

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104. VOLUPTUOUS: sensual, shapely

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105. WARP: to bend out of shape, to pervert

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106. WINDFALL: unexpected good fortune

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