USEFUL SAT WORDS

grandiloquent:

speaking pompously, with long words.

eloquent:

speaking well, with poise.

soliloquy:

speaking while alone or as is alone,

cliche:

an overused phrase that has lost all its two words are seen together all the time. gane original impact, like "strong as an ox". Cliches are trite, and these

terse:

brief, concise, laconic.

amicable:

characterized by goodwill, used to describe something, rather than a person. Their parting was amicable.

genial:

cheerful, friendly, kind.

malediction:

curse, slander, saying mean things. "diction" means speaking.

malignant:

dangerous, likely to cause harm or pain. His tumor was diagnosed as malignant, so the doctor removed it.

colloquial:

familiar, informal speech.

amiable:

friendly, showing goodwill. The salesperson was amiable and spent a long time helping us find what we wanted.

affable:

friendly, warm, easy to talk to.

ambiguous:

having several meanings, vague, unclear. His reply was ambiguous, so I couldn't tell if he liked the present.

empathy:

identification with a feeling. You are empathetic when you have had the same experience.

malapropism:

inappropriate use of words so that they make no sense.

ineffable:

indescribable, cannot be put in words.

colloquium:

informal discussion or dialogue.

taciturn, tacit:

quiet, of few words. A tacit agreement is unspoken.

reticent:

reserved, silent, quiet.

sympathy

sharing or agreeing with feeling

curt:

short, brief, almost rude.

gregarious:

sociable, likes to be in groups, living in a herd. Cows are gregarious animals, whereas cats often are not.

unequivocal:

straight forward, not wavering, certain.

garrulous:

talkative

loquacious:

talkative, garrulous

voluble:

talkative, garrulous.

misnomer:

the wrong name for something.

malevolent:

wishing evil to others, mean, harmful. His malevolence was clear in the way he held the knife. Related words:

congenial:

with (con) friendliness and goodwill. "greg" means group, or flock.

anarchy:

without government. Remember monarchy, oligarchy, hierarchy?

amorphous:

without shape. Remember metamorphosis (a change in shape), polymorphous (many shapes)?

asymmetrical:

without symmetry.

jaded:

wom out, overused.

vérbose:

wordy, long-winded, loquacious.

misdemeanor:

wrong behavior or conduct.

antipathy

(n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling

congregation:

a group of people.

malice:

meanness

"mal"

means bad

"loq"

means having to do with speaking:

equivocate:

negative wishy-washy. Literally speaking equally on both sides of an issue.

malcontent:

not happy about the situation.

anomaly:

not normal or typical.

atypical:

not typical, not normal.

admonish:

to warn or caution. He was admonished to avoid trouble.

platitude

trite, is a synonym for cliché.

hackneyed:

trite, overused

ambivalent:

uncertain, feels both positive and negative at the same time.

ambidextrous:

uses both hands.

laconic:

using few words, brief, concise. Though the question was argumentative, he laconically answered "no".

misanthrope:

"anthro" is mankind, as in anthropology, study of man. someone who hates mankind. "mis" means wrong, ill, incorrect, mistaken.

altruistic:

kind, charitable to others. Other "mis" words:

The prefix "a" means without apathy:

lack of feeling, lack of interest. Many people are apathetic about school until they find a subject they like

trite:

lacking originality, stale, overused.

philanthropy:

love of mankind, giving for common good.

aggregate:

to clump together, or a clump of something.