Sat Vocab

SAT 1 High-Frequency Word List #3

Advocate -recommend or support something: to support or speak in favor of something

Aesthetic -The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty

Affable -easygoing: good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to

Affirmation -an assertion of support or agreement

Contract -to draw together or into smaller compass

Contrite -feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming

Converge -To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge

Conviction -The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged

Embellish -to increase the beauty of something by adding ornaments or decorations

Embryonic -in an initial or rudimentary stage of development

Emulate -to try to equal or surpass somebody or something that is successful or admired

Endorse -to give formal approval or permission for something

Humane -marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals

Hypocritical -falsely claiming high principles: showing, originating from, or of the nature of hypocrisy

Hypothetical -involving ideas or possibilities: existing as or involving something that exists as an unproven idea, theory, or possibility

Immutable -unchanging or unchangeable: not changing or not able to be changed

Lethargic -tired: physically slow and mentally dull as a result of tiredness, disease, or drugs

Levity -Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.

Listless -weary and uninterested: lacking energy, interest, or the willingness to make an effort

Lofty -elevated in character and spirit