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Everyone knows that standardized tests love to “trick” you (the ACT, in particular, is known for this). One of the ways they do this is to use higher-level vocabulary. While questions such as “What is the definition of ____?” are few and far between, you’ll likely see many questions that want you to use context clues to help define words. Therefore, it’s important to have a good base set of vocab words. We’ve discussed some words in an earlier post about ACT and SAT vocabulary words, but here are twenty-five new SAT and ACT vocabulary words for you to peruse.
- Acumen: keen insight, shrewdness
- Adhere: to stick to a surface; to believe/follow to a set of beliefs
- Assiduous: hard-working, diligent
- Brittle: fragile
- Camaraderie: trust among friends
- Coherent: logical and consistent
- Corollary: a direct or natural consequence or result
- Delirious: being in a state of excitement
- Eclipse: loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing
- Evanescent: short-lived, as an image
- Extenuating: guilt-reducing
- Florid: flushed, ornate
- Haughty: arrogant, condescending
- Incendiary: tending to stir up conflicts; designated to cause fires
- Integrity: honesty, decency
- Latent: existing but not yet developed or obvious; hidden, concealed
- Lethargic: sluggish or apathetic
- Lobbyist: persuader of legislators
- Opulent: wealthy
- Parched: dried up
- Perturbed: greatly disturbed
- Pungent: having an extremely strong taste or smell
- Querulous: irritable
- Spurious: phony, false
- Transient: temporary, fleeting
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